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The Chainsmokers (Music)

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The Chainsmokers are a New York City-based DJ duo consisting of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall. They formed in 2012 under the management of Adam Alpert, and got off to a start doing remixes of indie bands. They got their big break in 2014 when they released "#SELFIE", a novelty dance song about, well, taking selfies. Due to the memetic and catchy nature, the song spread across the internet and became a massive viral hit, reaching #16 on the Hot 100. Unfortunately, for those same reasons they were written off as One Hit Wonders who would fade into obscurity immediately afterwards. This seemed to be the case, as their follow-up "Kanye" made in the same vein as "#SELFIE" completely flopped. Afterwards, The Chainsmokers vanished, with listeners both inside the EDM community and out regarding them as a joke. They were to be remembered only for a novelty dance song that destroyed their mainstream career.Or so people thought.In June 2015, they released "Roses" featuring guest vocals from the similarly named Rozes. The song marked a complete departure from the novelty dance sound they attempted to get famous for. The song slowly climbed up the Hot 100 at the end of the year, before finally cracking the Top 40, and peaked at #6 in 2016. Hot the heels of "Roses", they released "Don't Let Me Down", featuring vocals from Daya. It performed even better, ranking at #3 on the charts and establishing that they were more than just a one-off novelty act. The most impressive feat came in late 2016, when they released "Closer", a duet between Andrew Taggart and featured singer Halsey. It debuted at #9 on the charts, before quickly making its way to #1, making them the second EDM production act to top the charts as the lead artist (the first being Baauer). Finally proven themselves not to be the same novelty act from before, they've transformed their image into being one of the biggest names in EDM, and popular music in general.And as if that wasn't enough, in 2017 they released their debut album Memories... Do Not Open, whose highlights include "Paris" as well as a collaboration with Coldplay titled "Something Just Like This", which topped at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Protest Song: "Sick Boy" is one towards America's indifference to violence, its tendency towards narcissism, the disillusionment of the American dream, and how many likes someone gets on a social media post for not doing anything important.
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Special Guest: Almost every song features a guest singer, most of them (including all their hits) are female, though their biggest ones are undoubtedly Coldplay in "Something Just Like This" and Florida Georgia Line on "Last Day Alive". Camila Mendes stars in the music video for "Side Effects".
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Lyric Video: The lyric video to "Closer" has more views than the actual music video, which is a very rare feat.
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Gratuitous French: Appears on "It Won't Kill Ya". Understandable, as the vocalist, Louane, is French.
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Actor Allusion: "Paris" features the lyric, "posting pictures of yourself on the internet."
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Genre Roulette: While strictly rooted in electronic dance music, they've done everything from electro house ("Erase", "#SELFIE"), to future bass ("Roses"), to trap ("Don't Let Me Down"), to electropop ("Closer"), and that's just listing their biggest hits. Memories...Do Not Open is full of this, from the pop-rock "The One" to the EDM "Paris" to the ambient "Last Day Alive" to the pop-punk "Break Up Every Night". They've even foreyard into Twenty One Pilots-esque dance-rock on their new single, "Sick Boy".
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Step Up to the Microphone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Drew Taggart) singing leadnote he had previously sung backing vocals on "Roses", as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as half the songs on their debut album Memories...Do Not Open. He effectively became the duo's lead vocalist, singing on every song from their sophomore album Sick Boynote Including backing vocals on "Side Effects". Taken up to eleven on So Far So Good, which has Drew singing all the vocals.
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Let's Duet: "Closer", which is sung as one between Andrew and Halsey. This happens again in "Somebody" which is sung between Andrew and Drew Love.
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Non-Appearing Title: "Roses", "Bloodstream", and "The Rookie". Justified in the latter case, given that it's an instrumental. Zig-zagged with "Side Effects"note "the side effect to my loneliness is you", "Siren" note "here comes the sound of the sirens" and "Save Yourself"note "I won't give it up just to save myself".
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Instrumentals "The Rookie".
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Not Named in Opening Credits: In the official release of "New York City", the female vocalist is not officially credited - it just has the band's name on it. It was later revealed that the uncredited female vocals were provided by a student named Victoria Zaro. Ditto for "Paris", this one the hit follow-up to "Closer." The female vocalist was revealed as singer/songwriter Emily Warren, who previously co-wrote "Don't Let Me Down."
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The Four Chords of Pop
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The Four Chords of Pop: A common feature. A variant of them (VI-III-VII-i) is so associated with their music, it is popularly known as "the Chainsmokers chord progression".
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Break-Up Song: "New York City", "Until You Were Gone", and "Setting Fires",
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Relationship Labeling Problems: "Call You Mine" is about the uncertainty of a relationship. While the couple in the song do love each other, they express doubt over what type of relationship they have or want. This is expressed in the bridge where her partner asks what her plans are for the rest of her lifenote in the context of a relationship, this question often means considering marriage while she responds that she doesn't even know what she's doing right now. All the singer wants is to call her partner hers.
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Shout-Out: "New York City". The aptly titled song is a ode to their hometown. "Closer" namechecks blink-182 - they've mentioned that the song was inspired by repeatedly listening to "I Miss You", which is apparently "that Blink 182 song that we beat to death in Tucson". The video for "You Owe Me" features references to American Psycho and Hannibal.
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I Just Want to Be Special
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I Just Want to Be Special: Parts of the lyrics of "Something Just Like This" seem to hint the singer feels this way while the girl he loves tries to talk him out of it.
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Grief Song: "Until You Were Gone" is about this.
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Sanity Slippage Song: "Don't Let Me Down".
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Living Emotional Crutch: The addressee of "Don't Let Me Down".
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