History Music / TheChainsmokers

* RefrainFromAssuming: "Roses" is not called "Say You'll Never Let Me Go" or "Take it Slow".

** Taken UpToEleven on ''So Far So Good'', which has Drew singing all the vocals.

* DreamTeam: With Daya on "Don't Let Me Down", with {{Music/Halsey}} on "Closer", and with {{Music/Coldplay}} on "Something Just Like This"

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing lead[[note]]he had previously sung backing vocals on "Roses"[[/note]], 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 Boy''[[note]]Including backing vocals on "Side Effects"[[/note]].

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 Music/{{Daya}}. It preformed 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 Music/{{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.

** While strictly rooted in electronic dance music, they've done everything from electro house ("#SELFIE"), to future bass ("Roses"), to trap ("Don't Let Me Down"), to electropop ("Closer"), and that's just listing their biggest hits.

* ProtestSong: "Sick Boy" is one towards America's indifference to violence, it's tendency towards narcissism, the disillusionment of the American dream, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking how many likes someone gets on a social media post for not doing anything important.]]

The Chainsmokers are a [[BigApplesauce 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 "[[LuckyCharmsTitle #SELFIE]]", a novelty dance song about, well, taking selfies. Due to the memetic and EarWorm-ish 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 [[OneHitWonder 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.

* ''Sick Boy'' (2018)[[note]]Initially released as a four-track EP, being re-released with each new single until the release of the full album.[[/note]]
* ''World War Joy'' (2019)[[note]]Initially released as a four-track EP, being re-released with each new single until the release of the full album.[[/note]]

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing lead[[note]]he had previously sung backing vocals on "Roses"[[/note]], 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 group's lead vocalist, singing on every song from their sophomore album ''Sick Boy''[[note]]Including backing vocals on "Side Effects"[[/note]].

* NonAppearingTitle: "Roses", "Bloodstream", and "The Rookie".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open". He does it again in the "Sick Boy" EP.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open". He does it again in "Sick Boy", "You Owe Me", "Everybody Hates Me" and "Somebody".

* LetsDuet: "Closer", which is sung as one between Andrew and Halsey. This happens again in "Somebody" which is sung between Amdrew and Drew Love.

* LetsDuet: "Closer", which is sung as one between Andrew and Halsey.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open". He does it again in "Sick Boy", "You Owe Me" and "Everybody Hates Me".

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 Music/{{Coldplay}}, titled "Something Just Like This", which topped at #3 in the Billboard 200.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open". He does it again in "Sick Boy" and "You Owe Me".

** ''Memories...Do Not Open'' is full of this, from the pop-rock "The One" to the EDM "Paris" to the ambient "Last Day Alive".

* ShoutOut: The video for "You Owe Me" features references to {{Film/American Psycho}} and {{Series/Hannibal}}.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open". He does it again in "Sick Boy" and "You Owe Me".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open" and "Sick Boy".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Taggart) singing, as opposed to having it done entirely by a guest. He did it again in "Paris", as well as over half the songs on their debut album "Memories...Do Not Open".

** They've even foreyard into {{music/Twenty One Pilots}}-esque ''dance-rock'' on their new single, "Sick Boy".

* {{Instrumentals}}" "The Rookie".