Line #16 Music/TheChainsmokers


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover that I know you can't afford..."]]
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4	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 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 [[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.
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6	[[CareerResurrection Or so people thought]].
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8	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 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 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.
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10	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 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
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13	!!Discography
14	* ''Bouquet EP'' (2015)
15	* ''Collage EP'' (2016)
16	* ''Music/MemoriesDoNotOpen'' (2017)
17	* ''Sick Boy'' (2018)[[note]]This album, along with ''World War Joy'' below, was initially released as a four-track EP, being re-released with each new single until the release of the full album.[[/note]]
18	* ''World War Joy'' (2019)
19	* ''Words on Bathroom Walls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (2020)
20	* ''Music/SoFarSoGood'' (2022)
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23	!! We were troping in Paris, to get away from your parents:
24	* ActorAllusion: "Paris" features the lyric, "posting pictures of yourself on the internet."
25	* BreakupSong: "New York City", "Until You Were Gone", and "Setting Fires",
26	* GenreRoulette:
27	** 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.
28	** ''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".
29	** They've even foreyard into {{Music/Twenty One Pilots}}-esque ''dance-rock'' on their new single, "Sick Boy".
30	* TheFourChordsOfPop: 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".
31	* GratuitousFrench: Appears on "It Won't Kill Ya". Understandable, as the vocalist, Louane, is French.
32	* GriefSong: "Until You Were Gone" is about this.
33	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: 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.
34	-->''[...] Achilles and his gold, Hercules and his gifts \
35	Spiderman's control, and Batman with his fists \
36	And clearly I don't see myself upon that list \
37	But she said, "Where'd you wanna go? How much you'd wanna risk? \
38	I'm not looking for somebody with some superhuman gifts [...]"''
39	* {{Instrumentals}} "The Rookie".
40	* LetsDuet: "Closer", which is sung as one between Andrew and Halsey. This happens again in "Somebody" which is sung between Andrew and Drew Love.
41	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: The addressee of "Don't Let Me Down".
42	* LyricVideo: The lyric video to "Closer" has more views than the actual music video, which is a very rare feat.
43	* NonAppearingTitle: "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"[[/note]], "Siren" [[note]]"here comes the sound of the ''sirens''"[[/note]] and "Save Yourself"[[note]]"I won't give it up just to ''save myself''"[[/note]].
44	* NotNamedInOpeningCredits:
45	** 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.
46	** 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."
47	* ProtestSong: "Sick Boy" is one towards America's indifference to violence, its 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.]]
48	* RelationshipLabelingProblems: "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 life[[note]]in the context of a relationship, this question often means considering marriage[[/note]] 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.
49	* SanitySlippageSong: "Don't Let Me Down".
50	* ShoutOut:
51	** "New York City". The aptly titled song is a ode to their hometown.
52	** "Closer" namechecks Music/Blink182 - 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".
53	** The video for "You Owe Me" features references to {{Film/American Psycho}} and {{Series/Hannibal}}.
54	* SpecialGuest: Almost every song features a guest singer, most of them (including all their hits) are female, though their biggest ones are undoubtedly Music/{{Coldplay}} in "Something Just Like This" and Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine on "Last Day Alive".
55	** Creator/CamilaMendes stars in the music video for "Side Effects".
56	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Closer" was the first single to feature one member (Drew 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]].
57	** Taken up to eleven on ''So Far So Good'', which has Drew singing all the vocals.
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