![]() On one glorious Los Angeles mid-morning nearly two-and-a-half years later, the pair are posted up at a sunlit modular house in L.A.’s woodsy Nichols Canyon that functions as their studio and hangout space. Taggart wears a The Letters tank top, Sebastien Ami jacket and jeans, Bottega Veneta boots and AI STUDIOS rings. Pall (left) wears an Acne Studios shirt, HOKITA pants and KITH x Clarks boots. So, with the final show of their 2010s wrapped and the pyro machines unplugged, The Chainsmokers decided to do something uncharacteristic: disappear. ![]() “We just want to do something with no rules, no pressure, no preconceived notions, and if it takes us a year, fine.’ ” “They said to me, ‘We just want to go away and make stuff and not have to worry about deadlines, or if it’s a pop song or a dance song,’ ” says Alpert. 6, 2019, in Vancouver, The Chainsmokers sat down with Alpert in that unremarkable green room to discuss their next move, presenting a quasi-utopian vision. ![]() “It became second nature to them that they had to be on tour all the time.”įifteen minutes after the last World War Joy show ended on Dec. “It was like the songs were moving faster than we were,” says the duo’s longtime manager Adam Alpert. Suddenly, under the fluorescent lights of those arenas, Pall and Taggart felt much more adult than when they’d started. Taggart says that production costs were so high for the World War Joy tour that the endless live run didn’t turn a profit. They also fueled the 180-plus global shows The Chainsmokers played each year from 2014 to 2019, an era in which many fellow EDM A-listers withered due to the burnout such constant touring inflicted. streams, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Legitimizing The Chainsmokers in the mainstream, these songs have now aggregated 4 billion U.S. A string of straight-faced hits followed, including 2015’s “Roses,” 2016’s “Don’t Let Me Down” and that year’s “Closer,” an inescapable team-up with Halsey that spent 12 weeks atop the Hot 100 chart (the latter two tracks scored Grammy noms). Taggart was 22 when The Chainsmokers began, pairing with Pall, then 26, right out of college, then blasting into dance-pop ubiquity - some would say infamy - with their 2014 breakout single “#Selfie,” a satirical joke song that nonetheless reached No. This burden of responsibility provided a sharp contrast to the never-ending whirlwind of enormous hits, giant shows and huge paychecks that encompassed much of the duo’s first few years. Pall wears a Hanes thermal, Sebastien Ami vest, Goodfight jeans and Bottega Veneta sunglasses. ![]() Taggart (left) wears a Hanes thermal, L.A. ![]()
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