Drew Taggart Of The Chainsmokers Talks About What To Count on On Their Upcoming Album

Yesterday, The Chainsmokers appeared as visitors together with Shaq on The Artist and The Athlete, a podcast with Lindsay Czarniak. The podcast does simply what it says, bringing artists and athletes collectively and charting their rise to fame and their trajectory sooner or later.

With The Chainsmokers, it’s pretty well-known that we’re ready on their fourth album, following a yr of principally full silence. They introduced a break from social media in February 2020, only a month earlier than the worldwide pandemic, one thing that turned out to be robust as everybody was abruptly caught at dwelling. Later that yr, in July, they’d play a charity drive-in present within the Hamptons for which they’d be blasted, investigated, and the organizers fined by the NY State Division of Well being.

Now, they’re beginning to put together for the discharge of their new album, updating their social media (nonetheless small it was). On the podcast with Czarniak, they speak in regards to the sound of their new album and returning to the sound of “Roses” and “Nearer” and the sensation these songs gave once you heard them for the primary time.

“We actually lean into the emotion that I believe folks began following us for to start with,” mentioned Drew of the group. “There’s this development hat numerous artists together with us fall sufferer to is that you just come out with one sound, you get identified for it, and then you definitely wish to show to all people that you are able to do different issues.”

He continued, “A part of that’s pure as a result of your tastes as a artistic particular person and your pursuits or inspiration strikes, and it’s a must to observe that. However Alex and I dialed again into that feeling you bought once you heard ‘Roses’ or ‘Nearer’ for the primary time. You recognize these songs we actually had enjoyable making, and strike this sort of nostalgic, melancholy sort of feeling, I believe that’s our fashion.

“Each music is de facto enjoyable. Each music slaps. There’s all the time a second that you just’re gonna flip your head and also you’re like, ‘Yeah, you’re giving me that second.’ We tried to do that previously however we actually elevated that intention on this album.”

You may hearken to the complete podcast with Shaq under.

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