The Chainsmokers Return With First New Music Since 2019, “Excessive”

Following a two-year break from touring and releasing music, The Chainsmokers have returned to unveil their new single “Excessive” at the moment. The music, which was co-written and co-produced with Whethan, launches a brand new musical period for the band and kicks off the journey in direction of their upcoming fourth full-length album. The music’s official music video has additionally premiered at the moment and follows the blokes to death-defying heights as Drew chases his unattainable important different by way of a number of surreal eventualities, and showcases navigating by way of a world the place love is at all times fleeting.

The band has additionally stated of the only, “The music completely captures the spirit of at the moment’s relationships, the lengths we are going to go for somebody we love, and the lies we inform ourselves to proceed on unhappily. Nevertheless, underlying these darkish and sometimes contentious lyrics is a manufacturing that feels celebratory as a result of everyone knows on the finish of the day, we by no means hearken to recommendation, we do what feels finest for ourselves and preserve telling ourselves it is going to be completely different this time.”

The Chainsmokers will carry out “Excessive” dwell for the primary time ever through the Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Sport Halftime Present Introduced by Audi this Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. The sport kicks off at 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET, might be broadcast on FOX.

Talking to Zane Lowe on New Music Each day on Apple Music 1, Drew stated, “I feel we had been pleased with our final couple albums, however we simply didn’t really feel that these songs had been actually like residing as much as what we actually thought we had been able to. That wasn’t honoring of the place we thought Chainsmokers might go. And we wanted a while to simply cease and chill.

“And we went away to Hawaii to start with of 2020. We simply went and surfed and drank and laughed and took mushrooms and listened to tons of music that we liked. And we simply received refocused. Then we had Emily Warren with us and Whethan and Ian Kirkpatrick and we simply all received on a vibe collectively and made what’s now the spine of our fourth album and it feels genreless. It’s enjoyable. It incorporates all these sounds that we’ve liked from our whole lives of listening to music. And it’s thrilling to press play… cultivating your creativity is without doubt one of the hardest issues to do. And we landed again in that little wave and ever since then, I feel we’ve been extra impressed now than we've previously 4 years. And so we’re excited to indicate everyone all of the stuff we’re making,”

Try “Excessive” beneath.

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