The Chainsmokers Go Independent After 11 Years With Disruptor
The Chainsmokers enter independent era with a new single.
This week, alt EDM stars The Chainsmokers announced they have left their label Disruptor Records after 11 years. They also parted with their longtime manager, Adam Alpert, last year.
Background:
The Chainsmokers, which consists of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall, signed with Disruptor when Alpert formed the imprint as a joint venture with Sony in 2015.
Disruptor exists under the Columbia umbrella.
What’s next:
Today (October 14), Taggart and Pall announced their first single in this new era.
It is called “BABY,” and it is coming out Friday, October 16.
They said of the new song via Instagram: “A new chapter begins. BABY. Out Friday. Let’s turn this thing on.”
What they said:
The Chainsmokers: “After 11 amazing years, we are now independent artists. We are eternally grateful to our incredible team at Columbia/Distruptor for a decade plus of hard work that has resulted in unimaginable success. We have no idea what to expect for our next chapter but we are extremely excited to have fun and experiment with all our new music releases. Thank you for sticking with us fam 💚 we know we owe you some records!”
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This article was written with information sourced from Billboard.
We covered it because The Chainsmokers are major artists, and this update will affect their data on ROSTR.
