--- title: Listen to 'Paris,' the New Song from the Chainsmokers description: The DJ duo behind smash hit "Closer" has released another slow-burning pop single about doomed relationships. canonical: https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T05:51:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:08.850Z og:title: Listen to 'Paris,' the New Song from the Chainsmokers og:description: The DJ duo behind smash hit "Closer" drops another slow-burning single. og:url: https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to 'Paris,' the New Song from the Chainsmokers twitter:description: The DJ duo behind smash hit "Closer" drops another slow-burning single. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Listen to 'Paris,' the Latest Song from the Chainsmokers  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 13, 2017 5:51 AM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 13, 2017 5:51 AM UTC Continuing in their tradition of dropping [one-off singles](http://time.com/4514830/chainsmokers-all-we-know/?iid=sr-link4) with easy-listening pop loops, [Grammy-nominated](http://time.com/4591654/2017-grammy-nominations/?iid=sr-link6) electro DJ duo the Chainsmokers released a new track on Friday. This one, “Paris,” leans into their storytelling tendency (remember the doomed couple [of smash hit “Closer”](http://time.com/4497288/chainsmokers-closer-meme/?iid=sr-link1)?), again with Drew Taggart as the male vocal toying with a complicated love affair. But for once, there’s no female singer featured — making this the duo’s first real solo track since 2015. “We were staying in Paris / to get away from your parents,” it opens, “And I thought, ‘Wow, if I could take this in a shot right now / I don’t think that we could work this out,'” — a less-than-encouraging reflection on yet another tricky relationship. > [](https://twitter.com/TheChainsmokers/status/819538112086937600) This seems to be The Chainsmokers’ sweet spot: slow-burning tunes—this one is especially down-tempo—with tropical house undercurrents, a little bit of nostalgic story, and an emotionally ambiguous core. “If we go down, then we go down together,” the chorus admits, rather wistfully. C’est la vie! Take a listen, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/"},"headline":"Listen to 'Paris,' the Latest Song from the Chainsmokers","datePublished":"2017-01-13T05:51:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:08.850Z","description":"\"If we go down, then we go down together.\"","url":"https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4633340/chainsmokers-paris-new-song/","name":"Listen to 'Paris,' the Latest Song from the Chainsmokers"}}]}] ```