Throughout the video, it shows the party in the future where Halsey and Drew repeatedly gaze at each other. The characters are then sitting in their empty bedrooms. At the pool, Halsey's character grows frustrated, and storms off. Andrew Taggart (one half of the Chainsmokers) also provides his vocals. The two first met at a college party, and then hooked up afterward. Closer is a song by American DJ duo the Chainsmokers featuring American singer Halsey. The video shows Drew Taggart and Halsey's characters' relationship. The song's official music video was released on October 24, 2016.
Ĭloser was included on The Chainsmokers's extended play Collage, which was released on November 4, 2016. She made it a conversation between the two of us, which added a really cool dynamic-it makes the song complete. We showed her the song and she made the second verse so it wasn't my one-sided story about some chick I used to date. So that's what the Maxwells figured, that he'd make a lot of noise so the boogers. we ended up becoming friends with Halsey. He'd always get him a song a-going, or whistle to scare the boogers off. Speaking on this further to Bazaar, The Chainsmokers said the following: The song was written as a "conversational song" with two people telling each other want they want specifically. At the Bonaroo Arts and Music Festival, Halsey was invited onto the stage to perform the song with them, where it was announced that she would be included in the final version. The existence of the song was first confirmed when a snippet was performed at The Chainsmokers's Coachella set.