"High" is a song by American electronic music duo

The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander "Alex" Pall and Andrew "Drew" Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM- pop duo achieved a breakthrough with the ...

, released on January 28, 2022, via

Disruptor Records Disruptor Records is an American record label founded by Adam Alpert in September 2014, as a joint venture with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment. The label has sold more than 15 million singles worldwide as of 2016. History Alpert founded ...

and

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as the lead single from the duo's fourth studio album '' So Far So Good'' (2022). The music video was released on the same day. It also marks the duo's first new music since ''

World War Joy ''World War Joy'' is the third studio album by American DJ and production duo The Chainsmokers. It was released on December 6, 2019, under Disruptor and Columbia Records. The album features collaborations with Amy Shark, Kygo, Sabrina Claudio, Bl ...

'' (2019). A demo version of the song featuring

the Kid Laroi Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as the Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer and songwriter. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with A ...

was leaked in 2021 before the official version's release. This song made an instant impact on pop radio.

Promotion

In early January 2022, the duo posted a teaser clip, which has waves with a purple filter on Instagram with the caption: "Who's ready? #TCS4". On January 13, 2022, they uploaded a video with the caption: "Sorry, The Chainsmokers Are Back", announcing the single would come out.

Music video

An accompanying music video was released on January 28, 2022, and directed by Kid. Studio. It stars Drew Taggart "chasing a love interest ..on an airplane, the top of a skyscraper, and falling through the air". The video gathered one million views in less than 24 hours.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Nick Long – producer, composer, lyricist * The Chainsmokers – producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer *

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– producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, vocal producer * Jacob Kasher Hindlin – composer, lyricist * Jeff Halavacs – composer, lyricist * Natalie Salomon – composer, lyricist * Adam Alpert – executive producer * Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mixer, studio personnel * Michelle Mancini –

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* Jordan Stilwell – mixing engineer, recording engineer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2022 songs 2022 singles The Chainsmokers songs Disruptor Records singles Columbia Records singles Songs written by Andrew Taggart Songs written by Alex Pall