The Chainsmokers have honoured Beach House by singing about the Dream Pop duo on their new single.
The track, called – you guessed it – ‘Beach House’, contains the lyric: “Listening to Beach House, taking my time.”
Following its release, the EDM outfit said of the single: “Really love this song as well ’cause we tried to get back to our roots on this with that classic OG Chainsmoker feel.
“And we were listening to a lot of Beach House.”
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Despite the apparent influence and namecheck, the dance track bears little resemblance to the Baltimore cool kids’ ethereal soundscapes. Check it out below.
Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart previously gave a shout-out to Blink-182. The track ‘Closer’ – their collaboration with Halsey – features the lyric: “Stay and play that Blink-182 song/ That we beat to death in Tuscon, okay.”
The Chainsmokers released a four-track EP, ‘Sick Boy’, back in April. Its social media-bashing title track dropped in January. Their debut album, ‘Memories…Do Not Open’, was released in 2017.
Meanwhile, Beach House’s latest album ‘7’ arrived in May – following the release of lead single ‘Lemon Glow’ and ‘Dive‘. Reviewing the former, NME said: “It’s packed full of synthesizers, and may well be Beach House’s most danceable track to date.”
