Ep. 93: Drew Taggart (The Chainsmokers)

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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He is one half of the GRAMMY Award-winning and Billboard Chart-topping artist/producer duo, The Chainsmokers, who have evolved into a dominating musical force with a diverse repertoire of songs that have led them to become one of music's hottest recording artists. In 2016, the group catapulted to worldwide stardom with three Multi-Platinum certified hits - "Roses (ft. Rozes)”, "Don't Let Me Down (ft.Daya)”, and "Closer (ft. Halsey)”, which went on to become the longest-running #1 single of 2016 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2017, the group released its debut album via Disruptor/Columbia Records titled ‘Memories... Do Not Open’. The album, which has been certified Platinum, debuted at #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 chart and produced Multi-Platinum certified smash hits "Paris" and "Something Just Like This" featuring Coldplay. In 2018, The Chainsmokers released the album ‘Sick Boy’, which has accumulated over 1 billion worldwide streams to date and includes Platinum-certified single "This Feeling (ft. Kelsea Ballerini)” and Gold-certified single "Side Effects," featuring longtime collaborator Emily Warren. The duo’s latest album, titled ‘World War Joy’, which includes "Push My Luck," Gold-certified single "Takeaway" with ILLENIUM featuring Lennon Stella, Platinum-certified singles "Call You Mine (ft.Bebe Rexha)” and "Who Do You Love (ft. 5 Seconds of Summer)”, "Kills You Slowly" and "Do You Mean" featuring Dolla $ign and bülow. Additionally, the duo has been nominated for a 2020 Kids' Choice Award, a 2019 American Music Award, a 2019 MTV Video Music Award, multiple 2019 Teen Choice Awards and was honored with two wins at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards for Top Dance/Electronic Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Album for Sick Boy. And The Writer Is… Drew Taggart!

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0:40.0	Trains, now on Uber. Tees and C's apply, Anne the Writer is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with
1:02.3	hundreds of artists and writers over the years
1:04.4	and my favorite part of each session is the first hour when we catch up about life, the
1:09.0	industry, politics, composition, whatever. So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write
1:16.2	songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs. I'm producing this with
1:22.1	the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing, and
1:25.3	Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast,
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1:44.0	For a little bit of context, we just wanted you to know that a lot of these were recorded before quarantine.
1:51.0	And as we know, a lot has changed in 2020 so again please stay safe out
1:56.4	there and enjoy the new episodes of And the writer is.
2:02.4	Welcome to And the writer is. I'm your host Ross Golan. Today's game-changing music
2:09.4	influencer is not only a producer, not only a DJ, not only a frontman, but is a Grammy Award,
2:17.5	American Music Award, Billboard Music Award winning songwriter.
2:22.1	Having already been anointed ASCAP songwriter of the year,
2:26.4	this writer has evolved his sound to push the Sonic envelope.
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