Marcel Winatschek

Who Do You Love

The Chainsmokers have a new one out with 5 Seconds of Summer. ’Who Do You Love’ and the video’s live. If you’ve been paying attention since ’Closer’ became inescapable, you know the shape of this—something polished and designed to connect, and it usually does.

What’s interesting about these two guys is they never stop. ’Closer’ with Halsey, ’Don’t Let Me Down’ with Daya, ’Paris,’ the Coldplay track—just a steady stream of hits all through last year. Grammy winners, festival headliners, the kind of momentum most artists would retire on. They just kept working.

5 Seconds of Summer is an odd pairing on paper. Boy band meets electronic producers. Except that distinction doesn’t really matter anymore. Pop music is one thing now, everyone borrowing from everyone else, and if it lands it lands.

There’s nothing secret about The Chainsmokers. They understand what works and they execute it over and over. Not mysterious, not groundbreaking, just consistent. And there’s something to respect in that.