The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey: Closer (2016) Online

The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey: Closer (2016) Online

The video begins with The Chainsmokers' Andrew Taggart looking at Halsey while at a party. It then flashbacks to an early time where Andrew and Halsey's characters met for the first time in a party where they eventually ended up kissing in a kitchen. Through the video, Halsey and Andrew are seen singing with Halsey in lingerie and Andrew shirtless both in bed, also representing the time they were together. The video ends with Halsey leaving the party in present time, while Andrew follows her outside and then Halsey stops and turns around to see Andrew while they both see each other implying they regretted drifting apart.

The song was written by Andrew Taggart, Ashley Frangipane, Shaun Frank, Freddy Kennett, Isaac Slade and Joe King, while the production was handled by The Chainsmokers.

The song was released on July 29, 2016, through Disruptor Records and Columbia Records.

In the United States, "Closer" became both The Chainsmokers' and Halsey's first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

Musically it is an EDM song with a "retro" style synthesizer in the chorus.

The song stayed at the top spot for 12 consecutive weeks.

Outside of the United States, "Closer" topped the charts in more than ten countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom, making it both The Chainsmokers' and Halsey's first number-one single in all six countries.

The song went on to become the first song to spend 26 weeks in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Closer" became only the second song in the history of the Hot 100 chart to spend 32 weeks in the top ten of the chart.

The song was performed live for the first time at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2016.

Halsey and The Chainsmokers performed the track live at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards as well as a remix of the song at the 2016 American Music Awards.

Music video was released on October 24, 2016.

The video received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

The song's beat was created in a session between Chainsmokers member Andrew Taggart and Freddy Kennett of Louis the Child.

Taggart wrote the song with Canadian DJ Shaun Frank in one session, and Frank encouraged him to sing on the song.

According to Taggart, the track was inspired by the Blink-182 song "I Miss You", which the duo were listening to on repeat and is referenced in the song.

The song is written in the key of A major with a common time tempo of 95 beats per minute and a chord progression of D9 - E6 - Fm7 - E. The vocals span from E2 to E4 for Andrew Taggart and E3 to B5 for Halsey in the song.

Matt Medved of Billboard wrote the song "sounds like an instant classic," stating that it "boasts an ear-worm chorus and evocative verses like 'play that Blink-182 song that we beat to death in Tucson,' "Closer" captures the millennial zeitgeist in brilliantly infectious fashion."

Billboard ranked "Closer" at number 29 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.

As of May 2017, the video has received over 216 million views on YouTube.

The lyric video for "Closer" was edited and directed by Rory Kramer.