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The Chainsmokers announced a major career shift as the duo prepares to begin a new chapter. The move comes after they terminated their management contract with Disruptor founder Adam Alpert in 2025. Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart will now work as independent artists.
The Chainsmokers leave Columbia/Disruptor after more than a decade together
The Chainsmokers took to Instagram to announce their latest move. Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart shared a photograph alongside the caption, “After 11 amazing years, we are now independent artists. We are eternally grateful to our incredible team at Columbia/Disruptor for a decade plus of hard work that has resulted in unimaginable success.”
The duo is going independent after working with the labels for more than a decade.
They added, “We have no idea what to expect for our next chapter, but we are extremely excited to have fun and experiment with all our new music releases. Thank you for sticking with us fam, we know we owe you some records!”
As per Paste Magazine, Pall also reflected on recent changes to their team on LinkedIn. He wrote, “What happens when you bring in people who don’t have years of history around how everything’s ‘supposed’ to work?” He described the new team as interesting.
“Sometimes it’s just time to shake things up, even when everything’s working fine, because a fresh perspective can find things you’d never think to look for,” he added.
Soon after the announcement, fans welcomed the duo’s new chapter. One user wrote, “AH CONGRATS HOMIES ? ready to hear whatever y’all got coming (pls be more hard shiii)!”
Another user wrote, “Congrats on this new adventure!!! Gunna be ????????.”
One Instagram user added, “Happy for you boyz!!! So new music when? You used to call (baby 33) is the next, right?”
The Chainsmokers had worked with Columbia Records and Disruptor Records for more than a decade. The duo released their first official track, “Erase,” in 2012 before scoring a breakout hit with “#SELFIE” in 2014.
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