The Chainsmokers duo recalled how their first song ‘Erase’ was made in collaboration with Priyanka Chopra.
When Priyanka Chopra was trying to make a career in Hollywood, she first tried her hand at music, as she released a few singles with Pitbull and will.i.am. Around this time in early 2010, The Chainsmokers released their first song, collaboration with PeeCee. In a recent interview, the music duo recalled how that collaboration came about and shared that they didn’t meet Priyanka until eight years after that song.
In a conversation with Raj Shamani on his podcast, The Chainsmokers said that their song “Erase” with Priyanka was “technically our first song”. Andrew recalled that at the time, he was interning with Interscope Records and they gave him the opportunity to remix some of his songs. It was around the same time that the label also signed Priyanka. “They asked me to remix their songs and songs by other Interscope artists, which was a huge opportunity for me. I remember I got some vocals from the song ‘Erase’ and they were like, the production isn’t right, can you make a new production? So I made that production and everyone loved it,” he shared.
While all this was happening, Andrew formed The Chainsmokers with Alex and since they already had the song, they decided to make it their first song. But, till then he had never met Priyanka Chopra. In fact, he first met her at a Los Angeles restaurant eight years later. “We met at a restaurant in LA. She was there and you know she’s a wonderful, wonderful person. She looks like a star. There’s this aura around him so it was kind of nerve-wracking. We said, ‘Hey, I don’t even know if you know this, but we did a song together.’ And she said, ‘Oh my God, I was hoping to meet you guys, see you sometime.’ It was very sweet and it was also a little funny. Eight years later, that’s the music business for you,” he recalled.
The Chainsmokers in recent times came to India to perform in Mumbai.
‘Priyanka Chopra has the aura of a star’, The Chainsmokers memorize making their first song with her: ‘It was kind of fun’
