Paris

Chainsmokers member Andrew Taggart sings through the duration of this slow-building electro-pop jam. He is joined on the chorus and outro by singer-songwriter Emily Warren, who co-wrote their hit "Don't Let Me Down." Warren's other songwriting credits include Shawn Mendes' "Aftertaste" and Sean Paul's "No Lie."

Warren is not credited here, so this is the first Chainsmokers song without a featured vocalist since the 2015 Bouquet track "New York City," which contained uncredited vocals by Victoria Zaro. It is also their first single without a featured vocalist since 2014's "#Selfie," which contained uncredited vocals by Alexis Killacam.

The song was inspired by a friend of Andrew Taggart who in trying to escape from day to day life ended up struggling with a serious drug addiction. We were staying in Paris To get away from your parents And I thought, Wow If I could take this in a shot right now The Chainsmokers explained to AntiMusic that over the course of living in this fantasy world with his girlfriend, the two lovers were "thinking life was great and they were just down for each other thinking they were living in this wonderful day dream of a life. But in reality their lives were falling apart as well as the people around them." The New York EDM duo added: "But the song in a more general sense is about those times when you are one place in one situation but imagine you are somewhere else. Like those times you were laying in bed staring at the ceiling dreaming up a different situation."