"High" is a song by American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers, released on January 28, 2022, via Disruptor Records and Columbia Records as the lead single from the duo's fourth studio album So Far So Good (2022). The music video was released on the same day. It also marked the duo's first new music since World War Joy (2019). A demo version of the song written and sung by The Kid LAROI, and featuring The Chainsmokers was leaked in 2021 before the official version's release. This song made an instant impact on pop radio.
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Promotion
In early January 2022, the duo posted a teaser clip, showing waves with a purple filter on Instagram with the caption: "Who's ready? #TCS4". On January 13, 2022, they uploaded a video with the caption: "Sorry, The Chainsmokers Are Back", announcing the single would come out.
Music video
An accompanying music video was released on January 28, 2022, and directed by Kid. Studio. It stars Drew Taggart "chasing a love interest [...] on an airplane, the top of a skyscraper, and falling through the air". The video gathered one million views in less than 24 hours.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Charlton Howard (The Kid LAROI) - lyricist
Nick Long – producer, composer, lyricist
The Chainsmokers – producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer
Ethan Snoreck – producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, vocal producer
Jacob Kasher Hindlin – composer, lyricist
Jeff Halavacs – composer, lyricist
Natalie Salomon – composer, lyricist
Adam Alpert – executive producer
Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mixer, studio personnel
Emerson Mancini – mastering engineer
Jordan Stilwell – mixing engineer, recording engineer