‘Esquire’ magazine ran the headline, “The Chainsmokers are the Nickelback of EDM” (electronic dance music) So on Tuesday, The Chainsmokers Respond To Being Compared To Nickelback … the guys took to social media to respond to a recent Esquire article that compared them to the band Nickelback. They posted a video of themselves performing their new single “Paris” mixed with Nickelback’s 2001 hit “This is How You Remind Me.
NOW Nickelback responded with a video and the tweet, “@chainsmokers you may find this hard to believe, but we have been called worse. It’s only music guys, keep up the great work.” Ryan Peake, guitarist for Nickelback, played this Chainsmokers/Nickelback Mashup.
.@TheChainsmokers you may find this hard to believe, but we’ve been called way worse. It’s only music guys, keep up the great work. #Truth pic.twitter.com/HnTpkELZha
— Nickelback (@Nickelback) February 2, 2017