{"id":21961,"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=21961"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:46:03","slug":"the-chainsmokers-leave-disruptor-after-11-years-announce-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/the-chainsmokers-leave-disruptor-after-11-years-announce-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chainsmokers Leave Disruptor After 11 Years, Announce \u2018BABY\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thechainsmokers.com\/\">The Chainsmokers<\/a><\/strong> have <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/the-chainsmokers-go-independent-gunna-launches-sb-the-label\/\">left <strong>Disruptor Records<\/strong><\/a> after <strong>11 years<\/strong> and will release \u201c<strong>BABY<\/strong>,\u201d their first single as independent artists, on Friday, <strong>October 16<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, comprising <strong>Drew Taggart<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Pall<\/strong>, announced their label departure this week. They also ended their working relationship with longtime manager <strong>Adam Alpert<\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n<h2>Departure from Disruptor<\/h2>\n<p>Taggart and Pall signed with Disruptor in <strong>2015<\/strong>, when Alpert established the imprint through a joint venture with <strong>Sony<\/strong>. Disruptor operates under <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiarecords.com\/\">Columbia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement announcing the departure, the duo thanked their label team and outlined their plans to experiment with future releases:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter 11 amazing years, we are now independent artists. We are eternally grateful to our incredible team at Columbia\/Distruptor for a decade plus of hard work that has resulted in unimaginable success.<\/p>\n<p>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 \ud83d\udc9a we know we owe you some records!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>First independent single<\/h2>\n<p>The duo announced \u201cBABY\u201d on <strong>October 14<\/strong>, setting its release for two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the track on Instagram, they wrote: \u201cA new chapter begins. BABY. Out Friday. 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