Something just like this

“Something Just Like This”, a song about a relationship that 

doesn’t need to be superhumanly perfect.

"Something Just like This" is a song by American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers and British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 22nd February 2017 as the second single from The Chainsmokers' debut album, Memories...Do Not Open, and as the lead single from Coldplay's thirteenth extended play Kaleidoscope. "Something Just like This" was used as the theme for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

The song is written in the key of D Major and has a tempo of 103 beats per minute in common time. It follows a chord progression of G(add9)–Asus–Bm–Asus, and the vocals span two octaves, from G2 to G4.

The Chainsmokers: “Something Just Like This” is about a relationship that doesn’t need to be superhumanly perfect, an ordinary love, a love everyone deserves like the boy on the cover art whose childhood memories are now boxed up. Coldplay is one of our biggest inspirations and this song was an absolute dream come true to make. The song, for the most part, was created during our first meeting with Chris Martin. We found some chords that everyone loved and then Chris plugged a mic into the PA in the studio and freestyled for an hour. This song was the result. We’ve never seen a song written in such a stream of consciousness. It’s hard to maintain your identity when working with such an established artist but we feel this song is great balance between both us and Coldplay.

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