The Chainsmokers - Memories...do Not Open -2017... 〈2024-2026〉

In 2025, that criticism feels less urgent. Memories...Do Not Open isn't high art. It's a vibe . It’s the soundtrack to a specific type of hurt—the kind you feel when you’re 22, it’s 2 AM, and you’re in the back of an Uber looking out the window at city lights. Does It Hold Up? Yes and no.

If you loved this album in 2017, you’ll still love it now—mostly out of nostalgia for the era of rose-gold sunsets, Vine edits, and driving nowhere with your friends. The Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open -2017...

Arguably the most underrated track on the album. It strips back the bombast for a minute and actually lets Drew sing (with auto-croon) about the anxiety of success. “I’m sorry if I’m up and down a lot these days.” It’s vulnerable in a way the rest of the album is too polished to admit. In 2025, that criticism feels less urgent

The drop in “Young” sounds dated. The rap-sung verses in “Bloodstream” are a product of a very specific 2016-2017 moment. But songs like “Paris” and “Honest” have aged into comfort food. They remind you of a time when EDM was trying to conquer Top 40 radio with sad boy lyrics and huge synthesizers. It’s the soundtrack to a specific type of

If you were anywhere near a radio, a college dorm, or a gym locker room in the spring of 2017, you couldn’t escape The Chainsmokers. Following the meteoric (and some might say exhausting ) success of “Closer” and “Don’t Let Me Down,” Alex Pall and Drew Taggart did what any sensible hitmakers would do: they doubled down. Hard.