Deadmau5 never is short on words about other artists in EDM, and twitter seems to be his perfect platform. Joel has gone on many rants against artists & had many twitter wars with fans/blogs/artists. Last night was no different. At 12:01 EST the NY Times tweeted this
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Chainsmokers? https://t.co/4308SzlAC3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2017
Deadmau5 10 minutes later promptly responds with this tweet absolutely burying The Chainsmokers
Easy. You suck a shitload of Grammy dick and pay a ghost producer. Next question. https://t.co/x8336Kbeas
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) April 15, 2017
If you look at the chain of comments after Deadmau5 tweeted this you will see every reaction gif/meme in the book as almost every comment under his agreed with his sentiment.
The Chainsmokers new album is surely going to bring in a TON of money for the group, but it looks like the EDM world and many others are rejecting this transformation into a pop duo and a lot of people are VERY vocal about it.