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"  Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images Chromeo have been touring for the better part of the past 12 years. Still, when you endure a weekend like Dave 1 and P-Thugg recently did, during which the Chromeo members played two late-night DJ sets, took the main stage at Lollapalooza the next afternoon, and then jetted off to Colorado to headline at the famed Red Rocks amphitheater, things can get a bit tiring. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard,&amp;quot; Dave 1 admits to ELLE.com of the band&amp;#039;s on-the-go lifestyle. &amp;quot;But you get in the auto-pilot zone. At the end of the day\u2026the gratitude kind of re-charges you every time.&amp;quot;  The past few months have been rejuvenating ones for Chromeo: After years hovering below the mainstream, albeit with a dedicated fan base and consistent tours, their latest album, this year&amp;#039;s more pop-oriented White Women, finally saw them break through to a wider audience. &amp;quot;We knew in the studio this was our strongest work,&amp;quot; Dave said. &amp;quot;We knew that we did want to modernize our sound and we did want to make Chromeo 2.0. We wanted this album to be a great starting point for people who would just become Chromeo fans now. You don&amp;#039;t even have to go back to the old stuff: you could just a be a huge Chromeo fan from knowing White Women.&amp;quot; If the band could point to any one thing that triggered their rise in popularity, it&amp;#039;s undoubtedly &amp;quot;Jealous (I Ain&amp;#039;t With It)&amp;quot;, a banger of a single that hit number 15 on Billboard&amp;#039;s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Even with the song&amp;#039;s omnipresence on tastemakers&amp;#039; best-of-2014 playlists, Dave said he must keep a levelheaded approach to his craft. &amp;quot;You never know about [fame] because obviously we started with this mystery, sort of against-the-grain, doing-things-a-different-way, not-being-part-of-any-trend [ethos],&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;So I guess we don&amp;#039;t rely on blowing up quick because it never happened with us [before].&amp;quot;      It&amp;#039;s happening now. Although according to Dave, Chromeo&amp;#039;s is a deliberate reinvention strategy, reminiscent of how the Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2014a band he discovered as a teenager in Montreal\u2014evolved from a punk-oriented band in the early &amp;#039;80s days to a more pop-leaning outfit the following decade. &amp;quot;We studied bands like the Chili Peppers who had such longevity in their career,&amp;quot; he explained, &amp;quot;and we&amp;#039;re like, &amp;#039;Alright, this is what we have to do.&amp;#039;&amp;quot;      The guitarist said the band&amp;#039;s Lollapalooza set\u2014during which fans braved the pounding rain and ignited a full-scale dance riot\u2014was a stellar indication of how wild things have gotten. &amp;quot;We didn&amp;#039;t even believe it,&amp;quot; he says of the massive crowd. &amp;quot;Part of us was like, &amp;#039;Nah, they&amp;#039;re probably just waiting for Skrillex.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; The set was not only an opportunity for Chromeo to unleash a varied sequence of material\u2014&amp;quot;there&amp;#039;s ballads, there&amp;#039;s smoother funk songs, and there&amp;#039;s jump-up-and-down ragers like &amp;#039;Jealous&amp;#039;\u2014but also to participate in some demographic research. &amp;quot;Part of the reason that I wear sunglasses is that if I didn&amp;#039;t wear them you could see my eyes going crazy,&amp;quot; Dave says. &amp;quot;&amp;#039;Cause I scan the audience and I try to analyze everybody. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s what being a musician in 2014 is,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;Part-musician and part a whole bunch of other things: whether it&amp;#039;s art director, designer, statistician, demographic marketing manager.&amp;quot; As for Chromeo&amp;#039;s future? Dave said his guess is as good as anyone&amp;#039;s for what&amp;#039;s next. He did offer one assurance, though: &amp;quot;Growing up I used to see all my heroes break up. When A Tribe Called Quest broke up it killed me. That&amp;#039;s never gonna happen with Chromeo.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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