Watch Bebe Rexha Murder The Chainsmokers In 'Call You Mine' Video

Even before they landed one of the longest-running No. 1 hits at the best of the Billboard Hot 100 through the a dazzling team-up with Halsey, The Chainsmokers knew that the key to running the pop game was group effort. In the lead-up to "Closer," they tested the waters with Rozes and Daya, and right after, they've kept that flame burning with Coldplay and this year's "Who Do You Love" with 5 Seconds of Summer.


As of Friday (May 31), they can officially add Bebe Rexha to that roster of superstar co-conspirators. Their joint song "Call You Mine," though, is more a showcase for Rexha than anything else — and that's good news. It yields a big-hearted, EDM-tinged power ballad complete with raging guitar lines and crisp production. It's undeniable.


Last week, the 'Smokers tweeted a sentiment perviously unconsidered that may, case in point, encapsulate their entire ethos. "Ed Sheeran writes the perfect songs for a wedding," the message mentioned. "We write excellent songs for divorces." "Call You Mine," with its dramatic structure, doesn't quite fit with that statement — "And you mentioned, 'I never regretted the day that I called you mine' / So I call you mine," Rexha sings, suggesting a happy ending — nevertheless who understands what lies in back of the inspiration.


Musically, it's a prototypical 'Smokers cut where big drops and airy piano abound. Drew Taggart has noticed fantastic success singing lead despite not being the strongest vocalist, however here, he and partner Alex Pall (plus Andrew Watt, Steve Mac, and more big behind-the-scenes songwriting names) intelligently cede the space to Rexha, who owns it. She likewise owns the accompanying video, which also dropped Friday (May 31), and which features her enacting vengeance and taking Taggart and Pall out, likely permanently, with some poison.


It's all love, though, as they both showed on Twitter any time the song dropped.


Rexha released her own solo song "Last Hurrah" in February, and the 'Smokers are gearing up for their new project, World War Joy, sometime later this year. They hit the road with 5SOS in August.


Watch the video above, and catch it playing on mtvU and MTV Live on Friday.