Chester French was an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.'

[2] Milwaukee-raised Wallach and Boston native Drummey formed the band with three other classmates, playing various campus functions, and ultimately moved in a direction influenced by classic British Northern Soul.

Wallach handled most of the vocals, while Drummey performed much of the composition with instruments, supplemented with an occasional special guest.

Wallach and multi-instrumentalist Maxwell Drummey, the band's lineup also included Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe-winning pianist and percussionist Justin Gabriel Hurwitz, bassist Michael William Judge and drummer Damien Sayre Chazelle, who went on to become a successful film director.

It was good too because we were able to learn how to record all kinds of different music and instruments and all that knowledge ends up being a resource when you’re working out your own project.

Engineer Andrew Coleman passed it to Pharrell Williams, whose Star Trak label eventually won a bidding war over who would sign the band.

[8][9] Pharrell, in an introduction of the band in front of an audience in New York, briefly mentioned the bidding war: "There's something at Star Trak records that we have been very excited about and there's, I don't know.

"[10] After landing at Star Trak at the end of their senior year at Harvard, the group moved to Los Angeles and continued work on their debut album, "Love The Future".

Soon after graduating, one of their unmastered songs, "She Loves Everybody", ended up in the premiere episode of the 4th season of "Entourage", "Welcome to the Jungle", which aired June 17, 2007.

(on "No Parents Allowed"), Cassie (on "Chloe Jones"), Pusha-T of the Clipse (on "Campus Kingpin"), Bun B of UGK, Talib Kweli & Mickey Factz (on "I'm So Tall"), Janelle Monáe (on "Nerd Girl"), Diddy and Jadakiss (on "Ciroc Star"), the Mad Rapper (on "Mad Rapper"), Wale (on "I'm Sorry"), and Pharrell Williams and Jermaine Dupri (on "Life in LA").

[15][16] The duo decided to build a live show, so they hired the brother-brother touring musician team of Omar and Manny Dominick and keyboardist Tyler Wood.

The newly formed live version of Chester French debuted at the 2008 South By Southwest festival and have toured on and off since.

[17][18][19] The band then released the song for retail on iTunes and Amazon in October, which was quickly followed by the release of the "She Loves Everybody" EP, which features the single, the band's song "Jimmy Choos" and remixes of "She Loves Everybody" by The Neptunes and DJ Steve Aoki and a remix of "Jimmy Choos" by hip-hop producer El-P.[20] Bronx, NY rapper Mickey Factz and J.A.M.E.S.

The single "Black Girls" as well as accompanying music video was released on April 18, 2012, garnering generally positive reviews albeit controversy about the song's bold lyrics and subject matter.

The magazine described "She Loves Everybody" as an "ode to safe sex [that] mixes a Euro film-soundtrack vibe with synth beats - mood music for the thinking bachelor's pad.

"[29] When asked why hip-hop stars enjoy their music, Wallach satirically explains: "They find it interesting that we're the first artists to wear whiteface all the time, publicly.

"[30] Chester French are also notable for having been one of the first bands to use Facebook for promotion and fan interaction, as they were freshmen and gigging musicians at Harvard the year Mark Zuckerberg launched the website.

[3] The band compared their approach to their pop sound with hip hop, stating "the mentality is informed a lot by hip-hop production".