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Yeah it seems like with the last two albums they’ve been dumbing down a little for the stadium audience, esp cuz we know from EL they have the songwriting chops in them. Songs like VLV or ETIAW are clearly very ‘pop’ yet still are high quality pieces of work, whereas something like FLIFIL lacks that. The band have forgotten songs can be successful and still good.

Yeah I've been thinking about it recently with U2 releasing a new single that's very boring and to little fanfare. It's pretty easy to fall of the map at this stage in your career, and I do think LP11, following the trend of MOTS and MM, is unlikely to get a lot of hype around it. The music has been somewhat dumbed down and Max Martin's production is way too safe and clean. Maybe it all works well for a decently fun, massive world tour but these albums aren't hitting like they used to and I think the pop music world already ran a lap around Coldplay ironically by bringing back indie rock in the mainstream (look at Olivia Rodrigo, for example).
Unless the musical ends up being an unexpected hit, their "last" album might be their last shot at making a big splash if they go back to basics and really market it in a nostalgiac way. That's for a general pop audience. For fans like us, I think we all still want something with super strong songwriting and organic production that highlights their best tendencies (interesting ambient production, skillful piano, melodic guitar and cathartic build ups), regardless of genre.

Since MM was released my expectations about LP 11 are low, not because I think it's going to be a bad album but an average record. I hope they really go ahead with this one, exploring new sounds, deeper lyrics, interesting blends of musical styles.
Coldplay it's a great band, very creative, so, it would be great if they surprised us. let's see what happens next year.

I seem to remember a high-def version of the Running Man clip being shared at some point. Not the Youtube version. Does anyone still have it?

Does anyone have any proper footage from the MGM Grand Garden Arena show?

Had no clue they were still around. Seen them during their Mylo-era and it wasn't bad.

Sent you a DM.

I was going to write something similar… about the final Coldplay album; it should arrive with a huge media campaign, to sell the idea that is the last one and back to basics and all that. But there is the possibility of it being published before the musical, and in my opinion that would be a less proper ending (even when I don ´t really believe it will be a real end).

I'd be amazed if we heard anything before 2027
That said, Coldplay are one of those rare bands that releases stuff in December so who knows.

Even if everything is ready, they’re def gonna have a long promo cycle if it’s the musical. We’d likely have to wait a couple more months even after the announcement.

It would be weird if the next album is Coldplay with all this silence, Phil mentioned like 3 years ago or something that Chris finished writing the self titled album. They would have announced it by now. The only reason they would be that silent is that they're working on the Musical which will go in line with Chris said about Aliens radio/ Aliens hits that it teases their next project.

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