yeah, don't think a protest song is going to happen. but another "carnival of idiots" line or two in a song would be great. i'm hoping for not-so-poppy-as-ahfod, in-house produced songs.

Yeah, I don't think they're going to release a flat-out protest song. It'd have to be watered down at least, or something similar to Politik or Violet Hill as mentioned, which both successfully tread the lines between blatantly and harshly criticising someone/something, and being too sappy or cringey. They're both great songs in that sense... and in every sense really! ;)

 

Oh, and for anyone who missed it: Calling all Coldplayers who have shared their love of the band on this magnificent website over the years, new and old! The comments about the subreddit and history of the band in this thread are in reply to a (quite lengthy, I will admit, but special and inspiring!) comment I originally posted at the end of page 22, which has now been moved to another thread, the "Coldplaying's history" thread. Let's all collate as much of Coldplaying's history as we can and make these times of the band's history some special ones to look back on, like we do now with MX and VLV eras.

New hope for Kaleidoscope EP:

 

Protest song. It has been a weird/scary week in the U.S. with Trump and a lot of artists are responding with protest tracks, including a huge Coldplay influencer Arcade Fire. I know the message of AHFOD was "peace, love, togetherness, hope" which is awesome in its own way right now, but every once and a while I think you just need to release something that is "f**k all" Its mostly been hip-hop and and more alternative artists protesting--but Coldplay could actually reach more people with their biggest-band-in-the-world platform.

 

I don't know, maybe that would ruin the tone of AHFOD--but this era didn't get an angry song which are usually my favorite from Coldplay, so what do you guys think about a protest/anger song? Should Coldplay finally go punk/metal :) ?

yes, they should. new side to them. new ideas.

Pilar just posted this. Thought it would be cool if it influenced K-EP artwork

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Mobile Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPlxwPMDNBg/

 

Pilar always posts artwork influenced by Ancient Egypt, so I don't think this is related to Coldplay at all. Are we even sure she is the artist doing the ep artwork?

I hope the new artwork will be more original & won't undergo plagiarism allegations or cultural appropriation claims this time :uhoh:

Pilar always posts artwork influenced by Ancient Egypt, so I don't think this is related to Coldplay at all. Are we even sure she is the artist doing the ep artwork?

I hope the new artwork will be more original & won't undergo plagiarism allegations or cultural appropriation claims this time :uhoh:

 

I kinda doubt they would pay another artist for just an EP. The boys are very good at keeping all the artwork for an era similar in style, too.

 

Oh, and the plagiarism claim was bullshit, we all know that lmao. Nobody owns that symbol, it's been around for literally thousand of years.

I hope the new artwork will be more original & won't undergo plagiarism allegations or cultural appropriation claims this time :uhoh:

they could draw a square as the album art and someone will be offended or allege plagiarism...

New hope for Kaleidoscope EP:

 

Protest song. It has been a weird/scary week in the U.S. with Trump and a lot of artists are responding with protest tracks, including a huge Coldplay influencer Arcade Fire. I know the message of AHFOD was "peace, love, togetherness, hope" which is awesome in its own way right now, but every once and a while I think you just need to release something that is "f**k all" Its mostly been hip-hop and more alternative artists protesting--but Coldplay could actually reach more people with their biggest-band-in-the-world platform.

 

I don't know, maybe that would ruin the tone of AHFOD--but this era didn't get an angry song which are usually my favorite from Coldplay, so what do you guys think about a protest/anger song? Should Coldplay finally go punk/metal :) ?

 

I'd be down for that just because the country is rightfully pissed off we actually elected this man. But at the same time, I don't see Coldplay doing that. At least not in an obvious way.

Is this the calm before the storm? :wacky: oO

^ I hope so! If we're getting the EP before the next tour leg, then they gotta announce it in the next couple of weeks surely

^ I hope so! If we're getting the EP before the next tour leg, then they gotta announce it in the next couple of weeks surely

maybe they will just release it. i'm hoping to see a new song or two in the new tour legs.

A protest song would just get them laughed at honestly, keep in mind Coldplay is as edgy as a teddy bear.

 

I believe the ONLY words Chris ever had on Trump was something like, I think it's cool that you can be pretty much anyone and run for president. Another impressive dodge by Chris.

I'm sure the EP is ready or almost ready and no protest songs were made lol.

yeah, if the EP isn't done already, its very close. But that's different to when they'll actually release it.

 

I think if anything, they might be practicing a few for the tour start up again?

I mean, it was only a month between the announcement of AHFOD and the actual release, so it's probably gonna be less for the EP.

I'm getting antsy waiting for this :laugh3: It could be the kicker for me booking a ticket to the UK in July to see them one last time for this tour haha

I think it's probably nearly ready. They probably won't announce it though, i think they will just release it and won't promote it much. We definitely need to get at least a couple of the tracks during the tour though!

you know what would be cool? three years ago, they released the video for Midnight out of nowhere on Feb 25. they could release the EP out of nowhere on the same day :P

except that of course makes no sense, and we didn't know at all about Midnight, whereas this time we know there will be an EP

I was thinking:

The BRITs Award show is on February 22th.

 

Could it be possible that Coldplay will perform (they are not announced yet) a new song from Kaleidoscope EP at that show?

 

So the EP has to come out shortly before?

I was thinking:

The BRITs Award show is on February 22th.

 

Could it be possible that Coldplay will perform (they are not announced yet) a new song from Kaleidoscope EP at that show?

 

So the EP has to come out shortly before?

That would be so great !

And I hope so bad that they will change their setlists a bit on the next tour legs, as Will announced in this interview a while ago. By the way, my guesses for the release of the K-EP is very close to your guess of a Coldplay performance at the BRITs :D : https://www.coldplaying.com/forum/index.php?posts/5864474

even without the EP, i wished they changed their setlist a bit, heh, but thats for another thread....

What makes everyone think they are playing at the BRITs? are they even up for an award?

What makes everyone think they are playing at the BRITs? are they even up for an award?

 

Nie just posed it as a suggestion that they COULD play. they're up for Single and Video, both for HFTW

Nie just posed it as a suggestion that they COULD play. they're up for Single and Video, both for HFTW

sooo....why dont they play that instead...?

 

sorry to make fun, but yeah, dont think its gonna happen.

Nie just posed it as a suggestion that they COULD play. they're up for Single and Video, both for HFTW

 

omg I've seen That so many times on twitter and never even registered it. that's fair enough then

sooo....why dont they play that instead...?

 

sorry to make fun, but yeah, dont think its gonna happen.

 

I think he's trying to say that because they will have some extra attention it will be more likely to drop new music around that time.