shred Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 57 minutes ago, stepstr said: Whatever is MX2, I'm up for it. Quoting @shredhere, 'I'd pick MX over AHFOD any day' - seconded. Smth in between MX and X&Y is super welcome If it's in between, IΒ don't mind LP9 leaning more towards X&Y. Ha! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Su_Xyloto Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Took these (sorry for the bad image quality, these are only printscreens) from the videos from O2 shootings. It seems that the symbols are not only those 5 that we knew until now. My guesses is that in fact it's like MX era where each symbol is associated to one track of the album. So I think we are faced here with 'Music of the Spheres' album, with 12 tracks! Thoughts on this? Edited April 30, 2021 by Su_Xyloto 7 4 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42Escapist Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 There's no way they would go all out trying to promote a single and then disappear. They've changed the website and released that band photo from a few pages back that shows them in new outfits. They created a whole Kaotican alphabet that has something to do with the themes of this era, which looks quite a bit like the Klingon alphabet if you ask me ? 1 hour ago, Su_Xyloto said: Took these (sorry for the bad image quality, these are only printscreens) from the videos from O2 shootings. It seems that the symbols are not only those 5 that we knew until now. My guesses is that in fact it's like MX era where each symbol is associated to one track of the album. So I think we are faced here with 'Music of the Spheres' album, with 12 tracks! Thoughts on this? This is what I was thinking even before these extra symbols showed up. Every track on MX has a symbol. Ghost Stories is the same way, including the bonus tracks: Now what I'm wondering is if Higher Power is the first single of a new album and if each song on the album has a corresponding symbol... which one is used for Higher Power? Who knows, that may become clear once we know the complete lyrics to the song. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaymakesmyday Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 6 hours ago, TealAppeal said: His shirt reminds me of an Inverse Bullet Unicode symbol: (U+25D8) β It's really hard to tell though not enough clarity. Maybe if Jay starts wearing that shirt more often, I'll start calling it The Buckland Symbol and drawing it all over everything. Or the Buck Signal maybe? Β Legend has it, if you shine the Bucksignal during a clear night in Camden, Jonny will show up and play any song you ask him to. Sometimes he'll even sing Don't Panic if you're lucky. But he'll only do this if you scare off the sheep that follows him around, eating his hats and selling his guitars on eBay. Then, before he leaves, he'll tell you a cool fact about space as thanks. Jon will wave goodbye beforeΒ getting a running start and leaping off the ground. Then he'll soar out of sight above the London skyline riding his guitar like a magic broomstick. 2 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddmen Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, coldplaymakesmyday said: Maybe if Jay starts wearing that shirt more often, I'll start calling it The Buckland Symbol and drawing it all over everything. Or the Buck Signal maybe? Β Legend has it, if you shine the Bucksignal during a clear night in Camden, Jonny will show up and play any song you ask him to. Sometimes he'll even sing Don't Panic if you're lucky. But he'll only do this if you scare off the sheep that follows him around, eating his hats and selling his guitars on eBay. Then, before he leaves, he'll tell you a cool fact about space as thanks. Jon will wave goodbye beforeΒ getting a running start and leaping off the ground. Then he'll soar out of sight above the London skyline riding his guitar like a magic broomstick. It's like you take it from my dreamsΒ ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WskCarlosG Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I'm backΒ ? hahaha 4 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everyday life Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, WskCarlosG said: I'm backΒ ? hahaha Wow that could be the official album cover ? Edited April 30, 2021 by Everyday life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemetries_of_london Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 13 hours ago, Captain Crieff said: Coldplay just posted a tiktok video and... you guys the whole band actually walked through Camden and nobody said a word https://www.tiktok.com/@coldplay/video/6956606021720739077 The graffiti at the endΒ looks like the artwork for the album... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basstialbo Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, WskCarlosG said: I'm backΒ ? hahaha Friday May 7Β ??Β I improve my Kaotican thanks to Duolingo (?) Edited April 30, 2021 by basstialbo joking 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WskCarlosG Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Kaotican Alphabet 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21starboy Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 HigerΒ power gonna be paradise 2, probably band thinking huge potential on this song like paradise so now Δ±m thinking weβll get single next Friday they are probably not announce album at least few more weeks maybe they will announce with second single maybe album arrive mid summer orΒ septemberΒ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauk Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I've been feeling like this all week! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westminster Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Either ETIAW or Paradise are really good pop songs. Which is what we can expect from Higher Power too. Thats not bad at all. ? I wouldn't raise my hopes too much of getting something really atmospheric with the new record. To me, it looks like a really poppy one coming up... Edited April 30, 2021 by Westminster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everyday life Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Higher Power would be White Shadows 2 hopefully a little clip until the full song next week ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Westminster Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) I really like White Shadows. But i highly doubt we're getting stuff like that. For various reasons. One of them is that the band were never really satisfied with the X&Y album. Cant imagine they're going back into that direction personally. Edited April 30, 2021 by Westminster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous_Old_Painter Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Alien radio: Top right corner there's like a melody with text scrolling att the bottom - has it been decoded? Also bottom right corner, is that dutch? Can't hear what language it is... Sorry if I'm second om the ball. Edited April 30, 2021 by Famous_Old_Painter Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberrytom Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I feel like Iβve got no idea what to expect. Obvs itβs going to be poppy, itβs a shame if people are getting their hopes up for a big rock song but I still donβt know what weβll get. I think it wonβt be ASFOS level easy listening, and I think itβll have more depth than HFTW, but yeah I could see it being Paradise, ETIAW or Adventure level.Β Β When I think about the two versions of The Race, theyβre both synthy and modern, although the documentary version sounds like itβs got a bit of an older touch and neither of those are overwhelmingly typical pop and Iβm kind of hoping that, along with some of their spacier songs have been used as a bit of a blueprint for the album. Idk, Iβm sure whatever they put out will be really good! Β 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBadBono Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, MosesTheMarshmallow said: You'd think so, but I think for quite a while now Coldplay has recognized/advocated about refugee issues and framed it around this alien theme. Look at A L I E N S - if you look at the actual lyrics, music video, and advocacy (end of the video calls for donations to Migrant Offshore Aid Station based in Malta, which aids Mediterranean refugees). Very similar themes about refugee issues in Daddy and Orphans, and recall Moving to Mars is named after the Mat Whitecross documentary about refugees. A lot of the refugee experiences is about landing in a foreign environment, literally being legally labeled as an "alien." And a lot of refugees want to go home but they can't because of ongoing conflict - the lyrics of Orphans and A L I E N S both get at the idea of wanting to go home. So in my mind this makes perfect sense - an album that tells a refugee story but through the palatable lens of space rock. This is an update on AROBTTH, an album about heartbreak and a little bit about war (Politik), dressed up in palatable alt piano rock. VLV is very much also an album about the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, but dressed up in a poppy uniform (speaking of poppies, I theorize that Prospekt's March/Poppyfields must have something to do with opium poppy production in Afghanistan).Β IMO this is probably the most reasonable theory. Even though the single's poppy and Max Martin's producing it, the marketing, themes, concepts, and planning for this seem so much more ambitious than anything since Mylo. The entire set-up of codes, alphabets, radio stations, etc. just screams a more ambitious (maybe not as experimental as EL) album. Not to mention that the termΒ Music of the SpheresΒ appeared way back in 2010 - the same time A L I E N SΒ and Moving to Mars were written. Edited April 30, 2021 by TheBigBadBono 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westminster Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) What i really (!) hope for is more guitar riffs like in PoC. I know, not much love for that song but i LOVE that riff by Jonny ? This, combined with an Aliens-sounding sort of song, would be perfect imho. Edited April 30, 2021 by Westminster 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP-EST Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheBigBadBono said: Not to mention that the termΒ Music of the SpheresΒ appeared way back in 2010 - the same time A L I E N SΒ and Moving to Mars were written. Okay, this one needs a bit explaining. I would think that most of us don't know this fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBadBono Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, CP-EST said: Okay, this one needs a bit explaining. I would think that most of us don't know this fact. Matt McGinn (Jonny's roadie iirc) published a book in 2011 calledΒ Roadie: My Life on the Road with Coldplay. It covers most of his time with Coldplay (from X&Y or AROBTTH onwards), up until recording past Viva La Vida. One of the pages in the book contains a reference to Brian Eno and the Music of the Spheres. You can find the line yourself here:Β https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=3k4mEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT97&lpg=PT97&dq=an+insanely+overcapable+piece+of+high-end+silliness+that+probably+contains+the+secret+answer+to+the+Music+of+the+Spheres&source=bl&ots=iOpYCDCw0Y&sig=ACfU3U3jzgTeV-KCBGY4zYcHz9ESfeBFpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnkLrIvaXwAhVJGaYKHdVcANoQ6AEwAHoECAEQAw#v=onepage&q=an insanely overcapable piece of high-end silliness that probably contains the secret answer to the Music of the Spheres&f=false It's also worth noting that A L I E N S was heard way back in 2009 on the South Bank Show (43:34 in the Youtube Video) So yeah, I have reason to hope for a Brian Eno influence in this album. I'm pretty sure Jon Hopkins is helping with this album, although I might be wrong. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Su_Xyloto Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 6 hours ago, 42Escapist said: There's no way they would go all out trying to promote a single and then disappear. They've changed the website and released that band photo from a few pages back that shows them in new outfits. They created a whole Kaotican alphabet that has something to do with the themes of this era, which looks quite a bit like the Klingon alphabet if you ask me ? This is what I was thinking even before these extra symbols showed up. Every track on MX has a symbol. Ghost Stories is the same way, including the bonus tracks: Now what I'm wondering is if Higher Power is the first single of a new album and if each song on the album has a corresponding symbol... which one is used for Higher Power? Who knows, that may become clear once we know the complete lyrics to the song. I think the same wy as you! But this would mean that we have all the symbols to start working on decipher the 12 songs of the album!Β Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 13 hours ago, MosesTheMarshmallow said: I theorize that Prospekt's March/Poppyfields must have something to do with opium poppy production in Afghanistan).Β I very much doubt that! The poppy is a British symbol for war remembrance. If you notice, around Remembrance Day people in Britain wear a poppy to commemorate those who died in the world wars. The boys have also done so in the past, when they had public appearances on that day. The poppy is also referenced in All Your Friends, by the way. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coeurli Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 57 minutes ago, Famous_Old_Painter said: Alien radio: Top right corner there's like a melody with text scrolling att the bottom - has it been decoded? Also bottom right corner, is that dutch? Can't hear what language it is... Sorry if I'm second om the ball. Yes it has been decoded ?Β Do check out the fans google doc, everything we know or have guessed so far is in there :Β https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fpj1-mEXKxeQpm5GBrtL8wdIR4bDHOGRVCOsOxFoBvs/edit#Β Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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