TealAppeal Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Dunno if we've looked into this, may in fact be a little spoiler for the upcoming concert. On Coldplay's official YouTube account there are on occasion an Kaotican symbol for1. It appears on the bottom-right corner on some music videos. I've noticed it's not for every song though.. for example Coldplay's Spies doesn't have one but Yellow does. Just curious if y'all think it's related to the song setlist for the upcoming concert or if it's important in the slightest. Would love your thoughts thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex&Why Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Coldplay filming a video at The O2 today? 2 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prco1994 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ex&Why said: Coldplay filming a video at The O2 today? Oh man this is going to be a banger, I really do hope it’s a lot like ETIAW 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerheavedTripod8 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ex&Why said: Coldplay filming a video at The O2 today? Very interesting. I was thinking fireworks and confetti would be one of the first things to be left out of shows becuase of their push to be environmentally friendly. Maybe it doesn't count for music videos, or maybe they'll be back to usual extravagant shows like AHFOD and MX 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, prco1994 said: Oh man this is going to be a banger, I really do hope it’s a lot like ETIAW Argh. I hope not! ? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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, I 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) ◘ 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? 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 before 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? 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 before 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 dreams ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WskCarlosG Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I'm back ? 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 back ? 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 end 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 back ? hahaha Friday May 7 ?? 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 Higer power gonna be paradise 2, probably band thinking huge potential on this song like paradise so now ım thinking we’ll 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 or september 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 I’ve got no idea what to expect. Obvs it’s going to be poppy, it’s a shame if people are getting their hopes up for a big rock song but I still don’t know what we’ll get. I think it won’t be ASFOS level easy listening, and I think it’ll have more depth than HFTW, but yeah I could see it being Paradise, ETIAW or Adventure level. When I think about the two versions of The Race, they’re both synthy and modern, although the documentary version sounds like it’s got a bit of an older touch and neither of those are overwhelmingly typical pop and I’m kind of hoping that, along with some of their spacier songs have been used as a bit of a blueprint for the album. Idk, I’m sure whatever they put out will be really good! 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). 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 term Music of the Spheres appeared way back in 2010 - the same time A L I E N S 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...
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