🌙 Coldplay: Moon Music 🎵 | Out October 4th | Discussion

[johnnymax8652]

I just hope that "Moon Music" means a more nostalgic, introspective record

but no more angel moon please ! 2 songs are enough, :S

[dxm3557]

14 hours ago, johnnymax8652 said:

I just hope that "Moon Music" means a more nostalgic, introspective record

but no more angel moon please ! 2 songs are enough, :S

Well, I have some bad news for you...

[TheLostColdplayer]

Hi! Do you know something else about it? I once heard Chris saying that they had a song with all auto-tune... 😂

[IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8]

New song played!

[CP-EST]

Seems like Aeterna, which was performed in Sao Paulo yesterday, is a new Coldplay material indeed. Seems like not the full track was played though, but in my opinion it's quite similar to Infinity Sign, sounds more disco and more like a song, but still not like a real song, more like an interlude type of thing. Aeterna in Latin means eternal, so there seems to be a little connection maybe to Infinity Sign. Anyway, it sounds like a very memorable tune, at least short term and I liked the sound, so waiting to hear it in full glory on Moon Music.

[Holocene]

Setlist have confirmed the name to be Aeterna, though I wonder if what they played is a remix of the actual track. Perhaps Supernova 7 makes its return? Either way loving the new track, Guy and Jonny sound amazing on it.

EDIT: Will confirmed in a twitter Q&A that live performance of Aeterna was not a remix, but an excerpt of the full song.

Edited March 15, 2023 by Holocene

[lennyrott1]

Aeterna is an interesting taste of Moon Music... Now that it's confirmed to be a direct exerpt of the full song, I have a few thoughts: 

• Seems to continue the general sound of MOTS -- punchy repeated bass line, synths in background, guitar is more of a seasoning vs. a full on flavor but perhaps more lowkey -- maybe an album with the energy of Ghost Stories but a bit more dancey?
• The melody is quite disco-y, which seems to line up with rumors of the band collabing with Nile Rodgers, which gives me hope for better use of guitar on the album, but not holding my breath. 
• It's suprisingly EDM sounding, and maybe my biggest criticism with the snippet is it feels a bit aged -- like a nu-edm with disco influene from the mid 2010's. Sure it's relatively catchy, but I don't find the beat to be as compelling as a lot of other bands/groups making disco-esque songs right now.
• Are those strings at the end??? It kind of gave me an Everyday Life/Coloratura vibe and I hope the full song has more strings. 

[Doomotron]

It reminds me of 2010s Bloc Party electronic songs like Ion Square, One More Chance, Your Visits Are Getting Shorter and Flux. Songs I like a lot, so hopefully Aeterna's final release will sound a bit like them. I can't say for now as the uploads are too low quality unless someone's found a high quality upload I haven't heard.

[gustavothehuman]

Chris had a meeting with Love Button volunteers a few hours ago and he told some details about Moon Music: Aeterna was described as a short song and Jupiter is more "pride" than People of the Pride. The people who met them are part of Viva Coldplay on Twitter and also said there's a song with "Alien Radio" and "Alien" + something else on the title, but they were too stunned to remember. Additionally, Chris told them the title of Vol. 3 (it has the word "Home" in it) and that Moon Music will have nine songs, but more could be added.

Edited March 19, 2023 by gustavothehuman

[gustavothehuman]

Based off Aeterna alone, I think Moon Music might be something like their own spin of The Weeknd's Dawn FM, which in turn is an amazing album and also produced by Max Martin. Anyway... I'm curious about Vol. 3 now, I mean, if the self-titled album is the back to basics one, what would "Home" be?

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by gustavothehuman

[maeli]

1 hour ago, gustavothehuman said:

Based off Aeterna alone, I think Moon Music might be something like their own spin of The Weeknd's Dawn FM, which in turn is an amazing album and also produced by Max Martin. Anyway... I'm curious about Vol. 3 now, I mean, if the self-titled album is the back to basics one, what would "Home" be?

 

The Musical Album?

[Holocene]

Another new song from Moon Music, titled One World, performed for the final night of Sao Paulo. Crowd was recorded as backing vocals (?) for the studio track in a very Jacob Collier style.

Personally not feeling this one due to the repetitiveness and lacklustre instrumental. Hopefully the studio track will have more to it.

[gustavothehuman]

10 hours ago, Holocene said:

Another new song from Moon Music, titled One World, performed for the final night of Sao Paulo. Crowd was recorded as backing vocals (?) for the studio track in a very Jacob Collier style.

Personally not feeling this one due to the repetitiveness and lacklustre instrumental. Hopefully the studio track will have more to it.

I thought the instrumental was very pretty, actually. The lyrics are essentially two lines but someone said on Twitter it reminds them of a mantra (like Chinese Sleep Chant), so if they are going for that I love it even more.

[Holocene]

10 hours ago, gustavothehuman said:

I thought the instrumental was very pretty, actually. The lyrics are essentially two lines but someone said on Twitter it reminds them of a mantra (like Chinese Sleep Chant), so if they are going for that I love it even more.

That does put the lyrics in a different light for me and, unlike CSC, One World doesn't currently have the benefits of vocal layering and effects. I fully expect my opinion to shift heavily in future, especially as we get cleaner recordings / the final mix.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Holocene

[CP-EST]

One World is very pretty indeed, in my opinion it mixes something from When I need a Friend and Sunrise + some mantra style stuff from Chinese Sleep Chant. Potentially one of the most ethereal things Coldplay has done. Difficult to say what will be the actual structure of the song, the aim of playing it seemed to be just to get the recording of the audience, so I would avoid judging it for now. Final product might be something different, considering they can still work on things for at least a few months until they reach recording 1 million people. It might be they played it pretty much like it will be, but it might not. Could be just the ending of a long song - really hoping for it to be some epic beautiful track.

Mainly I hope we are not wrong assuming that it will be on Moon Music, in speech Chris never said on which album it will be. 😄 

[lennyrott1]

I'm personally enthralled with One World so far, espescially when compared to the MOTS era so far. The intro is really nice and I know some folks are ho hum about the first minute but I feel like its soft, intimate and meditative -- the piano and guitar licks sound great and feel inspired by "What A Beautiful World." I don't know why but it gives me Oldplay vibes. The "oneee" idea of a million people from around the world is awesome & feels inspired by Jacob Collier's Moon River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLCk-FTVvw. But what I love the most is the strings. They're incredible bittersweet in the same way Sunrise is but I think feel much more massive and cinematic, which is fitting for a space album whereas everyday life was more small-scale. I just think the way the track progresses with the omms from the band into that huge swell is one of the most beautiful things they've ever done. It hit me emotionally the same way my first listen to Coloratura and Sunrise did. 

In sum I'm feeling even more optimistic for Moon Music now. This is the kind of stuff I was hoping for when we were doing Volume I speculation. If this is the closer with strings, then hopefully there'll be strings throughout the album. If you're making a space-themed album go big right? I felt so many songs on MOTS Volume I felt ironically small because the production was dumbed down. Hopefully they correct that.

 

[Doomotron]

I haven't listened to it yet but its performance brings up the number of possible MOTS2 songs to at least three.

• One World
• A Wave
• Aeterna
• The Astronaut (maybe?)

Also keeping hopes up for The Race but I know it's a pipe dream... Either way, these four songs seem to have had a very positive reception individually, but whether they work as an album is up for debate.

A Wave is produced in a similar way to Aeterna but could only work if they were far apart. Aeterna directly into A Wave would be horrible. If The Astronaut is included (I know it's debatable but my previous comments about the timing of its performance still stand; it may be more than a coincidence), it could be a good song to come right before the end. Therefore, here is my predicted track list based on the four possible songs now:

One World

Aeterna

The Astronaut

A Wave

The Race (hidden track)

The Race (Ghost Stories Version) (hidden track)

A Ghost (hidden track)

My though process behind One World's placement is under the assumption it's a bit like Human Heart. Again, I haven't heard it yet so I can't make a final judgement. Aeterna would be the introduction to the second half in my mind.

And yes, the hidden tracks are a joke... Even if I wish it came true...

PS: I went to edit the name of a previous MOTS2 thread I'd made but apparently I made this thread. Did admins change the name?

[IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8]

Jupiter too. Robots as well (The heavy rock more than POTP, assuming)

maybe that Kygo song can also be on Moon Music? 🤔 

With what he have so far I’m expecting Jupiter and Robots to be singles. 

[Coeurli]

Aeterna is iconic, wish it would be a full length track but we'll settle for about 1:40 i guess... I don't expect the studio version to be as awesome as the live version though. One of my favourite elements is the super loud bass, which Guy just plays over the track so it's safe to assume the studio version isn't as funky alas.

One World's instrumentation is truly gorgeous, hauntingly beautiful. Sunrise is one of my all time favourite Coldplay songs so I am excited to hear the final result after all the recording and mixing is done!

Overall i assume Moon Music is gonna be the same style as MOTS. Secretly hoping they add a last minute song or something so it doesn't feel like an EP but we'll see!

 

[IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8]

Jupiter and Robots are definitely Singles, I got a feeling.

[gustavothehuman]

2 hours ago, IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8 said:

Jupiter and Robots are definitely Singles, I got a feeling.

What if they are the same song.

[lennyrott1]

It's so hard to say. The other whole part of this is that presumably there's a MOTS Volume III (maybe the musical)... Technically songs like One World or Robots could show up there as well. 

If they are truly trying to get 1 million people on One World, then it's going to take A LOT of concerts through next Fall to get that many audiences included, which would push out the release of the album until late this year, which seems like to big of a gap to me since they say said they are finishing it recently. 

Regardless, Aeterna and One World are great live teasers and I'm personally hungry for a single I can really vibe with -- maybe featuring Nile Rogers. The singles from Vol. 1 are fine enough but aren't Coldplay classics in my opinion. My Universe will be remembered for charting so high and the collaboration but the song itself isn't as iconic as ASFOS, Paradise, Yellow, VLV and I think Higher Power was uninentionally a flop.

[Doomotron]

22 minutes ago, lennyrott1 said:

I think Higher Power was uninentionally a flop.

Which is annoying, since I found it to be much better than My Universe (I don't think I'm alone on this), although the Supernova 7 Mix of My Universe was a tasty tune.

[lennyrott1]

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Which is annoying, since I found it to be much better than My Universe (I don't think I'm alone on this), although the Supernova 7 Mix of My Universe was a tasty tune.

Yeah. I don't know, I think HP feels like a promising Coldplay song that they rushed to production. There's so many elements of it that are really, really good but it could have been flushed out more. It feels like they had the verse & chorus worked out, a good bass and drumline and then just went for it without challenging themselves to make it extra interesting (guitar solo, switching the beat up, more interesting outro/intro). The remixes are a good point -- I agree. Supernova 7 remix is a good example of how more production & ideas makes the song more exciting. Even the SUGA remix has better guitar. 

I guess what I'm getting at is it'd be cool to have a big single on Moon Music that feels classy and interesting. It can still feel modern and poppy and new wave disco like MU or HP, but just a bit more finessing the lyrics and instrumentation so it feels as epic and catchy as a Paradise or AOAL.

[Doomotron]

1 hour ago, lennyrott1 said:

Yeah. I don't know, I think HP feels like a promising Coldplay song that they rushed to production. There's so many elements of it that are really, really good but it could have been flushed out more. It feels like they had the verse & chorus worked out, a good bass and drumline and then just went for it without challenging themselves to make it extra interesting (guitar solo, switching the beat up, more interesting outro/intro). The remixes are a good point -- I agree. Supernova 7 remix is a good example of how more production & ideas makes the song more exciting. Even the SUGA remix has better guitar. 

I guess what I'm getting at is it'd be cool to have a big single on Moon Music that feels classy and interesting. It can still feel modern and poppy and new wave disco like MU or HP, but just a bit more finessing the lyrics and instrumentation so it feels as epic and catchy as a Paradise or AOAL.

I am disappointed Coloratura wasn't a proper single. Imagine the insanity of releasing a ten minute rock opera ballad in an era of... Well, My Universe. Imagine how cool a Coloratura music video could have been - maybe the video for Talk x10? Overall the novelty of Coloratura itself (and hopefully its quality) would have carried it, but alas we'll never know since there was basically no marketing for it.

I think what you say about Higher Power and My Universe can be applied to quite a few songs which I find to be underwritten. We Found Love by Rihanna is one of those - it is a good song but just ends out of nowhere and could have been written to last longer and feel more satisfying. Don't get me started on the ending of Birds. My conspiracy theory is that it was late at night and they were recording Birds but ran out of space on the computer just before the ending, meaning the true ending of Birds was lost and they couldn't be bothered to rerecord it because they wanted to go to bed. But that's just a theory...

Ultimately it can also be applied to a lot of Coldplay songs. There are too many good Coldplay songs that could have spent a bit longer in the oven and come out much better.

• Army Of One; great instrumental but feels a bit empty, but I think that's down to the terrible mixing of AHFOD.
• Hymn For The Weekend: the buildup and chorus in the live version is amazing, but the studio release just sounds narrow.
• All Your Friends: needs a bit more going on. Not that interesting as it stands.
• My Universe: the ending is amazing, but based on Overtura we were lead to believe that was how the song sounded and I wish Coldplay had done a bit more with that ending.

And going deeper into my tangent, there are songs cut from albums where I wish they'd included them. Moving To Mars would have been a fan favourite if it was on Mylo Xyloto, but in the end it was on a digital-only EP that was named after a different song, hence why I don't see it mentioned much or remembered. This is a controversial opinion, but there are a number of songs on A Rush Of Blood that could have been replaced with I Ran Away. Miracles is a great song and could have been great on AHFOD or Kaleidoscope - certainly better than X Marks The Spot. Gravity is a beautiful song, and again there are songs on X&Y I'd easily choose to ditch in favour of Gravity. Then there's much of Prospekt's March. The Osaka Sun Mix of Lovers In Japan should have just been how Lovers In Japan always was; Life in Technicolour ii would have been a far better opener than its instrumental version on Viva La Vida. However unlike other Coldplay albums there aren't any songs on VLV I'd cut in favour of Prospekt's March songs. That said, I did come up with a Kid A Mnesia-esque tracklist for what a VLV rerelease could look like, splicing together VLV and PM, plus other releases from the time:

1. Life In Technicolor ii
2. Cemeteries Of London
3. Lost!
4. 42
5. Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)
6. Reign Of Love
7. Yes
8. Chinese Sleep Chant
9. Death Will Never Conquer (this is the first instance of a song being put into the album which interrupts the flow of the original - I found having Chinese Sleep Chant and Viva La Vida together was a bit too fast and Death Will Never Conquer serves quite a good palette cleanser)
10. Viva La Vida
11. Violet Hill
12. A Spell A Rebel Yell
13. The Goldrush
14. Strawberry Swing
15. Death And All His Friends
16. Postcards From Far Away (serves as a replacement for The Escapist and a bridge between VLV and PM)
17. Glass Of Water
18. Rainy Day
19. Lhuna
20. Christmas Lights
21. Prospekt's March / Poppyfields
22. Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground
23. The Escapist

I did make this a long time ago and there are some placements and inclusions I'm not sure about, like where A Spell A Rebel Yell and The Goldrush are placed, and whether Lhuna should be included, but ultimately it's okay. I even burnt a CD as close to the tracklist above I could get using my rips and iTunes purchases and it is a fun way to listen to the album. Anyway, I apologise for going on such a massive tangent.