Have you seen the new Coldplay video for Strawberry Swing yet?

If you have been on holiday on a different planet you may not yet know that Coldplay have now premiered the video to their new single 'Strawberry Swing'.

Coldplay now rest among the biggest bands on this planet, Earth. After years of heavy touring and Chris Martin's celebrity marriage, the group finally erupted onto the global stage with the release of last year's album 'Viva La Vida'. A mammoth success, it has topped the charts in more than 35 countries and established Coldplay as a bona fide phenomenon. A mammoth tour followed, in which the band played to some of the largest crowds of their career, Clashmusic writes today.

Sessions with producer Brian Eno were apparently so productive that the group were quickly able to release a mini-album. Titled 'Prospekt's March' it contained some stunning material, and was a mark of just how creative Coldplay had become. Recently, Coldplay made a slice of history through becoming the first group to break one million digital sales in the United States with their album 'Viva La Vida'. Overall, Coldplay have sold two million digital albums online across the globe.

Now it seems that the Coldplay juggernaut shows no sign of stopping. Forthcoming single 'Strawberry Swing' is due to be released later this year, and has been backed with an inventive video. Directed by Shynola, a group of visual artists famous for their work with Beck (E-Pro), Blur (Crazy Beat), Junior/Senior (Move Your Feat), and Radiohead (Pyramid Song) to name a few.

In the video Chris Martin appears alongside an animated squirrel in a land made of chalk. Due to be shown before the blockbuster comedy 'Bruno' the video has received its online premiere courtesy of the website Babelgum. Due to be made available for release on September 14th, the video for 'Strawberry Swing' will only be shown for one week only before becoming available from August 3rd. The film will also be shown at ODEON cinemas across the UK from Wednesday July 22nd, where it will be programmed in front of both Bruno and The Proposal. Strawberry Swing (the single) will be released globally as a digital download on September 14th. The video will be commercially available a little while before that, on August 3rd.

Click here to watch the video for Coldplay's new single 'Strawberry Swing'... you can discuss the single release and review the video at the Coldplay forum here onwards. Please also rate this video in our new here as well! [thanks iPsy & svenky]

Single artwork

Here are some stills from the video...