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From the snippet it sounds quite draggy to be honest. I'm not really seeing the similarity with everglow yet other than it being a piano ballad.

Let's see if they'll get cancelled now for that MU comment...

Yup, and I feel the same about their HP performances too. ?

I actually want them to change things up more!After all, they've been stuck in collab mode for about 10 years already and a pop tune isn't much of a novelty from them. ?

Probably. The HP performances were also playback so that's standard with them these days.

Some of the Korean verses also sound like some of the rap parts from Kiss Me More.

I think you should be fine. It says on that website that orders are fulfilled by LiveNation Merchandise and they're also fulfilling Coldplay store orders (according to their Terms & Conditions). So it sounds like it's more or less the same thing, just different websites and a way for EU fans to order from the US warehouse!? What really surprises me though is that the item is still available for US at all since it's limited to 5000 and was launched a few days ago already.

I think it's similar to the Chainsmokers collab, if anything it's more of a cash grab. They've been marketing this collab quite well, talking about shared values etc. But at the end of the day BTS are very much a brand. They have an incredibly long list of brand deals under their belt, more than I've ever seen with any other artist. It's quite impressive actually, but those deals are made because they're very lucrative. It's not all about their music or their values. I always liked how Coldplay mostly stayed away from such deals and focused on their music instead as well as projects like the Make Trade Fair campaign or Global Citizen.

You're probably right. It's kinda sad to be honest ?

I predict it'll have more views than Coloratura in about 1-2 hours and will surpass HP within a week if not sooner.

I think that probably people compare this song to SJLT because it's another major collab that Coldplay did and it's also one of their most poppy songs too. Anyway, other songs we could perhaps compare MU to otherwise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E&list=PLyORnIW1xT6wBFoOxTh__8a3dFzbgHYrw&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQTTA9raJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA

Imagine if they announced Higher Power BTS remix instead.

"Munich. Two days before the opening of the IAA Mobility international motor show taking place in Munich on 7 – 12 September 2021, BMW is unveiling its own, globally unique virtual world: JOYTOPIA. The highlight of the presentation on 5 September will be an exclusive performance by Coldplay. The British band will play a virtual concert on the platform." https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0341635EN/bmw-launches-new-streaming-platform-joytopia-narrated-by-academy-award-winning-actor-christoph-waltz-for-the-iaa-mobility-exclusive-concert-by-british-band-coldplay-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-a-new-virtual-world

Glad we've finally figured it out. And obviously Volume 3 will be another set of HP remixes, cause you can never have too many of those! Or there'll be more remixes of the remixes of the remixes. Kaotican lyrics this time.

Maybe there are so many HP versions and remixes to populate an entire planet of their own?

If all artists do this then the Japanese music industry must be worth A LOT more than in any other country with stans buying the Japanese edition instead of or on top of their local one?! It's kind of crazy to think about.

That's looking great, let's hope it stays in the top 100 long enough! So how does a chart run like this translate into sales though, and how do the overall sales of HP compare to previous singles and albums? I think looking at sales (physical, digital and streaming) says more about how many people a song reached than chart positions alone since those also depend on what other artists released songs at the same time. So far it looks like orphans did better overall but that can still change. Airplay is a different story, HP definitely outperformed Orphans there!

Yeah, Spotify is definitely the biggest player when it comes to music streams. However, Youtube as a platform is still growing year on year both in terms of users and revenue, and for the majority of songs on EL Coldplay actually got higher streaming numbers from Youtube than Spotify (based on https://chartmasters.org/2021/06/streaming-masters-coldplay/). I was mainly looking at Youtube stats because those numbers are easier to find than those for Spotify. It's true that HP might catch up with Orphans sooner or later, or maybe not. It depends on how its streaming numbers hold up, e.g how big of a boost the album release will be. They only stopped promoting HP very recently and I think usually once a campaign is over daily streams start to decline a bit more. I don't know how the trend looked like for Orphans from its release onwards but its streams have declined to a lower level than their other lead singles now. Anyway, I was basically trying to gauge how well MOTS will do commercially. ?

What about the views HP and Coloratura have been getting in comparison to previous (promotional) singles? Do streams usually pick up a lot after an album has dropped?

Honestly, the first time I listened to the song when that robotic voice came up my very first though was that it sounded like someone was burping or something! ? Melodically, I like My Universe slightly better than HP. There's really not much to say about it though, it's not a song that would catch my attention if it didn't have Coldplay on it.

1) Ghost Stories 2) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 3) A Rush of Blood to the Head 4) Parachutes 5) Everyday Life 6) Mylo Xyloto 7) A Head Full of Dreams 8 ) X&Y 9) Music of the Spheres

It was this one, around 16:30:

In the Apple Music interview from a couple of months ago Chris was talking about HP and he made it sound like they/Will thought it was AMAZING, like it was going to be the next VLV. And what else would they say in an interview? "The other song that we performed today will be our next single. It's generic af, please stream it everybody"? Having said that, thematically Coloratura would fit in really well with the scenery so I hope it was that one. ?

Exactly, and about how love and faith help us get through any hardship and make life worthwhile.

So I know Coloratura wasn't officially released as a single but since the reactions have been extremely positive and apart from radio it was just like any single release I'm a little surprised it didn't make the top 200 on spotify on its release day in the UK: https://spotifycharts.com/regional/gb/daily/latest Same for some of the other European countries I checked. In the US it ended up at 130 though!