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Holy crap you're right. Wow...how the heck did I miss that haha. God that is freaking amazing!!! And well, I sure hope Jónsi was one of the 3 who was okay with it lol Well that's the only proper way to be born!

Ohh my godddd just heard the full thingg it's sooo freaking good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: Ohh crap nevermind I found it (the recent Zane Lowe interview!!): http://irumble.com/beats1/connect?id=idsa.35b42c85-946b-11e5-b03a-7759302b9506 Hollyy crapp!! I am the happiest freaking person ever right noww!!! And I find this out on the same day the album leaks! Christmas came early this year! :D

Oh that's awesome, I'll try to search around and see if I can find it lol Oh holy crap no way?? Is there any links to that interview? I can't find anything right now.

I was thinking about how much I love Coldplay. And then I was thinking to myself how much I love Sigur Rós. Then I thought to myself, man I'd love for the two of them to do something together, that would be a magic of unspeakable beauty. But then I brought myself back to reality lol, and though, hmm I wonder if Sigur Rós, its members, have mentioned Coldplay in any interview or something, but I couldn't find anything like that. So then I thought the reverse: Maybe Coldplay, or Chris has mentioned Sigur Rós, or Jónsi in an interview... And I found this article!: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3553700/Chris-Martin-Coldplay-will-never-be-cool.html I then scrolled down and saw this supposed quote from Chris: "I always thought that if you were a 16-year-old and liked Coldplay you'd keep it quiet. We aren't cool and never will be. But I hope after this album, 16-year-olds will feel proud to like Coldplay. The best gig I've ever been to was by John Williams, who wrote the music for Jaws and Star Wars. I also love Stevie Wonder and Christy Moore. Are they cool? The best bands in the world today are probably Arcade Fire and Sigur Rós. I think Coldplay is only the seventh best in the world." Is this..real? Can someone confirm? And was this a recorded interview, audio or video-doesn't matter to me which one, or was this just in the written format by this Brian Boyd person who wrote the article? I'm kind of just freaking out right now lol, Chris mentioning/knowing of Sigur Rós makes me happier than anything on this earth, because that means he/the band has probably heard "Hoppípolla", which I think every single person of this planet should hear at least once in their lives, regardless of whether they like it or not. (If you're reading this right now and haven't heard it before, go fix that! -- http://bit.ly/1NfwZtO) So please someone tell me this is legit! And is there any other times Chris, or any members of Coldplay have mentioned Sigur Rós, or Jónsi in any way??

I'm not trying to single you out or anything, I just get tired of people who do whine, because the same thing happens every single time any band releases new music. No matter what, there is always a portion of fans who despise the new music and say things like "I want the old [insert artist name here] back", and it just gets aggravating to me. Speaking to what you said though about their singles and being radio-ready: Ehhh, not entirely. I mean Yellow was pretty much their first hit, and it was played a bunch on the radio back when that came out, and can easily be considered a "pop" song. Same with In My Place, Clocks obviously as you said, Speed Of Sound, Talk..all these singles from all their earlier albums were played a bunch on the radio, and can be considered "pop rock". Also, I wouldn't say they're "trying hard to be a radio-ready band". They're trying new things, and evolving their sound, and the new things they're trying happen to be more closely related to the types of songs that are popular on the radio now. That in itself doesn't mean they're any better or worse than they've ever been, nor that their songs are. Chris has said in countless interviews now that he likes plenty of pop and electronic music. They're legitimately playing what they like. Sure, I guess it's possible they're lying and trying to just grab money by playing what's popular, but I highly doubt that's the case. And let me just leave you with this: Ultimately, if a song is a good song [to you]–it's a good song. And if a song is a bad song [to you]–it's a bad song. Genre, it being a "radio song", a "pop song", etc., etc. all comes later. What matters the most is that you listen to a piece of music, a piece of art, with no preconceptions.. at least as well as you can, and try to truly and deeply intake the sound as wholesomely as you can. And if, by the end of the experience, you do like the song, then you do like the song. And if you don't, you don't, and that's okay too. At least that's the philosophy I take when listening to new music, no matter the artist(s). Don't try to think about genre, nor about whether it's "cool", or "uncool" to like a genre (or a musical artist/group). Edit: I realized I haven't even given my opinion of the song in this thread yet lol. It is GROWING on me man! And I mean growing in a way of me liking it better and better, from already having liked it when I first heard it! Holy crap is it good!

Let me specifically talk about this part of your comment first: "The group has embraced this very produced, radio sound that was never around several albums ago" ...what? Their music has ALWAYS been very radio-ready lol. They're a POP rock band, that's never not been the case. If you don't like their more upbeat, fast-paced, "produced" songs, that's fine. But let's not act like they've always somehow been this weird obscure acoustic slow band. It's not the case. They've always had both types of songs on their albums. They're an evolving and growing band, and just as they change as human beings, their music is going to change. What I'm really tired of hearing people whining about (and this isn't just with Coldplay) is pop music in general. A 'produced' song doesn't somehow automatically = a bad song. And further, a song that someone writes, and then someone else plays, and someone else produces doesn't magically = a bad song either. Obviously this isn't really the case with Coldplay, but there's nothing wrong with singing something someone else wrote, which definitely can be the case with some pop music. That doesn't make you somehow "less" than any other musician. With music, my philosophy at least, is that if it sounds good, it sounds good, and it's good. That's all it needs to be.

I totally agree. I love how Chris repeatedly says in interviews how much he enjoys pop and electronic music though, it makes me feel better! People need to open their minds more!

Hey guys! Well with a new album comes new images and wallpapers, and all sorts of other visual goodness! Here's an Imgur link to some resources and stuff that I've found/extracted from Coldplay's website: http://imgur.com/a/KJzV7 Or, if you want original quality, non-Imgur-downscaled versions of all the images, here's a ZIP with all the resources/walls in it!: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0unI_9SYNIIRWNmcm0wT1hVc3c/view?usp=sharing Here's some samples of some wallpapers I quickly made, they're just very basic right now: [ATTACH=CONFIG]32778[/ATTACH] Full sized: http://i.imgur.com/ujXe7So.jpg [ATTACH=CONFIG]32779[/ATTACH] Full sized: http://i.imgur.com/vfwvVg6.jpg [ATTACH=CONFIG]32780[/ATTACH] Full sized: http://i.imgur.com/2MkgG7M.jpg What have you guys come up with?!? I want some more wallpapers :D

A collab between Coldplay and Mew would be one of the greatest things to happen to music lol Great interview with Jonas!

The more I've listened to it, the more and more I'm starting to really dig it now! I originally didn't care too much for it, but I've really come to enjoy it as of late, Is anyone else experiencing this?

That makes me sad. The song is so beautiful imo. It doesn't need a highlight. It could be a purely piano song and it'd be great, even without changing much. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk

The fact that you're even relating Sigur Rós to Coldplay is awesome! More people/everyone needs to have heard of Sigur Rós lol

Someone posted this link: http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/musictrailer/B93165DC-350D-4185-B257-78758D5C98E2_Coldplay_GhostStories.mp4 And it worked for me. If it doesn't work for you, I'm probably going to upload the video to another site so people can download it later on today, if someone else doesn't get to it first.

Here's my best attempt at a full hd 1080p wallpaper version of the image!!