Not only did Martin’s children, Apple and Moses, sing backing vocals on some tracks, but he also persuaded R&B icon Beyoncé to guest on the piano-pop party ballad Hymn For The Weekend, which was released as the album’s second single, in January 2016.
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“Everyone who got asked to sing on our album has an important part in our lives”Ī strong spirit of collaboration is evident throughout A Head Full Of Dreams.
The album sold over 230,000 copies in its first week and reached No.2 in the UK, becoming Coldplay’s highest-selling album since 2008’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. Leaning heavily into contemporary pop sounds and unfolding like a lucid dream, the album was produced by Norwegian production duo Stargate and saw Coldplay diversify their stadium-rock credentials with dance-based synths and electronic percussion.
Sporting an album cover featuring multi-coloured illustrations and a Flower Of Life designed by Argentine artist Pilar Zeta, A Head Full Of Dreams was released on 4 December 2015. Lavishly produced, the video for Adventure Of A Lifetime was Coldplay’s most technologically ambitious undertaking at the time and has garnered well over a billion YouTube views. Enlisting Serkis’ help, the band spent six long months working on the big-budget animation promo, with Martin, Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion wearing mo-cap suits and posing as chimps dancing in the jungle. Released in November 2015, Adventure Of A Lifetime peaked at No.7 in the UK and was instantly regarded as one of the best Coldplay songs, kick-starting their new sonic voyage in intrepid style.Įmbracing a sense of fun, the innovative music video for Adventure Of A Lifetime came about after a chance meeting with Andy Serkis, the actor who portrayed Gollum in Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and the founder of the motion-capture studio The Imaginarium. “We just wanted to kind of embrace our love of joyful music and sort of let it free,” Chris Martin said. A dance-pop firecracker tightly coiled around a corkscrew-like guitar riff from Jonny Buckland, the song, originally titled Legends, came about when Buckland was challenged to create a riff as catchy as the one guitarist Slash devised for Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine. “We just wanted to embrace our love of joyful music”Īs if immersed in the colours of a rainbow, A Head Full Of Dreams’ lead single, Adventure Of A Lifetime, made it immediately obvious that Coldplay’s new album would be a happier affair than its predecessor. By opening the door to these feelings, Martin’s zen-like outlook entered his songwriting, setting the stage for Coldplay to conquer the world once again with their seventh album, A Head Full Of Dreams.
Inspired by a 13th-century Persian poem by Rumi called The Guest House, Martin related to its message that emotions – both joy and despair – should be treated as guests one should welcome. The world had moved on, so he was eager for Coldplay’s next record to reflect his newfound gratitude and contentment for life. The group’s previous album, 2014’s Ghost Stories, had found Chris Martin at a melancholic ebb following his divorce from wife Gwyneth Paltrow. Having spent the past 15 years as the UK’s biggest band, it was hard to imagine how Coldplay could take it to the next level in 2015.
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