Coldplay have shared a snippet of their upcoming new single ‘We Pray’ – check out the video below.
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Chris Martin and co. are due to release the song – which features Little Simz and Burna Boy, as well as Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna and Argentine artist Tini – on Friday August 23. Pre-save/pre-add here.
The track will serve as the second preview of Coldplay’s 10th studio album, ‘Moon Music’ (out October 4). Lead single ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ arrived last month before the group previewed another new tune, ‘Good Feelings’, in Rome.
Now, Coldplay have posted a 30-second clip of ‘We Pray’ on their official YouTube channel. It begins with Simz delivering part of a verse ahead of frontman Martin singing the uplifting chorus. Tune in here:
Coldplay gave ‘We Pray’ its live debut during their headline set at Glastonbury 2024. They were joined on stage by Simz – who had played the Pyramid Stage in the slot just before them – and Elyanna.
In a four-star review of Coldplay’s record-breaking return to Worthy Farm, NME wrote: “With a run of guest turns, some dad banter and an emotional Michael J. Fox collab, Chris Martin and co. reach to make their fifth headline set one for the books.”
It added: “There’s a question mark over the future, but tonight was a good crack at making history with a set that felt like home.”
At the start of this year, Coldplay revealed that the forthcoming ‘Moon Music’ was almost finished and called it a “second [2021 album] ‘Music Of The Spheres’ volume”.
Martin spoke to NME in 2021 about the “intense” pressure of releasing new music. “We’re going to make 12 albums. Because it’s a lot to pour everything into making them,” he explained at the time.
“I love it and it’s amazing, but it’s very intense too. I feel like because I know that challenge is finite, making this music doesn’t feel difficult, it feels like, ‘This is what we’re supposed to be doing’.”
Later, the singer said that the plan to only make three more Coldplay records “feels right to us”. Martin added: “I think we’ll keep touring, and we’ll always be together as a group of musicians and friends. But I think the story of our albums ends then.”
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