Coldplay have released the deluxe edition of ‘Moon Music’, now dubbed ‘Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)’, which features new collaborations with Jon Hopkins and The 1975‘s Matty Healy.
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Yesterday (October 7), just three days after releasing the standard edition of ‘Moon Music’, Coldplay have dropped the ‘Full Moon’ edition, which now comes with 10 additional tracks; including several live recordings.
Included among the 10 new songs are a collaboration with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and two new tracks with Jon Hopkins. The Healy-featuring cut is titled ‘The Karate Kid’. While the song does not include the musician singing on the track, he has provided additional production to the song and piano work.
You can listen to ‘The Karate Kid’ below.
The two new Jon Hopkins tracks – Hopkins already produced several songs on the main record – are titled ‘Angelsong’ and 👋 (pronounced ‘Wave’). You can check them out below.
‘Moon Music’ was given a glowing four-star review by NME, and described by Rhian Daly as a record that looks to “pull [Chris] Martin and those feeling like him back from the brink, one pop song at a time”.
“It’s not just in Coldplay’s lyrics that this resilience can be felt, but in their musical choices too. Multiple songs on ‘Moon Music’ – like ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Good Feelings’ – fade out, only to return to the speakers again,” it read. “These fake-outs don’t just keep you guessing but mirror that feeling of having exhausted all your options, only for you to find the strength to push forward.”
Ahead of the release of ‘Moon Music’, Chris Martin spoke to NME exclusively in his only written interview for the album. During the interview, he revealed the topics that inspired the record, as well as how the band are coming to the end of writing new material.
“Right now, and since about 2008, if something lands in me as a song or as a good idea and it feels authentic, we’ll do it. It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks,” the frontman told us, recalling where the band are now. He also described the upcoming record as being “the story of waking up in the morning and feeling terrible about yourself,” before “a journey to feeling the complete opposite at the end of the day.”
As for whether the band are still planning on ending their catalogue after 12 albums, he said: “The 12 album thing is very real, and it’s a nice feeling. It doesn’t mean we won’t tour or finish some compilation things or outtakes or whatever. It just means that the main story is told. That’s just what feels really right. Just knowing that’s happening supercharges all the work we’re doing now.”
Later in the discussion, Martin went on to say that the deadline has led to the members having “more hunger” in their approach, and determined to make sure they don’t “dilute” anything they put forward. He also reassured fans that by the time the 12th album is complete, “everything will make sense” in terms of Coldplay’s story.
Check out NME’s exclusive interview with Chris Martin in full here, where he also opens up about his love of Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Chappell Roan and more, Coldplay’s mammoth set at Glastonbury 2024, and the band’s determination to help support grassroots venues across the UK.
You can also listen to Chris Martin’s exclusive playlist to accompany his NME interview below on Spotify and here on Apple Music.
