Coldplay have performed some tracks from their new album on Saturday Night Live – check out footage of the performance below.
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During their eighth appearance on the show, they played ‘All My Love’, which frontman Chris Martin recently called their “last ‘single’ single”, and ‘We Pray’, which saw them joined by Elyanna and Tini.
Both songs come from the group’s recently released tenth studio album, ‘Moon Music’.
Released on Friday (October 4), the album is the sequel to 2021’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’, and one of the band’s final offerings, described in a four-star review by NME as a record that “gently and subtly distils that spirit of weathering any storm”.
“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,” the review continued.
“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. By the album’s end, Martin is on the other side – determined to keep holding on.”
Ahead of it’s release, Martin spoke to NME in his only written interview for the album, and revealed the topics that inspired the record.
He also touched on his love of Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Chappell Roan and more, the band’s historic Glastonbury 2024 set, as well as their determination to help support grassroots venues across the UK.
Accompanying the ‘Yellow’ singer’s discussion is an exclusive playlist, which you can find below on Spotify and here on Apple Music.
“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.”
The band’s SNL appearance follows a recent career first for the band – appearing on the US version of the teleshopping channel QVC. Taking to the channel, the band not only used the segment to promote ‘Moon Music’, but also managed to help hawk products, including a tea set and a toaster, to those watching at home.
“That is vastly more important than the album,” Martin joked during their live appearance. “Because we’re older now, we’re moving into crockery and Tupperware. The music is really just serving our kitchen line now.”
