Coldplay: «We don’t have a solid plan for the new album, but we’re quite a long way into the process»
We speak to the band on LOS40 Global Show
Coldplay, one of the most important bands in the world, has taken Barcelona by storm with four historic dates. And it was precisely in Barcelona where our host Tony Aguilar was also able to talk to Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland about this tour, the change in the music industry and their next album, as well as answer questions from fans, all in this exclusive interview with LOS40 Global Show!
Girl Power in the Opening Acts
Coldplay’s shows in the Spanish city were opened by several groups of women artists, such as Chvrches, Hinds and Ona Mafalda.
«I don’t think there’s any real message other than the fact that everything we do we like to be inclusive and make sure everybody is represented. We always have one eye on this kind of notion of inclusivity ad the same with the accessibility point in our shows», stated Berryman.
«Yes, guys, we want everyone to feel welcome at our shows, wherever they come from, whoever they are, whatever gender they are, whatever race…whatever. Everyone should feel welcome», added Buckland.
‘One World’ and the Fetus on Screens
«The image of the baby is particularly powerful because that’s the way we all started out. That’s what unites us all. We’re all human, we’re all the same. In these times we need to row together to work and try to make a difference, which is what really matters. But sometimes that progress is delayed by all the things we build around as humans», remarked Berryman.
Coldplay’s LGTBI Anthem
«I think Chris would say People of the Pride comes out of a feeling he had because certain people weren’t allowed to be themselves in the world. That kind of prohibition of just being human. And we also see it now, the position that some people feel they’re in in some countries».
‘Moon Music,’ the sequel to ‘Music of the Spheres’
«We’ve made a lot of progress on the project. We’ve been trying to record on tour and some songs are almost finished, but we’re waiting to put it all together. We’re hoping that early next year it might come out…. We don’t have any solid plans for it, but we’re very far along in the process and very happy», they affirmed.
The Changing Music Industry
«The way people consume music has completely changed since we started. It was just CDs and now I remember sor of ten years ago our manager told us that in the future people were going to access to all kinds of music. I thought that was never going to happen», stated Bucklan.
«My daughter is 16, she is getting interested in music now and she listens to it on Spotify. She finds new music, but also old music and finds it just as easy to get to. For younger people, whether a song is new or fifteen years old is irrelevant right now», said Berryman.
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