Coldplay walk down a busy city street and dressed up as some type of clownish busker in their new cheery video for the Avicii-assisted track "A Sky Full of Stars," the third single from British alternative rock band's latest chart-topping sixth studio album, "Ghost Stories." Though Coldplay already have an established presence in the EDM-world thanks to countless remixes of its hits, "A Sky Full Of Stars" is the band's attempt to get into the dance clubs on its own accord, while still maintaining the inherent chilled-outness that is its main bread and butter.
"A Sky Full of Stars" marks the band's first dance in a alternative rock track, being outlined as an EDM track with progressive house-influenced electronic music. Enlisting EDM heavyweight Avicii to serve as producer, the piano-centric track starts off as a heartfelt piano ballad that plays out in between verses before flourishes of pounding electronics take over the chorus seamlessly. While their previous singles such as "Magic" recalled their earlier catalog, this new track falls in line with the synth-heavy soundscapes of "Midnight," but with more danceable flavor.
In "A Sky Full of Stars," the frontman Chris Martin accents the track with his signature dreamlike vocals as he vows that he doesn't care if his love tears his heart apart because she is so full of love and light and the brightest star in the firmament. "You're such a gift," he sings. The big-tent uplifting EDM offering but not in such an overwhelming way is pretty satisfying in all of the ways that those things are and it's certainly the loudest, energetic, classically and most joyful dance-y cut we've heard from the album so far.
Coldplay took its show on the road and turned the Sydney streets into a wandering parade/music festival in the Mat Whitecross-directed video, which sees Martin singing about his lover being a "sky full of stars," while carrying the weirdest musical backpack ever with red tulips and a drum-kit, walking the streets of downtown Sydney to the starstruck of many. He eventually joins the rest of Coldplay bandmates, also carrying their backpacks with colorful umbrellas, balloons, bubbles and confetti for a big uplifting performance surrounded by tens of fans whooping and passers-by that wanted to record this unexpected historic moment with their mobile phones.
"A Sky Full of Stars" marks the band's first dance in a alternative rock track, being outlined as an EDM track with progressive house-influenced electronic music. Enlisting EDM heavyweight Avicii to serve as producer, the piano-centric track starts off as a heartfelt piano ballad that plays out in between verses before flourishes of pounding electronics take over the chorus seamlessly. While their previous singles such as "Magic" recalled their earlier catalog, this new track falls in line with the synth-heavy soundscapes of "Midnight," but with more danceable flavor.
In "A Sky Full of Stars," the frontman Chris Martin accents the track with his signature dreamlike vocals as he vows that he doesn't care if his love tears his heart apart because she is so full of love and light and the brightest star in the firmament. "You're such a gift," he sings. The big-tent uplifting EDM offering but not in such an overwhelming way is pretty satisfying in all of the ways that those things are and it's certainly the loudest, energetic, classically and most joyful dance-y cut we've heard from the album so far.
Coldplay took its show on the road and turned the Sydney streets into a wandering parade/music festival in the Mat Whitecross-directed video, which sees Martin singing about his lover being a "sky full of stars," while carrying the weirdest musical backpack ever with red tulips and a drum-kit, walking the streets of downtown Sydney to the starstruck of many. He eventually joins the rest of Coldplay bandmates, also carrying their backpacks with colorful umbrellas, balloons, bubbles and confetti for a big uplifting performance surrounded by tens of fans whooping and passers-by that wanted to record this unexpected historic moment with their mobile phones.
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