Two days before the long-awaited release of their eighth studio album, Everyday Life, Coldplay have just put out two brand-new songs.
The tracks are called “Daddy” and “Champion of the World”, and serve as the album’s fourth and fifth singles overall. They were released on Wednesday.
“Daddy” dropped alongside a visually stunning music video directed by Åsa Lucander and produced by Aardman Animations (“Wallce & Gromit”). The enticing feature also included puppetry from practical effects studio, Brunskill & Grimes.
While “Champion of the World” came with only a lyric video, it was written by Coldplay’s Chris Martin as a tribute to the late-Frightened Rabbit frontman, Scott Hutchison.
Martin, 42, utilized Colplay’s official Twitter account to write about Hutchison’s contibutions.
“Scott had a song called ‘Los Angeles Be Kind’, which I love,” he wrote.
“When I first heard it, I thought it was going to go one way; but it went another. Anyway Champion of the World is the song that came from following the other path, and that’s why Scott is a co-writer on this song.”
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Martin also dedicated it to the fallen musician as a birthday present.
“Today is also his birthday,” he wrote. “So happy birthday, Scott, and thank you for your beautiful music, wherever you are.”
Coldplay’s highly-anticipated eighth studio album will serve as the followup to 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams.
“Daddy” and “Champion of the World“ are now available through all major streaming platforms.
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Everyday Life is now available to be pre-ordered through the official Coldplay website.
The 16-track record will be released by Parlaphone Records worldwide this Friday, Nov. 22.
Everyday Life tracklist:
Sunrise (Side 1)
1. Sunrise
2. Church
3. Trouble in Town
4. Broken
5. Daddy
6. WOTW / POTP
7. Arabesque
8. When I Need a Friend
Sunset (Side 2)
1. Guns
2. Orphans
3. Èkó
4. Cry Cry Cry
5. Old Friends
6. بني آدم
7. Champion of the World
8. Everyday Life
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