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The rock group, known for hit songs "Paradise"
and "Viva la Vida", linked up with the International Space
Station (ISS) to speak with French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet
about life in space.
They also shared a recorded outdoor performance of their new
song, featuring colourful alien holograms dancing to the tune,
to Pesquet, who played it on board the ISS.
"Right now we aren't able to play for anybody on Earth, so we
thought we'd just play for you," lead singer Chris Martin to
Pesquet during their chat, a video of which was shared on
Friday. "It's like our one-man concert."
Last week, the band wrote on its Twitter page that the song,
produced by Swedish songwriter and producer Max Martin, "arrived
on a little keyboard and a bathroom sink at the start of 2020".
Coldplay will open next week's BRIT Awards, Britain's pop music
honours, with a performance of "Higher Power" on the River
Thames near the ceremony's O2 arena venue in London.
They are also set to perform at Glastonbury's livestream concert
on May 22 after the festival's usual greenfield music event was
cancelled again this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Raissa
Kasolowsky)
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