Coldplay's New Album 'Moon Music' Drops Today

 A love-fuelled exercise in resilience” NME ★★★★

 

Coldplay’s highly-anticipated tenth album, Moon Music haslanded in stores and on streaming services today. The album can be purchased / downloaded / streamed here.

 

Moon Music, which was produced by Max Martin, containsAugust’s iTunes chart-topping single

WE PRAY - with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI - andJune’s double MTV

VMAs-nominated single feelslikeimfallinginlove, which reachedNumber 1 on both the UK’s

airplay chart and the Official Big Top 40. A third single, All MyLove, is released alongside the album, with a video filmed at a Las Vegas karaoke bar premiering later today.

 

Chris Martin recently posted a video offering some insight intothe album, saying: “I think what this album is about is aresponse to struggling with all the conflict within oneself, withinmyself, and also all the conflict outside, and working out what the best response is. And I think what Moon Music is trying to say is maybe love is the best response.”

 

Moon Music was given its worldwide premiere on Monday at the Moon Saloon in Moon, Wisconsin, followed by a worldwidelistening event in cinemas on Tuesday and Wednesday.

 The band will celebrate the release of the album with a performance on tomorrow night’s Saturday Night Live,followed by a special concert on Monday for Sirius XM at theMusic Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. They will then perform live on the TODAY Plaza for NBC’s TODAY Show on Monday.

 

NEW FORMATS AND NEWSUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS

 

In tandem with Coldplay’s ground-breaking sustainability measures on their current world tour - which has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour - the band have gone to great lengths to makethe physical release of Moon Music as sustainable as possible.

 

This is the world's first album released as a 140g EcoRecordrPET LP, with each copy made from 9 recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste.

 

Additionally, the band have collaborated with long-time partnersThe Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: the Notebook Edition LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.

 

The standard CD editions of Moon Music will be the world’s firstto be released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams.

 

In an effort to reduce waste, the first edition run of Moon Music (both EcoRecord LP and EcoCD) will be strictly limitedand produced at a higher specification than any future editions.All First Edition EcoRecord LP products will be individually numbered.

 

Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music OfThe Spheres, which spawned the US Number One single singlewith BTS, My Universe, and was nominated for Album ofthe Year at the Grammy Awards. Music Of The Spheres has accumulated more than four billion streams.

DHL becomes the official logistics partner of Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour

Every global music tour requires intensive preparation and complex logistics. However, Coldplay has added to this complexity by setting an ambitious goal to make their Music of the Spheres Tour as sustainable as possible and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50%. DHL, a pioneer in the field of sustainable transport and logistics, will support the band on this journey with its extensive expertise.

 

“As leaders in our industries, it is our responsibility to lead the change but also inspire and facilitate sustainable solutions for other businesses and brands. We feel honored and proud that Coldplay has selected DHL to embark on this journey for change,” said Monika Schaller, Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Brand, Deutsche Post DHL Group.

DHL’s expertise and sustainability solutions

Coldplay selected DHL as its logistics partner due to the company’s extensive expertise in sustainable logistics solutions. As the world’s leading logistics provider, DHL will support Coldplay’s efforts, especially in the field of sustainable transportation, by offering a multi-faceted approach to lowering CO2 emissions.

 

With its GoGreen Plus Service DHL’s customers are offered a suite of solutions for minimizing logistics- related emissions and other environmental impacts along the entire supply chain. Ocean and air freight emissions are reduced by the use of advanced biofuels. For land transportation, DHL is able to call upon an extensive fleet of electric vehicles and trucks fueled with Bio-LNG (liquified natural gas made from organic waste). The remaining part of the supply chain is made climate neutral by full lifecycle emission compensation - drawing down and offsetting any residual carbon emissions. DHL can ensure the lower CO2 emissions of their services are transparently passed onto its customers.

 

 

A new model for sustainable touring

Aside from innovations in sustainable logistics led by DHL, Coldplay has introduced a variety of other initiatives to make their tour as low-carbon and environmentally beneficial as possible. Every show is powered by a mix of renewable energy (such as wind and solar energy) and certified renewable biodiesel. The band even harnesses fan energy through state-of-the-art kinetic floors and power bikes.

 

The band has also pledged to plant a tree for every ticket sold and to draw down significantly more CO2 than the tour produces through investment in a diverse range of carbon offsetting initiatives.

 

DHL and Coldplay’s shared hope is that the Music of the Spheres Tour will provide lessons and best practices for other artists to build on and push the live music industry towards an ultra-low-carbon and sustainable future

 

In line with the company’s sustainability strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 (“Mission 2050”), DHL is committed to sustainable logistics solutions that will decarbonize the entire logistics sector. As part of Deutsche Post DHL Group’s mid-term sustainability roadmap for 2030, the group strives to achieve the sub-target of having at least 30 percent of fuel requirements covered by sustainable fuels. To reduce CO2 emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, the Group will spend €7 billion on sustainable fuel and clean technologies by 2030.

 

Coldplay’s pledge to make their tour as sustainable as possible

 

Coldplay’s co-manager Phil Harvey said: “When we announced this tour, we pledged to reduce primary carbon emissions by more than 50% compared to the last tour. This can only happen with tour partners who share this vision and are willing to invest the necessary resources to make it happen. We’re grateful to DHL for their help in minimizing our tour’s freight emissions through their expertise and investment in sustainable logistics.”

 

Coldplay have today released their much-anticipated collaboration with BTS, My Universe

Coldplay have today released their much-anticipated collaboration with BTS. My Universe, which was written by Coldplay and BTS and produced by Max Martin, is available to stream / download worldwide now.

 

The song’s official lyric video - which is available now - features handwritten lyrics from both groups, in both English and Korean. 

 

Coldplay have also teased the song’s Dave Meyers-directed official music video, as “coming very soon”.

 

My Universe follows Coldplay’s worldwide hit Higher Power as the second single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming album Music Of The Spheres (out October 15th).

 

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