A new version of Coldplay’s latest single, WE PRAY is out NOW , featuring a Spanish-language verse from the chart-topping Argentine TINI.. The track – which has already topped airplay and download charts around the world – also features acclaimed UK rapper Little Simz, Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy and Palestinian-Chilean R&B phenomenon Elyanna. The Elyanna Version will be available from September 20.
Following all four of the song’s guests accompanied Coldplay for a surprise street performanceof WE PRAY on Dublin’s Grafton Street, shutting down the street on the evening of August 28th. They then performed the song together live at the first of the band’s four sellout nights at Dublin’s Croke Park. Videos of the two performances have contributed to more than 230 million views for WE PRAY across social media. And now a full video from their Dublin pop up is available on youtube. WATCH HERE
WE PRAY is the second song to be released from the band’s upcoming new album, Moon Music, landing on October 4, 2024. This week, Chris Martin posted a video offering some insight into the album and its accompanying Notebook Edition, saying: ‘ “I think what this album is about is a response to struggling with all the conflict within oneself, within myself, 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.”
The album will set new standards for sustainability, with each LP made from 100% recycled plastic bottles (nine per record). It is available to pre-order now on EcoCD, EcoRecord LP and digital. The new song is the follow-up to June’s double MTV VMAs-nominated single feelslikeimfallinginlove, which topped iTunes charts around the world, and reached Number 1 on both the UK’s airplay chart and the Official Big Top 40. Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour, which began in March 2022 and has so far sold more than 10 million tickets, is currently at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadion. In June, the band revealed that the tour has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour in 2016/17, exceeding their original target of a 50% reduction. They also revealed that 9 million trees have already been planted (with a further million to be planted before the end of the year).