Coldplay have shared the heartfelt video for ‘All My Love’, their “last single” ever. Check it out below.
The band previously debuted the song during a concert at the Olympic Stadium in Athens in June, and later frontman Chris Martin was spotted in Las Vegas singing the track at a karaoke bar while donning a thinly veiled disguise.
It turns out, the undercover antics were actually the filming of the band’s new music video, released today (October 4). Taken from their latest album ‘Moon Music’, ‘All My Love’ is a Lennon-esque piano ballad that sees Martin deal in sincerities. “You’ve got all my love/Whether it rains or pours, I’m all yours/You’ve got all my love/Whether it rains, it remains/You’ve got all my love,” he croons on the chorus.
Speaking to NME in his only written interview for the album, Martin shared that ‘All My Love’, would be the band’s final single. “That’s the last ‘single’ single. We have the musical thing, then an album just called ‘Coldplay’, which is the final one. I think that will be a year late – I know it will be,” he said.
The heartwarming video – shot on an iPhone – follows Martin as he trails through Las Vegas in a dishevelled disguise, giving balloons to passers-by in a bid to connect. At the end, he performs a karaoke version of the track to a half-filled bar. Check it out below.
During his exclusive interview with NME, Martin revealed the topics that inspired the record, as well as how the band are coming to the end of writing new material.
“Right now, and since about 2008, if something lands in me as a song or as a good idea and it feels authentic, we’ll do it. It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks,” the frontman told us, recalling where the band are now. He also described the upcoming record as being “the story of waking up in the morning and feeling terrible about yourself,” before “a journey to feeling the complete opposite at the end of the day.”
As for whether the band are still planning on ending their catalogue after 12 albums, he said: “The 12 album thing is very real, and it’s a nice feeling. It doesn’t mean we won’t tour or finish some compilation things or outtakes or whatever. It just means that the main story is told. That’s just what feels really right. Just knowing that’s happening supercharges all the work we’re doing now.”
Later in the discussion, Martin went on to say that the deadline has led to the members having “more hunger” in their approach, and determined to make sure they don’t “dilute” anything they put forward. He also reassured fans that by the time the 12th album is complete, “everything will make sense” in terms of Coldplay’s story.
Check out NME’s exclusive interview with Chris Martin in full here, where he also opens up about his love of Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Chappell Roan and more, Coldplay’s mammoth set at Glastonbury 2024, and the band’s determination to help support grassroots venues across the UK.
You can also listen to Chris Martin’s exclusive playlist to accompany his NME interview below on Spotify and here on Apple Music.
‘Moon Music’ was given a glowing four-star review by NME, and described by Rhian Daly as a record that looks to “pull Martin and those feeling like him back from the brink, one pop song at a time”.
“It’s not just in Coldplay’s lyrics that this resilience can be felt, but in their musical choices too. Multiple songs on ‘Moon Music’ – like ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Good Feelings’ – fade out, only to return to the speakers again,” it read. “These fake-outs don’t just keep you guessing but mirror that feeling of having exhausted all your options, only for you to find the strength to push forward.”
