Coldplay‘s Chris Martin sat down for an impromptu interview in a park recently – watch footage below.
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He was approached in New York’s Washington Square Park by Dutch music journalist Sagid Carter, who previously worked in radio but recently launched her own interview series on YouTube.
In the video, she recalled how she saw Martin with his manager Phil Harvey on her last day in New York (October 1). She proceeded to “just wanted to shoot her shot” by asking for some interview time. When they sit down to film, Martin laughs and says: “This is really funny, we met what, 45 seconds ago?”
They went on to discuss where he was headed later that day, and he explained he was filming a rehearsal ahead of an appearance on QVC on October 3. When they later took to the shopping channel, the band not only used the segment to promote their latest album ‘Moon Music’, but they also joined in when it came to selling some of the products.
Elsewhere in the interview with Carter, they discussed how he found his voice and stopped worrying about critics, saying: “Inside us all is a voice, which is sort of a creative voice or guiding voice or intuition – whatever you call it – if you can always try and listen to that at some point during the day.”
It echoes his earlier comments to NME about Coldplay’s creative direction. “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,” he told us.
“It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks. It’s very liberating, and it was probably started by Brian Eno’s philosophy when he came in to rebuild us. Since then, if I find something true and exciting, then we’ll go for it. It has led us to some really weird and amazing places.”
As for whether the group are still planning on ending their recorded catalogue after 12 albums, he told NME: “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 exclusive, Martin said the deadline in the distance has led to the members having “more hunger” in their creative approach, and determined to make sure they don’t “dilute” anything they put out. He reassured fans that by the time their 12th album is complete, “everything will make sense” in terms of Coldplay’s story.
