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Seoul and London – K-pop girl group Blackpink released their new EP titled Deadline on Friday, February 27, 2026. The EP features two singles: "Jump" which was released in June 2025, and "Go" which released to coincide the EP's release. The latter was co-written by all four Blackpink members Jennie Kim , Jisoo Kim , Roseanne Park and Lalisa Manobal , and with additional songwritting credits from frontman of British alternative rock group Coldplay , Chris Martin . But how did Martin involve for Blackpink songwriting? Blackpink performed at the Deadline World Tour in 2025 . It all began in 2024, where Lisa performed as a headliner alongside Martin at the Global Citizen Festival at New York in September 2024. Lisa then asked Martin that her group will collaborated with Martin for production of their new EP Deadline . Martin granted Lisa's request, and by summer 2025 it was reported that Martin and the four members of Blackpink began recording for the single ...

Los Angeles, CA – The nominees for the 68th annual Grammy Awards which will be held on February 1, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena has been officially announced on Friday, November 7, 2025. Among the nominees, rapper Kendrick Lamar who won five awards including Record of The Year in the previous (67th) edition became the most nominated artist with nine categories, including the same that he won in the previous edition. Lady Gaga is the most nominated female singer with seven categories. View this post on Instagram 6 nominations :’) i am so floored and grateful thank you @RecordingAcad pic.twitter.com/eaLepJarjQ — Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) November 7, 2025 Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter who won two of six nominations in the 67th Grammys is once again earned another six nods for the 68th edition. The former Disney Channel star sensation is nominated in six categories including the two of which she won in the 67th edition. - Category changes For the 68th...

Since 2016, top digital music platform  Spotify released an annual year-end lists named Spotify Wrapped . Spotify Wrapped is an annual year-end charts which chosen by its artists and users. Users simply list their own top streamed artists and its albums and songs into the list. Although I'm not a full-time Spotify user, but here are our top 10 Spotify Wrapped songs list of 2024 chosen by me! (including honorable mentions). And as we know, pop megastar  Taylor Swift is the most streamed singer on Spotify in the last three years; thanks to her reputation as a chart-topper, records breaker, awards winner, and sweet darling for SuperBowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce, but pop superstars and sensations like Sabrina Carpenter , Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan began to dominate worldwide charts, and considered as the next Taylor Swift in the making. Here's our top ten Spotify Wrapped songs of 2024! - Top 10 10. Olivia Rodrigo - "Obsessed" 9. Benson Boo...

London – 24 years since the release of their debut album Parachutes and three years since their latest album Music Of The Spheres Vol. 1: From Earth with Love , British alternative rock band Coldplay are back with their new album Music Of The Spheres Vol. 2: Moon Music (or simply shortened as Moon Music for U.S. market). And today (as the album's release date) we review on what would be the band's tenth and final album since they formed in 1997. - Production and composition Coldplay performing in Jakarta on October 2023 . The production for this album took place during the middle of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour between January 2023 until August 2024. According to the band's frontman and lead vocalist  Chris Martin , the band spent the majority of the album's production by using recycled materials, marking the first band ever to do so. The earlier idea came from the band's drummer Will Champion during the production for their 2nd album A Rush Of Blood T...

Every February 14, people celebrated Valentine's Day, a very special day for couples to celebrate love. In this article, we're pleased to know what love is about and some of our favorite love songs of all-time. - Definition of love According to Wikipedia article , love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment.  Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as pote...

This year, the music industry will be filled by new album releases from pop singers and band. In this article, we will bring you some singers/groups who will release his/her/their new album in 2024 . Are you excited? 1. Justin Timberlake - Everything I Thought It Was After a six year hiatus, JT is back with his new album Everything I Thought It Was , which will be released on March 15. The album's lead single "Selfish" released on January 25. For this album, (where in the previous albums he worked with Timbaland), JT will hire Cirkut, who previously worked with JT's ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. 2. Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine After success with Thank You, Next and Positions , Ariana will return to the music scene with her new album Eternal Sunshine , to be released on March 8. The album already spawned her single "Yes, And?", which debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100 chart. 3. Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me... Now The album will be released in F...

JAKARTA – With less than three weeks from Coldplay 's first ever concert in Indonesia as part of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour on November 15, 2023, in this article, we give you brief profile of a Indonesian female singer Rahmania Astrini who will become the opening act performer for the concert. Her profile is taken from Indonesian Wikipedia article . Coldplay will perform for the first time in Jakarta on November 15, 2023 . - Biography and career Born in Massachussets on fourth of July 2001, Astri (the singer's nickname) is the youngest of three siblings in her family. Her music career began when she was fifth grader. She then signed with Warner Music in 2017. Her breakthrough single "It's Amazing" won her first award at 2019 Indonesia Music Award.  In 2021, Astri released debut mini-album Adolscent , which all of her songs performed in English. Her most recent album, Space (Indonesian language: Ruang ), released in March 2023....

JAKARTA – With less than one month ahead from Coldplay 's first ever long-awaited concert in Jakarta as part of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour on November 15, 2023, here are some of Indonesian bands or musicians who will be the opening act performers for the concert (after singer Rahmania Astrini confirmed to be opening act performer in June 2023) [with the exception of SLANK which too old]. 1. Dewa 19 Dewa 19 is a band currently consist of Ahmad Dhani, Andra Ramadhan, Yuke Sampurna and Agung Yudha, with Marcello Tahitoe and Virzha currently serving as guest vocals. Their debut album, consist of hit single "Kangen" released in 1992. Ari Lasso was the lead vocalist of the band from 1992 until 1998, when he was departed for his solo endavor. Ari then replaced by Onche Mekel from 2000 until 2011. Dewa 19 had similar concept of Coldplay during 2000s with alternative rock genres; in 2000 both bands released Parachutes and Bintang Lima respectively; then i...

Since 2016, top digital music provider Spotify released an annual year-end lists named Spotify Wrapped. Spotify Wrapped is an annual year-end charts which chosen by its artists and users. Users simply list their own top streamed artists and its albums and songs into the list. Although I'm not a full-time Spotify user, but here we countdown our top 10 Spotify Wrapped songs list of 2022 chosen by me! 10. Joji - "Glimpse Of Us" 9. Coldplay feat. Selena Gomez ‐ "Let Somebody Go" 8. Twice - "Talk That Talk" 7. NIKI - "High School In Jakarta" 6. Erika Tham - "Shhh" 5. Harry Styles - "As It Was" 4. Camila Cabello - "Psycho Freak" 3. Blackpink - "Pink Venom" 2. Dove Cameron - "Boyfriend" 1. Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero" Honorable mentions: - BTS - "Yet To Come" - The Weeknd - "Out Of Time" - Sofia Carson - "It's Only Love, Nobody Dies" - Sabrina Ca...

Since 2016, top digital music provider Spotify released an annual year-end lists named Spotify Wrapped. Spotify Wrapped is an annual year-end charts which chosen by its artists and users. Users simply list their own top streamed artists and its albums and songs into the list. Although I'm not a full-time Spotify user, but here are my top 10 Spotify Wrapped songs list of 2021 chosen by me!  10. Lisa of Blackpink - "Lalisa" 9. Twice - "Alcohol-Free" 8. Erika Tham - "Admit It" 7. Taylor Swift - "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" 6. Ed Sheeran - "Bad Habits" 5. Rose of Blackpink - "On The Ground" 4. Coldplay - "Higher Power" 3. Kim Sejeong - "Warning (feat. 'Lil Boi)" 2. Adele - "Easy On Me" 1. Coldplay feat. BTS - "My Universe" For more info about Spotify Wrapped, visit  spotify.com/wrapped

Coldplay made an energetic return with their new album Music Of the Spheres . Released on October 15, 2021, the album released digitally on music platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, as well as its physical format in CD, cassette and vinyl. Coldplay produced this new album with music producer Max Martin, who has been worked with other award-winning musicians and bands including The Weeknd, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and many more. The majority of songs from Music Of the Spheres  are co-written and co-produced by Coldplay and Max Martin. - Singles The singles from this album are "Higher Power", "Coloratura", and their duet single with South Korea's global phenom BTS titled "My Universe". The album's first single "Higher Power" has the similar tune but different lyrics compared with their song from 2012's Mylo Xyloto  album titled "Hurts Like Heaven"; although some music critics compared "High...

LONDON – British rock band Coldplay once again makes history as their collaboration single with South Korea's global phenom Bangtan Boys (BTS) titled "My Universe" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in its major chart debut. The song became Coldplay's number one hit since 2008's "Viva La Vida". It also became BTS’s sixth song to top the Hot 100, following “Dynamite,” “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, “Life Goes On,” “Butter,” and “Permission to Dance.” The group has achieved six No. 1s in a year and just over one month, making them the second fastest to do so after The Beatles’ record of one year and two weeks in 1964-1966. - Coldplay to release another collaboration single for upcoming album It was also announced that Coldplay will release another collaboration single to be featured on their upcoming album Music Of The Spheres  which will be released on October 15, 2021. Their third single of the album, titled ...

Ahead of Coldplay's upcoming album release on October 2021, we look at the Indonesian rock bands which their music style being compared to Coldplay; in this article we talk about Padi and Nidji. 1. Padi Padi is a Indonesian rock band formed in 1997 in Surabaya. Similar to Coldplay who had early names like Starfish, Padi had also early name Soda. The band consists of Fadly (vocals), Piyu (guitars), Yoyo (drums) and Rindra (bass) . Fadly (pictured in 2009) has became lead vocal for band Padi since 1997. His singing voices often compared to Coldplay's Chris Martin . Padi released their debut album in 2000 with "Mahadewi" as one of the chart-hitters. Their next album Sesuatu Yang Tertunda  (2001) is also their hit album, with their lead single "Sesuatu Yang Indah" Padi's third album Save My Soul  is not only hit in Indonesia, but also popular in other Asian countries, including Malaysia and Singapore. Released in 2003 (during Coldplay...

On September 24, 2021, Grammy Award-winning rock band Coldplay released their collaboration single with world number one boyband Bangtan Boys (BTS), titled "My Universe". The song is written and produced by Max Martin, and will be featured as a single for Coldplay's upcoming album Music Of The Spheres  which is set to be released on October 15, 2021. Other singles from Coldplay's upcoming album are "Higher Power" and "Coloratura". Tracklisting (UK Digital single) 1. My Universe 2. Infinity Sign 3. My Universe (acoustic version) Download Coldplay feat. BTS - My Universe (MP3)

World number one alternative rock band Coldplay announced that they will release their collaboration single with world number one boyband Bangtan Boys (BTS) titled "My Universe". The song will be released as the 2nd single for Coldplay's upcoming ninth album Music Of The Spheres , which will be released on October 15, 2021. BTS previously performed the cover of Coldplay's 2005 hit "Fix You" during the MTV Unplugged session. BTS's cover performance got positive appreciation from the five members of Coldplay. Sources: -  https://www.coldplay.com/my-universe-single-with-bts-on-september-24th/ -  https://www.soompi.com/article/1488503wpp/coldplay-announces-upcoming-single-with-bts -  https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9628806/coldplay-bts-my-universe-single-announce

British alternative rock group Coldplay announced on their official website that they will release their ninth studio album Music Of The Spheres . The album is set to be released on October 15, 2021, and will be released in digital and physical formats. The album will be released digitally on Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal (similar to their previous album Everyday Life ) and will be also released physically on CD and vinyl. Similar to their previous albums, all songs from this upcoming album are written and produced by the members themselves (Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion), with Phil Harvey as the creative director. Source: -  https://www.coldplay.com/music-of-the-spheres-out-october-15th/ -  https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9506516/2021-album-release-calendar/ Pre-order Coldplay upcoming album Music Of The Spheres

21-year-old British rock band Coldplay already give fans surprise by establishing their own mixed radio station called the Alien Radio. The radio's name is derivated from their 2017 single "Aliens".  Logo for the Alien Radio . The Alien Radio can be used to track signals as hints for Coldplay's upcoming single album. The band previously reported that they are currently working for their project named Music Of The Spheres . Coldplay's previous album Everyday Life  (2019) spawned three top-10 singles, including "Flags". Alien Radio official website (redirected from coldplay.com)

1. Apple and Moses Martin - Aston Martin DB11 V12 2018 (Apple and Moses) - Bentley Bentayga V8 2016 (Apple) - Mercedes-Benz S 500 2018 (W222 facelift) (Moses) - BMW X5 35i xDrive 2014 (Apple) 2. Violet and Jonah Buckland - Audi A6 3,0L 2011 (Jonah) - Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 2019 (Violet) - Volkswagen Touareg 3,0L 2013 (Violet) - Bentley Continental GT V8 (Jonah) 3. Nicole Berryman - Rolls-Royce Ghost V10 2009 - Porsche 911 Carrera S 2017 4. Juno and Rex Champion - Dodge Challenger SRT 2017 (Rex) - Porsche Cayenne Turbo 2018 (Juno) Follow Coldplay official accounts on social media: - Official website:  Coldplay.com - Twitter:  @Coldplay - Instagram:  a. Coldplay's Instagram:  @Coldplay b. Guy Berryman's Instagram:  @GuyBerryman Stream Coldplay music - Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gzpq5DPGxSnKTe4SA8HAU - Apple Music:  https://music.apple.com/us/artist/coldplay/471744 - Tidal:  https://tidal.com/artist/8812 Download Coldplay M...

After enjoying their greatest success with their seven previous studio albums from Parachutes  (2000) to A Head Full of Dreams  (2015), Coldplay returned with their eighth studio album Everyday Life , which was released worldwide by Parlophone and Warner Music Group on November 23, 2019. Similar to their third album X&Y  (2005), the album has two sides: Sunrise  and Sunset . This is also their first album recorded using the ultra high-definition Dolby Atmos surround sound system. Also in this album, frontman Chris Martin invited his daughter Apple and his son Moses to participate for the production of the album. Coldplay for Everyday Life (2019) Tracklist  (all songs written by Coldplay: Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion; bold indicates title track) a. Sunrise 1. Sunrise 2. Chruch 3. Trouble In Town 4. Broken 5. The Father's Song 6. WOTW/POTP 7. Arabesque 8. When I Need A Friend b. Sunset 1. Guns 2. Orphans ...

On February 23, 2021, global phenomenon boy band Bangtan Boys appeared on the latest episode of MTV Unplugged. In this episode, the seven-member boyband performed all of their hits, including "Fake Love", "Dynamite" and "Boy With Luv" In addition, Bangtan Boys also performed cover of Coldplay's classic 2005 hit "Fix You". Coldplay appreciated Bangtan Boys' performance thanks to their (Bangtan Boys) sweet voice. Soon after being performed by Bangtan Boys, Coldplay's "Fix You" instantly became the most streamed song across all music platforms (including Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and Deezer). The song was previously covered by Sam Smith on May 2020. For other cover versions of Coldplay's "Fix You", see "Fix You (song)" on Wikipedia. WATCH: Bangtan Boys performing Coldplay's 2005 hit "Fix You" Coldplay's appreciation for BTS' cover of "Fix You" Source:  -  htt...