Nor have they been happier with the results." "Coldplay have never enjoyed making a record more than this one. "Revitalized, they've made an album that's bursting with energy, color and big, life-affirming moments such as the deliciously ebullient first single, 'Adventure of a Lifetime,' and the rocket-powered 'Hymn for the Weekend,'" read a press release from the band.
label Parlophone Records released the LP, which is the four-piece's seventh studio album, on Dec. "Hymn for the Weekend" belongs to Coldplay's most recent release, A Head Full of Dreams, which follows 2014's Ghost Stories. We see Martin experience the richness of Mumbai, but given India's socioeconomic stratosphere, and as a foreigner, some might call glamorizing a trip to Mumbai poverty tourism, which some people say is innately thanks for appropriating my culture and having an Indian actress to offset my anger :) Therefore the trouble with the visuals for "Hymn for the Weekend," according to some, is that the video takes what it wants of Indian culture and leaves the rest.īeyond the question of poverty in India, at times watching the video, viewers are supremely attuned to feelings of voyeurism. According to that data, India's population in 2013 totaled 1,279.5 million, and in 2011, the poverty ratio as a portion of the country's total population clocked in at 21.3% - to quantify that, it means living on less than $3.10 a day, or $1.90 a day in extreme cases. According to data from the Poverty and Equity databank, the World Bank reported that by 2010, the number of people living in poverty in India was on the order of hundreds of millions. There is nothing glamorous about the rate of poverty in parts of India. Beyoncé makes her debut early on in one such cutaway, when a young girl looks through a makeshift street theatre and sees the artist costumed in a flower crown and a reimagining of a traditional Indian dress. In the video, Martin tours Mumbai by car, during which time the footage includes several cutaways of Mumbai's hectic roadways and quick frames of street performers in action.
Yet some viewers on Friday had few words of love for Coldplay's latest release, many of whom accused the band of cultural appropriation and insensitivity.
The video stars the band's frontman, Chris Martin, and the Coldplay crew galavanting around Mumbai, India, and reveling in a colorful and ancient Hindu festival called Holi, which is also known as the festival of love. Rock giants Coldplay sparked a debate on Friday when the British band released the official video for "Hymn for the Weekend," an Eastern-infused cut with tinkering bells, swirling vocals and crescendos that also features powerhouse American artist Beyoncé.
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