Coldplay's Chris Martin on collaboration with BTS: 'It's so special"

If you thought the best of two worlds and a dream collaboration cannot happen - that is indeed happening now. BTS, the Korean boy band who is the most popular band in the world right now went on to be collaborating with Coldplay. The two popular entities came together for their Korean-English song, “My Universe“. In a 12 minute documentary, the members of both the bands expressed mutual admiration. We got to see glimpses of them recording and the conversations that went on in the recording rooms. ARMY was particularly overjoyed when Chris Martin called Jungkook impressive.

BTS leader RM mentioned that the song was dedicated to ARMY. He said, “Chris said that this song is very personal for him as a part of him is frustrated by the fact that Coldplay can’t play live in a concert. I thought how to make this relevant to BTS. Since the lyrics go, ‘You are my universe’, this song should definitely be dedicated to ARMY. I wrote the lyrics while picturing the day we will reunite with ARMY.”

Chris Martin also expressed that he found hope in the fact that two entirely different sets of people have been united by music. “It’s very special to me that the most popular artistes in the world speak Korean and is like a group of brothers, not from the West. It feels very hopeful to me, in terms of thinking of the world as one family. Then of course, when you see who they are and their songs, it’s really a message of togetherness, and being yourself,” he said.

The Bangtan boys also said that they hoped that this song brings joy and hope to people. V said, “I hope this song has a positive impact on people.”

The two bands struck a close, warm and affectionate friendship, and RM said that he found Chris to be a ‘humble, down to earth human being’. “He doesn’t hold any prejudice in his heart.” RM also added that the fact that they got to collaborate with Coldplay is a mark of how far they’ve come.

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