Music of the Spheres Tracklist
Coldplay’s ninth studio album was first teased in the booklet of their 2019 album Everyday Life. The original photo was taken in 1934 by photographer J. Allan Cash. Coldplay edited a car into the photo and replaced the billboard with their own, including the phrase “Coldplay Coming Soon.”
The album title’s trademark was registered in 2018, and again in 2020. In December 2020, the band responded to the image in an interview with Virgin Radio:
We don’t know if anybody has understood that those pictures mean something.
In February 2021, a source close to Coldplay officially confirmed the title Music of the Spheres.
The album was preceded by its first promotional single, “Higher Power,” in May 2021. Two months later it was followed by the album announcement, and the second release—“Coloratura.” After months of rumors and speculation, a collaboration with BTS titled “My Universe” was released in September 2021 as the second promotional single and the last before the album’s release.
“Music of the Spheres” Q&A
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Translations
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What exactly does "Music of The Spheres" mean?
Music of The Spheres, or Musica Universalis is an ancient philosophical concept originated by Pythagoras and his followers. It does not resonate sounds you hear every day, but an idea to represent the metaphysical and religious concept of the earth’s relationship to other planets, so “that the divine and poetic order of the universe could be known.”
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres…If earthly objects such as strings or pieces of metal make sounds when put in motion, so too must the Moon, the planets, the Sun and even the highest stars. As these heavenly objects are forever in motion, orbiting the Earth, surely they must be forever producing sound.
—Phythagoras, The Mystery of Matter
The Musiza Universalis would have later attributed a fundamental base to the connection between music, mathematics, and astronomy. Its idea fascinated all intellectuals in different fields, notably Stephen Hawking’s modern String Theory as “theory of everything” to the universe.
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Is there official animated artwork?
Yes, Apple Music features animated artwork for this release.
