songanalyst

[songanalyst]

Hello tumblr@s, I'm going to show you a review of the song Higher Power, the new and unexpected song of the group @Coldplay that came out on May 7th and has already been in all the charts. I hope it solves any possible doubts you may have about the single:

For those who don't know them, Coldplay is a British alternative pop rock band that debuted in 1996, although they were not internationally recognised until the release of Yellow in 2000. It consists of Will Champion (drums), Guy Berryman (bassist), Jon Buckland (guitarist and co-founder) and last but not least, Chris Martin (lead singer and frontman).

Although, as mentioned in the introduction, the band is framed within the pop rock genre, their career has been nourished by different musical genres and influences, and they have been compared to Radiohead, Oasis or U2.

Higher power is just a small sample of all the surprises that the next album, *Music of the Spheres*, will have in store for us. The lyrics of the single, according to some testimonies of the band, aim to bring a little light at the end of the road of this unpleasant situation generated by Covid-19.

For this song in particular, the band has opted for a futuristic air combined with a synth pop sonority that gives us the opportunity to go back to the musical decade of the 80s (something all too common nowadays).

But without a doubt, the track has become what it is thanks to the production of Max Martin and the co-production of Bill Rahko and Oscar Holter under the record label, Parlophone.

The song currently has no set music video as its release date is 8 June. Even so, it has been performed live up to three times accompanied by holograms in the most extravagant costumes.

The song was not only famous for its style and staging, but also for some minor problems with fandom. Fans of pop star Lady Gaga accused the British band of having copied the album's cover and the way it was promoted on billboards.

In addition, Chris Martin's tweet about how he started composing the song to be reviewed caught the attention of many fans and new listeners. Is it really comfortable to play the piano from the toilet? Well, it seems to be working for them, and with flying colours.

To sum up, the song has brought a certain originality to the group's professional career, but not with respect to the current music market. Analysing the latest proposals of the best known artists, it seems that their songs have a common starting point and that perhaps a new aesthetic-musical movement is emerging that could be called “The New Neoclasicism”