Coldplay Reveal Title Of New Album

Written by Suzanne Bunce | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |

Coldplay’s new album, which is set to be released on June 16th, will be titled “Viva la Vida”. The phrase translates as “long live life”, and the band decided to use this after frontman Chris Martin saw the saying on a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Martin has acknowledged that the new album title does have implications other than just of Frida Kahlo. “Everyone thinks it comes from Ricky Martin, which is fine. I have absolute respect. I’ve been through this before, naming something or someone and everyone saying that ‘That’s a terrible name’. But then saying, ‘Well, fuck you, that’s what it’s called, and I’ll be proved to be right eventually’. So when ‘Viva la Vida’ came along, I was kind of annoyed because I’m going to have to try and convince everybody of this, but it just felt right.”

Explaining why he picked “Viva la Vida” as the album title, Martin said, “She [Frida Kahlo] went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said ‘Viva la Vida’. I just loved the boldness of it.”

Only two possible track titles have been revealed for the album tracklisting so far, “Lovers In Japan” and “Strawberry Swing”.

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