© supecee films 2012, all rights reserved. Coldplay are a British alternative Rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. (C) 2011 EMI Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. And to note, the song itself was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2012. And the clip went on to earn the band a 2012 MTV VMA in the category of Best Rock Video. The moral of this story: 'If you keep on walking, you'll eventually find your paradise'.ĭISCLAIMER: The song used in this video is Paradise by Coldplay. Mat Whitecross, who directed six other Coldplay music videos prior to this one, also handled said responsibility for Paradise. Towards the end of the film, I express that everybody has a paradise, and that everybody - no matter what hard points you go through in life, the good and the not so good - can find their paradise. This film expresses heartbreak, death and abuse amongst teenagers like me and you. They all embellish a symbolical connection throughout the film. Three teenagers have flashbacks to hard points in their life after being reminded of them in some way or another. This song struck me as emotional, deep and hopeful - yet it still manages to express a glimpse of happiness. Meanwhile the producers of the song are Rik Simpson, Daniel Green and Markus Dravs.This is a 'musical short film' to the song Paradise by Coldplay. This song came about after Chris Martin was enlisted in 2010 to write a tune to be featured on The X Factor. But at the insistence of Will Champion, it was rather added to the playlist of Mylo Xyloto. Their regular collaborator Brian Eno also receives writing credits. This included the UK Singles Chart and Billboard’s US Alternative Airplay ranking. Additionally it went multi-platinum in a handful of countries, including Australia and the UK.Ĭoldplay is a late-20 th century band from London that has managed to blow up stateside also. The group’s membership, from day one to date, has consisted of leader Chris Martin joined by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, respectively on bass, guitar and drums. And as is Coldplay’s standard all four of these individuals are credited as the writers of “Paradise”. For instance, on top of charting in approximately 30 nations overall, the song topped charts in nearly 10 of them. “Paradise” stands as one of the major hits in Coldplay’s impressive catalog. It appears to be some sort of sequel to Coldplays previous single, 'Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall,' whose title is even included in 'Paradise's lyrics.Paradise became Coldplays 2nd No.1 hit single on January 1st 2012. The release happened on the same day it debuted on BBC Radio 1. According to the Paradise Songfacts, the song finds Chris Martin singing of a young girls dashed hopes and dreams of paradise. This is the third single from Coldplay’s 2011 album entitled “Mylo Xyloto”. And the song was released on 12 September that very year via Parlophone Records and Capitol Records. So, that’s pretty much it as far as this track goes. Apparently Mylo Xyloto, the overall project it is derived from, is some type of a concept album. And within that framework, the story at hand takes on a larger meaning. But as far as isolating “Paradise” as a singular piece, it is most basically about a girl who has lost all hope in her dreams becoming a reality. Now we know, based on Chris Martin’s own explanation of this song and the album it is featured on, that the subject is a resident of “a very big, oppressive city”, also being “a bit lost in (her) life”. So as put forth earlier, she mentally escapes from this depressing situation “through fantasy”. So the only relief she finds from reality is during ‘stormy nights’ in which she would fantasize about her ideological “paradise”. the subject becoming increasingly disheartened over time. But what it basically illustrates is as put forth above, i.e. This is a musical short film to the song Paradise by Coldplay. The second verse relies even more heavily on symbolism. But the main points center on her being very optimistic in her youth. However, upon aging she loses hope in an edifying life – a disposition which, as we will get to later, is largely the result of the environment she was brought up in.