Coldplay make Rihanna thePrincess of China

Wed 14th Sep, 2011 in International News

Adding to this year’s already lengthy list of unexpected collaborations,* Coldplay* have revealed that their fifth album will feature a duet between Chris Martin and Rihanna.

According to Martin, the album Mylo Xyloto (pronounced “My-low Zy-letoe” in case you were wondering) “is designed as a whole piece. It has boy and girl lead characters and top of our list for the girl part was Rihanna.”

Martin told The Sun that “it took a while to pluck up the courage to ask her. We did a show in Las Vegas and I met her and said, ‘Do you think there’s any chance?’ I was very Hugh Grant-like and spluttering about it. She has such an amazing voice and it’s so different to mine. When the vocal happened I thought ‘Wow, you sound different’ but I think that’s also because she was singing a different song to what we are used to hearing from her and it is written by a bloke from Devon.”

The resulting collaboration Princess Of China could well be the most blatant attempt to sell albums in the biggest market in the world since Christina Aguilera sang the theme to Disney’s Mulan. But we’ll have to wait until the album is released in October to find out for sure.

Mylo Xyloto tracklist:

1. Mylo Xyloto
2. Hurts Like Heaven
3. Paradise
4. Charlie Brown
5. Us Against the World
6. M.M.I.X.
7. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
8. Major Minus
9. U.F.O.
10. Princess of China (featuring Rihanna)
11. Up in Flames
12. A Hopeful Transmission
13. Don’t Let It Break Your Heart
14. Up with the Birds