Coloratura (song)
"Coloratura" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was produced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter and Bill Rahko. It appears as the closing track on the band's ninth studio album, "Music of the Spheres". Running at 10 minutes and 18 seconds, "Coloratura" is the band's longest track to date. Background. On 20 July 2021, Coldplay announced through their social media that a new album, "Music of the Spheres", would be released by the end of the year. In the same statement, they mentioned how the closing track was going to be released in three  days, while the follow up single for "Higher Power" would be arriving in September. A lyric video was published along with the song, it was directed by Pilar Zeta and Victor Scorrano, featuring the fictional nebula named after the song. Critical reception. "Coloratura" has received universal acclaim from critics. Matt Doria from "NME" praised the track for "echoing the rhapsodic prog-rock vibes of Pink Floyd circa "Dark Side of the Moon"" and also noted how it marks "an ambitious step into uncharted territory for Coldplay, though not eschewing too far from [their] standard fare". Writing for "Rolling Stone", Daniel  Kreps described the song as "space epic" and a "multi-suite voyage into the cosmos, with Chris Martin namechecking celestial bodies [...] along his journey to the stars". Will Hodgkinson of "The Times" considered it a "forward-thinking vision of a melodic utopia with shades of Pink Floyd at their most hopeful". Jeremy Levine of "PopMatters" praised the track for taking "plenty of structural risks that allow it to achieve a surprising level of intimacy. It's still a little lyrically over-the-top, but the variations in tone, as well as the climactic use of the band's retro instrumentation , leave us with a flicker of Coldplay's brilliance". AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung commented that "while they typically end their albums on a grand, uplifting note, ["Coloratura"] takes the prize for ambition and sheer beauty." Ella Kemp, writing for "Rolling Stone UK", said that the song "might be the most dazzling thing Coldplay have ever done, a sprawling Pink Floyd-esque experiment which pays off infinitely". Ahad Sanwari from "V" magazine mentioned that "only Coldplay, in this day and age, would think 'let’s make a track that’s over ten minutes long', and still, somehow [...] be able to  pull it off". He also praised the band by noting that "[they] clearly mastered the art of creating a specific atmosphere and mood throughout their music". Personnel. Personnel adapted from Parlophone UK presented to YouTube.