Coldplay Announce 44-Minute Film To Accompany ‘Moon Music’: Watch Trailer
Coldplay have announced A Film For the Future, a 44-minute short film that works as a visual companion to their recent album Moon Music. Watch the trailer below.
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The film will premiere worldwide on YouTube on 22 January via 360-degree screenings at the Lightroom in London, the Lightroom at Factory International at Aviva Studios in Manchester and Lightroom Seoul in Seoul, South Korea. That same day a fan-led remix of the movie powered by Microsoft AI will launch here.
Work on A Film For The Future began in the summer of 2024, when more than 150 visual artists from 45 countries were given a handful of short Moon Music audio snippets and asked to create some accompanying visuals. According to a release announcing, “there were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of other artists’ creations,” as well as no direction other than to follow their inspiration.
“We’re very grateful to all the amazing artists who lent their genius to this film,” the band said in a statement. “They’ve created something very beautiful and we’re extremely proud of it.”
Executive producer Ben Mor — who directed the 2016 video for the Coldplay/Beyoncé collab Hymn For the Weekend — called the film a “kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt — a 44-minute multimedia tapestry.”
He added, “It was a huge privilege to have the bird’s eye view of such an ambitious project, working with so many incredible animators and filmmakers all working independently of each other. The final film is simply jaw-dropping and I can’t wait for Coldplay’s fans to see it.”
Eagle-eyed fans will note that the band first teased the movie on a license plate in the artwork for their Everyday Life album that read “FFTF2024.” In addition, a segment of the project appeared in the July 2024 multi-media lyric video for their Moon Music single feelslikeimfallinginlove.