Chris Martin has said that he’s serious about his commitment to retiring Coldplay after they reach a certain milestone. The pop-rock band, who headlined Glastonbury Festival in June , are preparing to release their 10th album, Moon Music, which is scheduled for release on 4 October. In an Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe, Martin explained that many of his and his bandmates’ heroes had released a limited number of albums during their careers.
“We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that’s real,” the frontman said. “That’s real, real?” Lowe asked. “Yeah,” Martin responded.
“Promise, promise.” As Lowe protested that he wanted “50 albums”, Martin said: “No you don’t. You don’t, because less is more.
And for some of our critics, even less would be even more. I’m joking. And I’ll tell you why: it’s really important that we have that limit.
“First of all, there are only 12, well, there are only eight Harry Potters or seven Harry Potters. There are only 12 and a half Beatles albums. There’s about the same Bob Marley, so all of our heroes.
” Martin, 47, said having this limit would ensure the same quality control as Coldplay ’s previous albums, which include 2000’s Parachutes, 2008’s Viva la Vida, or Death and All His Friends, 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams, and 2021’s Music of the Spheres. “Where we could be kind of coasting, we’re trying to improve,” he explained. He revealed that he has felt this way about the ban.