IDLES recreate Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’ with new video for ‘Grace’

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IDLES have released the official video for ‘Grace’, an AI recreation of Coldplay’s iconic ‘Yellow’ video, but with Chris Martin singing the words to this song instead.The video sees Martin strolling down the same beach that he walked along for his own 2000 song, as night turns to day inside four minutes.IDLES frontman Joe Talbot says the concept to use the Coldplay imagery for ‘Grace’ came to him in a dream, and he contacted Martin directly to ask for his permission.

Martin not only agreed to it, but helped to train the AI software so that his new ‘performance’ would look more realistic.Check out the video here:“No god, no king, I said love is the thing,” sings Talbot during the track, showcasing IDLES’ new manifesto of love triumphing over nihilism.The song was produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, The Smile, Beck), Kenny Beats (Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benee) and the band’s Mark Bowen, as is the rest of the album.“The song came from nowhere and everything.

It was a breath and a call to be held,” Talbot has said, discussing the inspiration behind the song. “The only words or singing that came from our sessions with Nigel and I needed it, truly.

All is love.”Back in December, ‘Grace’ was the second track the band released to preview their fifth album ‘Tangk’, which comes out on Friday (February 16).