A Film For The Future, coming Jan 22

The band have just announced a new project called A Film For The Future, the 44-minute visual companion to their worldwide No. 1 album, Moon Music.

The film will premiere worldwide on YouTube on January 22, with special 360-degree screenings of the film taking place at Lightroom in London, Manchester and Seoul. Tickets are on sale now here.

The film was created by over 150 different visual artists from 45 countries. Each artist was given a handful of music snippets from Moon Music and asked to create corresponding visuals. There were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of other artists’ creations.

Executive Producer Ben Mor, who also directed Coldplay and Beyoncé in 2016’s Hymn For The Weekend video, says the result is “a kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt – a 44-minute multimedia tapestry.”

Ben Mor continued: “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.”

Coldplay said: “We’re very grateful to all the amazing artists who lent their genius to this film. They’ve created something very beautiful and we’re extremely proud of it.”

A Film For The Future was first teased on a car numberplate in the artwork to 2019’s Everyday Life, with a section of the project appearing in July 2024 as the lyric video for the band’s single feelslikeimfallinginlove.

A fan-led remix site for the film, powered by Microsoft AI, will also launch at afftf.coldplay.com on January 22.