For Coldplay fans, maybe you've known that they'd just released their newest music video for the song "Life in Technicolor II". The video shows the traditional house that having a party, with an old-school puppet shows that transformed into a miniature Coldplay concert, with each member in real puppet forms.
According to the video’s director, Dougal Wilson :
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the unique format was more out of necessity than aesthetics since the band could not defer time for the video while on tour. Instead, they suggested to Wilson they could be in the form of puppets for the video - an imaginative solution, which worked brilliantly.
Now, that answered the question "why the band didn't show up?are they having a chickenpox?or are they having an acnes attack?" :p Ladies and Gentlemen...Coldplay!
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