Coldplay give Rachel Chinouriri’s cover of ‘The Scientist’ seal of approval
nme.comColdplay have responded to Rachel Chinouriri‘s recent cover of ‘The Scientist’ for Spotify Singles.The NME Cover star recently performed her rendition of the track for Spotify Singles, which follows her vocal love for Coldplay, telling The Forty Five that they “saved my life”.“I was 13 and going through that the worst time ever as I was in a racist secondary school, but Coldplay was one thing that kept me going,” she told the publication. “I have this love and connection with Coldplay that is just endless, and no one can ever change my mind.
I don’t care what music that they put out; I don’t want to hear a single thing about them that is bad.”Now, the band themselves have responded to the cover on social media.
Taking to Instagram stories yesterday (June 28), they uploaded a screenshot of the cover in question. In addition, the band’s creative director and manager Phil Harvey wrote that he “love[d] this version” and signed off with his initials.The co-sign comes ahead of their respective upcoming Glastonbury performances.
Chinouriri is due to perform on The Other Stage at 12.30pm on Sunday (June 30), whilst Coldplay will round out Saturday with a record-breaking fifth headline performance at the Pyramid Stage.Earlier this year, Chinouriri released her debut album ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events‘.
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