They are composed by Chris Martin (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Buckland (guitars, backing vocals) and Will Champion (drums, percussion and backing vocals).
Known for songs like Clocks, Yellow, Speed Of Sound, Fix You or Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay have released five studio albums: Parachutes (2000), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002), X&Y (2005), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) and Mylo Xyloto (2011).
Their song Paradise is the second single taken from their last Mylo Xyloto. With very mixed reviews, this song has been a very successful hit.
The song seems to be about a girl's dreams and fears of the world.
The video was directed by Mat Whitecross, between London and South Africa - all the elephant characters are represented by Coldplay members.
After finishing the record, Martin and Champion gave an interview to BBC Radio where they explained that Mylo Xyloto "It's about love, addiction, OCD, escape and working for someone you don't like."
The band gave several different explanations for this album's name but at some point, Chris Martin said that it was a reference to the album's characters - the girl (Mylo) and the boy (Xyloto). The artwork is responsability of Paris 1974, a street artist - initially he was only suppose to be the "teacher" but it stayed until the end, collaborating with the band.
The album sold over 908.000 copies, becoming the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011.
"Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly"
