Death also plays a role in Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People (1830), the painting chosen as the cover art for the Coldplay album. Like Frida Kahlo's unyielding watermelons, it's easy to see why Coldplay was also inspired by Eugene Delacroix's perseverant Liberty Leading the People painting and used it as the cover art for the Viva la Vida album. Eugene Delacroix- Liberty Leading the People (1830) Coldplay Cover Art: Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People Analysis Instead, Kahlo turned her watermelons into a symbol and celebration of life's fleeting simple pleasures, like enjoying a cool and refreshing slice of watermelon as a momentary respite from the relentless summer heat. Whatever the case, it is indeed truly inspiring that, even with her own death looming near, Frida Kahlo had the strength and boldness to escape pessimism even in a moment when darkness and morbidity would have been expected and even acceptable. After a careful analysis of the painting and brushstrokes, some art critics argue that the watermelons were actually painted much earlier but, sensing that her time was near, Kahlo added the inscription "Viva la vida" on her death bed as her famous last words. An artist plagued by pain and illness throughout her short life, it is widely believed that Viva la Vida was Frida Kahlo's last painting, painted just days before she died young at the age of 47 years old in the summer of 1954. So what does Viva la Vida mean in English? Why did Frida Kahlo and Coldplay both choose that title to name their art? In the English language, "Viva la vida" literally means "Long live life" or "Live the life." Meaning of Viva la Vida painting by Frida Kahloįor Frida Kahlo, the meaning of Viva la Vida is all about a celebration of life, despite its sorrows and many troubles. Much like Coldplay's Viva la Vida album cover art, the famous Frida Kahlo watermelons painting also has the words "Viva la Vida" scrawled across it, though the Spanish title is more expected coming from a Mexican, Spanish speaking artist than an English rock band. And there are some things that we didn’t dream were possible that are possible."She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said 'Viva la Vida.' I just loved the boldness of it." Chris Martin on Frida Kahlo's Viva la Vida "We still have quite a long way to go, but we’ve already come quite a long way. "We’ve been working with some amazing brains to see how we can cut down as much of the environmental impact as possible," Martin said in an interview earlier this month, according to NME. The goal, according to CBS News, is to slash CO2 emissions by 50% compared to their 2016-17 world tour. Stops on the eco-friendly tour include Mexico City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Berlin, Paris, and London.
The band will embark upon an "environmentally friendly" world tour to promote the new album next year, kicking off on March 18 in Costa Rica.
“We’ve just abandoned any form of rules and if something feels cool, we’ll do it," Martin previously told USA Today in an interview with guitarist Jonny Buckland. In October Coldplay released its ninth studio album, "Music of the Spheres," which defies musical norms and boundaries. I feel like because I know that challenge is finite, making this music doesn't feel difficult, it feels like this is what we’re supposed to be doing." "I love it, and it’s amazing but it’s very intense too. "Because it’s a lot to pour everything into making them," he said. "And maybe we'll do some sort of collaborative things, but the Coldplay catalog, as it were, finishes then."Ī snippet of the interview was aired during the "The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show."Įarlier this year Martin told NME that Coldplay planned to release 12 albums then stop. "Our last proper record will come out in 2025, and I think after that we will only tour," Martin said, according to CBS News. The singer previously had teased that their run was coming to an end but his latest announcement, made during an interview with British host Jo Whiley, seems definitive. Coldplay fans were dismayed after frontman Chris Martin revealed that the band would stop making new music together by 2025.