track Princess Of China, on new album Mylo Xyloto, Chris, 34, said: "The album is designed as a whole piece. It has boy and girl lead characters and top of our list for the girl part was Rihanna... but it took a while to pluck up the courage to ask her.
Chris Martin croons about a woman longing to escape her life for paradise, and it features one of the band's instantly sticky choruses.
“Paradise” is the follow-up to summer single “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall.”
For months, fans of Coldplay have been trying to find out information about the band’s new album Mylo Xyloto. Now, the wait is over as Coldplay tweeted a picture of the album’s track list to its followers on Friday with the message, “We've finished the album and it goes a little like this.” According to the picture, the album features 14 tracks
Mylo Xyloto will be released in several formats. A 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12" by 36" poster, while a special "Pop-Up" album version will come with a hardback book containing graffiti art designs from David A. Carter.
Coldplay have confirmed their fifth album will be called Mylo Xyloto and is to be released on 24 October.
The UK four-piece released a statement on their website confirming the name, which had been rumoured in recent weeks.
"Hello everybody, we have finished our new album, it's called Mylo Xyloto," it said.