About Higher Power

"Higher Power" is a song by British rock band Coldplay from their ninth album Music of the Spheres. It was released on 7 May 2021 as the lead single, being written by the band's four members, Federico Vindver and Denise Carite. The track's production was handled by Max Martin, having co-production by Oscar Holter and Bill Rahko. On 29 April 2021, Coldplay confirmed on their social media that a new single called "Higher Power" would be released on 7 May. The song was produced by Max Martin, whom the band called "a true wonder of the universe". During an interview with Mark Savage of BBC News, lead vocalist Chris Martin, who is in no relation to Max, said, "I came up with the title first, but struggled to find the melody and lyrics to go with it. Then one day I was staying in this place and the sink was very resonant. And so I started hitting the sink [to make] this beat... and then I went to the piano keyboard, and the song just landed in one go".

He also explained that "the song is about trying to find the astronaut in all of us, the person that can do amazing things". The singer later told Zoe Ball that the track had intergalactic origins, saying: "We've been trying to imagine what music might sound like on other planets, and try to imagine being those other acts, so we're not thinking of ourselves as being the band Coldplay from England", he explained. On 15 June 2021, Coldplay released an acoustic version of the song. On 20 July 2021, the band officially announced their ninth studio album Music of the Spheres, revealing that "Higher Power" will be the second song on the album's tracklist. The announcement also stated that an album track, entitled "Coloratura", would be released on 23 July, while the official second single will come out in September.