My Music Guilty Pleasures: #20

Coldplay ft. Rihanna - Princess Of China

Believe it or not, I can actually remember a time when Coldplay were both popular and well respected in general by the crowds of musicheads. A common occurrence took place, however. It seems that quite often when a band (or indeed other things in life) breaches a certain unspecified level of popularity, a segment of the plaudits break away and start to breed negativity. This, for Coldplay, came in conjunction with a reasonable amount of (I hate having to say this, because it sounds like I'm saying it's a problem and it just isn't...ish) going more 'mainstream'. In a day and age where most chart music is diabolically shite, I suppose it's fair to say that making something more chart-friendly is likely to be a bad thing. I wouldn't begrudge Chris Martin for making this decision though. Besides, Coldplay have always had commercial success - both with their singles and albums. By far the most accessible and controversial portion of 2011's Mylo Xyloto is a peculiar collaboration with Rihanna. It irritates me that I like this song, because I strongly despise Rihanna's own music. To be honest, I don't even like her part in this track - but what I must say is that surprisingly it works. It's a pretty unorthodox duet, which has come with a lot of haters (both from the Coldplay haters, the Rihanna haters, and the haters of existence), but much to my own surprise, I can't agree with them. It's catchy and there's something about the synths that I find appealing. I'm not even trying to make a solid case for myself here, because I'm not even 100% sure why I like it...perhaps not even 50% sure... Alas, what I do know is that I do unfortunately quite like it, so it's got to have itself a place on my list somewhere. The awful video also helps its position.

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