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MUSIC

Coldplay's ballad

Coldplay recently released a piano ballad in a surprise move by the English rockers to mark frontman Chris Martin's 40th birthday. Hypnotised, described by the band as a "new non-single song", is the first track off an EP entitled Kaleidoscope announced for June 2.

Hypnotised starts off with dreamlike chimes and piano before turning into a more traditional rock ballad. The song－in which Martin confesses he's "never gonna be a saint", but finds renewal through love－is accompanied by a soothing video with images of the sea.