History YMMV / ColdPlay

** In the first quarter of the music video, Chris Martin's character experiences glitching. The first three instances can be brushed off as [[RuleOfCool cool film effects]] as the entire screen is shaking along with him, but the fourth time it happens (during the aforementioned broken record lines) Chris Martin's character is the only one spazzing out. Robot dogs are moving normally within the shot. One of them turns to look at Chris, enforcing the idea that what Chris is doing is happening InUniverse. For the trees to become even more epileptic, one can say Chris's character spawned those [[{{Hologram}} holographic dancers]] himself.

* SignatureSong: "Clocks" or "Viva La Vida" are the frontrunners. The runners-up are "Yellow", "The Scientist", "Speed of Sound", "Fix You", "Paradise", and "A Sky Full of Stars".

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Upon it's release, ''Music/{{Parachutes}}'' was compared unfavorably to Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/TheBends'', with "Yellow" in particular being accused of plagiarizing Radiohead's "Lift" (which wasn't included on a proper studio release until 2017, but had become a fan-favorite following live performances of it in the leadup to ''Music/OKComputer''), and non fans were quick to credit their popularity to the HypeBacklash to Radiohead's newer, more experimental sound rather than any merit Coldplay's album allegedly had on it's own. The arena rock music they've been creating since then have similarly been called a [[PoorMansSubstitute poor man]]'s Music/{{U2}}.

*** [[http://coldplaying.com/forum/index.php?threads/chris-and-jonny.3892/page-1596 Here's a giant compilation of wonderfully slashy Chris/Jonny quotes.]] You can't make this shit up.

** Beginning with "Higher Power", the colors used for their 9th era can easily be seen as [[QueerColors bisexual lighting]]. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXgf5smLEgQ the official audio video for the song]], the circle on Jonny's shirt and the back of Chris' jacket resembles the bisexual flag, down to pink being on top. That coupled with the line "This boy is electric" and the way Chris and Jonny look at each other during the line "You've got, yeah, you've got a higher" is very much HoYay.

** Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the names and aesthetics are. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before ''Chromatica'' released and that Gaga didn't invent pink and purple planets.

* ContestedSequel: After ''X and Y'', it's hard to find a Coldplay album that doesn't suffer from this case.

** Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the names and aesthetics are. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before ''Chromatica'' released.

** Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the planets look. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before ''Chromatica'' released.

** Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the planets look. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before Chromatica released.

* FandomRivalry: Putting aside the seemingly endless one with Music/{{Radiohead}}, the fanbase apparently also has one with Music/{{Mogwai}} of all bands after one of their members called Chris Martin a "fuckface".

** While less divisive than the previous album, ''A Head Full of Dreams'' still has this. One camp finds the album a nice remedy to [[DarkerAndEdgier the previous one]], while the other side thinks the album is [[TastesLikeDiabetes too colorful]], even for the standards of the band that made ''Mylo Xyloto''. A third camp goes the extra mile, not having liked either this album or ''Ghost Stories'', and claim Chris Martin has lost his tact for songwriting.

* ContestedSequel:

** While less divisive than the previous album, ''A Head Full of Dreams'' still has this. One camp finds the album a nice remedy to the previous one, while the other side thinks the album is [[TastesLikeDiabetes too colorful]], even for the standards of the band that made ''Mylo Xyloto''. A third camp goes the extra mile, not having liked either this album or ''Ghost Stories'', and claim Chris Martin has lost his tact for songwriting.

** ''Mylo Xyloto''. Fans have either fallen in love with the new, poppier direction or lambasted Coldplay for "[[ItsPopularNowItSucks going mainstream]]."
** Ditto ''Ghost Stories'', as the return to the moodier and sadder sound of the first three albums was not universally welcome.

%%** "Strawberry Swing".

* EvenBetterSequel: ''A Rush of Blood to the Head'' in comparison to its predecessor ''Parachutes''.

* SnarkBait: Somewhere along the way, Coldplay became synonymous with "toothless White-people music." The website Rate Your Music uses their name as a shorthand for a band selling out (tellingly, the site gives all of their albums until ''Mylo Xyloto'' positive reviews).

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Upon it's release, ''Music/{{Parachutes}}'' was compared unfavorably to Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/TheBends'', and non fans were quick to credit their popularity to the HypeBacklash to Radiohead's newer, more experimental sound rather than any merit Coldplay's album allegedly had on it's own. The arena rock music they've been creating since then have similarly been called a [[PoorMansSubstitute poor man]]'s Music/{{U2}}.

* VindicatedByHistory: For the longest time, ''X&Y'' was the black sheep of their discography, with critics and audiences alike dismissing it as [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks more of the same]], but with more Music/{{U2}} arena rock aping into it. In recent years, the reception for the album has increasingly warmed, with some fans even considering it one of Coldplay's best albums.

* VindicatedByHistory: For the longest time, ''X&Y'' was the black sheep of their discography, with critics and audiences alike dismissing it as [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks more of the same]], but with more Music/{{U2}}-arena rock aping into it. In recent years, the reception for the album has increasingly warmed, with some fans even considering it one of Coldplay's best albums.

* VindicatedByHistory: For the longest time, ''X&Y'' was the black sheep of their discography, with critics and audiences alike dismissing it as [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks more of the same]], but with more Music/{{U2}}-arena rock aping into it. In recent years, the reception for the album has warmed, with some fans even considering it one of Coldplay's best albums.

* VindicatedByHistory: For the longest time, ''X&Y'' was the black sheep of their discography, with critics and audiences alike dismissing it as [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks more of the same]], but with more Music/{{U2}}-arena rock aping into it. In recent years, the reception for the album has warmed, with some fans considering it one of Coldplay's best albums.

* VindicatedByHistory: For the longest time, ''X&Y'' was the black sheep of their discography, with critics and audiences alike dismissing it as [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks more of the same]], but with more Music/{{U2}}-arena rock aping into it. In recent years, the reception for the album has warmed, with some fans considering it one Coldplay's best albums.