--- description: The fantastical images mirror the song’s dream-like composition title: Coldplay Mess With Perception in Illusory 'Up&Up' Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte466b7296b2be59c/69889369196cf4366603b9ea/gettyimages-515580174.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Coldplay Mess With Perception in Illusory _Up&Up_ Video by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2016 3:23 AM CUT  Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on the "Today" show on March 14, 2016 from Rockefeller Plaza in New York Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on the "Today" show on March 14, 2016 from Rockefeller Plaza in New YorkPeter Kramer—NBC Newswire/Getty Images by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2016 3:23 AM CUT Coldplay must feel on top of the world in their music video for “Up&Up.” The group’s video for their new single features band members towering over the Earth as strange, seemingly incongruous images meld together. As Chris Martin leisurely croons the lyrics to the inspirational track, flashes of a giant eagle soaring under the ocean, miniature skiers racing down a pillow, and more optical illusions playing on size flow into one another. The fantastical images mirror the song’s dream-like composition, and the video ends with a mammoth Martin laying beside a mountain as seen from space. “Up&Up” is the third single from Coldplay’s seventh album [_A Head Full of Dreams_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/coldplay-head-full-dreams "undefined"). Currently, the group is preparing to head out on their [summer tour](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/28/coldplay-us-summer-tour-dates "undefined"). [_This article originally appeared on Ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/16/coldplay-upup-video "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4338198/coldplay-music-up-up-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4338198/coldplay-music-up-up-video/"},"headline":"Coldplay Mess With Perception in Illusory Up&Up Video","datePublished":"2016-05-17T03:23:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:35:29.578Z","description":"The fantastical images mirror the song’s dream-like composition","url":"https://time.com/4338198/coldplay-music-up-up-video/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte466b7296b2be59c/69889369196cf4366603b9ea/gettyimages-515580174.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte466b7296b2be59c/69889369196cf4366603b9ea/gettyimages-515580174.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Today - Season 65","caption":"Today - Season 65","creditText":"Peter Kramer—NBC Newswire/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4338198/coldplay-music-up-up-video/","name":"Coldplay Mess With Perception in Illusory Up&Up Video"}}]}] ```