--- description: Coldplay's Ghost Stories will be released on May 19th title: VIDEO: Coldplay Debuts New Song "Always In My Head" at SXSW image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Watch Coldplay Debut New Song "Always In My Head" at SXSW by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 4:13 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 4:13 PM CUT There are a lot of good reason to avoid South By Southwest (lines, crowds, lines). Those stalwart enough to brave the lines and crowds and crowded lines and were able to get into Coldplay’s concert last night, they were rewarded with a sneak peek at the band’s upcoming sixth album, _Ghost Stories._ [Radio.com](http://news.radio.com/2014/03/12/coldplay-always-in-my-head-sxsw/ "undefined") reports that Coldplay played four new songs during their 11-song [hit-laden set](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7letjEUE4 "undefined"), which kicked off the first night of the inaugural iTunes Festival within-a-festival at SXSW. They’ve released the audio for [“Magic”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PvBc2TOpE4 "undefined"), and a video for “[Midnight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeMxWjpr-Y "undefined"),” but fan’s will have to wait to hear the other new track, “Another’s Arms”. _Ghost Stories_ will be released on May 19th on Parlophone. **MORE**: [SXSW 2014: 17 Bands To Watch, Even if You Don’t Go to the Music Festival](http://time.com/17574/sxsw-2014-bands-to-watch/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Who Cares What Lykke Li Is Made Of When Her Music Is This Good?](http://time.com/12351/lykke-li-love-me-like-im-not-made-of-stone/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21458/video-watch-coldplay-debut-new-song-always-in-my-head-at-sxsw/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21458/video-watch-coldplay-debut-new-song-always-in-my-head-at-sxsw/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Watch Coldplay Debut New Song \"Always In My Head\" at SXSW","datePublished":"2014-03-12T16:13:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:29:55.455Z","description":"Coldplay's Ghost Stories will be released on May 19th","url":"https://time.com/21458/video-watch-coldplay-debut-new-song-always-in-my-head-at-sxsw/","keywords":["Music","Videos","Music videos","Coldplay","SXSW"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/21458/video-watch-coldplay-debut-new-song-always-in-my-head-at-sxsw/","name":"VIDEO: Watch Coldplay Debut New Song \"Always In My Head\" at SXSW"}}]}] ```