“It sounded like sh*t”. “We were told my voice was going to be mixed well, but there was no reverb and it was way louder than the track for the broadcast”. Almost every other person [at the VMAs] lip-synced [their performance], and we knew because we had them in our ears. “So now I know why you lip-sync”, Taggart added.
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But hey, give Taggart some credit. If the song is still being recorded, we may not hear it for some time. They pretty much have their choice of whoever they want to work with now, even those who passed them down before.
“Pall doesn’t mind sharing that Linkin Park unexpectedly called him while he was on the toilet; Big Sean blew off his management to confirm a session (so did Dua Lipa); and Weezer circled back after refusing a cameo in The Chainsmokers’ 2016 Coachella set”.
“They were like, ‘Yo!”
“Nearly every other person lip-synced it, and we knew because we had them in our ears”, he says.”So now I know why you lip-sync”. “I feels good when those people are like…” Taggart finishes the thought: “Thirsty”. Pall and Taggart have said they’ll only make an album if fans demand it.
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The short videos appear to show Chris Martin singing along to a piano accompaniment, although at present it’s not known if it will be a Coldplay collaboration, or just Chris Martin lending his voice to their backing music.
