BTS and Coldplay Collaboration Rumors? Big Hit Response

Rumors spread on the internet that the Kpop phenomenon, BTS, will be joining the legendary Coldplay for a collaboration. But is it really? Today, Big Hit finally gives their response to the media regarding the rumor.

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BTS and Coldplay Collaboration Rumors Spread Widely on the Internet

MatchLyric Uploaded a New Song: My Universe

A music lyric database site, MatchLyric, uploaded the lyrics of a song called “My Universe” on July 15. This song is believed to be a new song belonging to the legendary British rock band, Coldplay.

While lyrics uploaded on the website may just be a mundane occurrence, the surprise comes from the lyric itself.

My Universe: Coldplay featuring BTS Collab

When you click on the “My Universe” song by Coldplay, you will see the title “My Universe” at the top of the page and “Coldplay” as the singer’s name.

However, the lyric surprisingly mentioned that the Coldplay song “My Universe” will feature the phenomenal Kpop boy group, BTS.

What’s more, based on MatchLyric’s post, there will also be parts that use the Korean language for the song.

And this is the reason that calls a collaboration rumors between Coldplay and BTS spread widely on the internet.

Big Hit Delivers Response on BTS – Coldplay Collab for “My Universe” Rumors

After the rumors began circulating on the internet, Big Hit finally took actions and delivered their response.

According to Big Hit Music and Warner Music Korea, there has not been any confirmation regarding BTS and Coldplay collaboration project.

“It’s difficult to confirm the related content.”
Big Hit Music

In response to whether @BTS_twt has an upcoming song with Coldplay, Big Hit has made an official statement that it is ‘difficult to confirm’https://t.co/AGvi6CMLWe pic.twitter.com/vnBcqqMmoq
— BTS Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) July 15, 2021

BTS Performed Coldplay’s “Fix You” Cover, Coldplay: “Beautiful!”

Previously, BTS performed a stripped-down cover of one of Coldplay hit songs, “Fix You” for their “MTV Unplugged” special on February 23. The phenomenal boy group mentioned that “Fix You” had brought comfort for the members. Therefore, they wanted to share the same comfort to their fans by performing the song.

That was fast! BTS’s cover of Fix You by Coldplay has become MTV UK’s 10th most popular video of all time with 4M views and this was accomplished in just 18 hours!#BTSUnplugged #BTSxMTVUnplugged #BTSxColdplay @BTS_twt @Coldplay @MTVUK https://t.co/15u1df9fCu pic.twitter.com/qnCvxu23co
— christa⁷ ? (@ryuminating) February 24, 2021

Apparently, Coldplay, the original singer of “Fix You” noticed BTS’ performance immediately. That was when Coldplay shared the performance on their social media accounts with a comment “Beautiful” in Korean, tagging BTS.

아름다운@bts_twt ��
Love c, g, w & j #BTSUnplugged https://t.co/XkHAwMi0sl
— Coldplay (@coldplay) February 24, 2021

.@BTS_twt and @coldplay now follow one another after BTS’ amazing cover of Coldplay’s Fix You cover on MY. unplugged pic.twitter.com/dRBD2ZsQOQ
— Aurelia ? (@AureliaOT7) February 26, 2021

Here’s the full video of BTS performance of Coldplay’s “Fix You” cover.

Oh, and by the way, did you finish BTS Quiz for ARMY on BTS’ Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? Can you complete them without reading the article first? What’s your score?