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Then Martin and his band appeared with The Puppets, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/20\/nx-s1-5684186\/meet-the-elementary-school-choir-thats-capturing-hearts-by-joyfully-covering-hits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS22 Chorus<\/a>, and special guests to perform \u201cWe Dance\u201d. And it reveals the hopeful message that Martin often reiterates in Coldplay\u2019s own music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We Are Family<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full 2026 FIFA World Cup\u2122 Final Halftime Show \u2b50\ufe0f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gi_M6FnK1NE?start=565&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The PS22 Chorus takes the first verse, trading lines between Staten Island fourth- and fifth-graders. They sing about how humans are all made of star stuff. And that star stuff is the connective tissue that supersedes culture, race, religion, and borders. This is Chris Martin\u2019s World Cup \u201cImagine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brothers, sisters, who are we?<br>Stars that make a galaxy.<br>I am you, and you are me,<br>All of us are family<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy join the chorus. Behind them, Count von Count sings along, nodding his head in perfect time with the rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Each other,<br>Yeah, we got each other.<br>Each other,<br>Yes, we got each other<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>D-A-N-C-and-E,<br>Now we D-A-N-C-and-E<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fix You<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren\u2019t familiar with Coldplay concerts, then \u201cWe Dance\u201d offers a peek into the kumbaya vibes of the band\u2019s soft rock universal church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love,<br>We<\/em><em>\u205fbelieve<\/em><em>\u205fin<\/em><em>\u205flove<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the experience is more than an escape from a world in constant tumult. It forces people out of their comfort zones. Martin encourages people to dance. They supply lighted wristbands, and all of it can feel like an out-of-control tween\u2019s birthday party, Christmas morning, or a stadium bursting with confetti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine a child\u2019s art box exploding in time to the band\u2019s electronic backing tracks. Yes, it\u2019s corny and goofy, but I think that\u2019s the point. If nothing else, then Coldplay exists to soften the edges of cynicism and pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s finding joy in a soccer match while forgetting, or ignoring, the politics of FIFA or the world around you. There\u2019s a clich\u00e9 in the language of politicians who remind us that there\u2019s more connecting us than dividing us. But musicians like Martin, who operate in the tradition of Bob Marley, Bono, and John Lennon, are there to remind the audience of lost, innocent, and too often, abandoned ideals. 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