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New Coldplay Song Gets Space Station Debut Thanks to French Astronaut

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said he was “pretty sure this was the first song released in extraterrestrial space before being released on Earth” after hitting play on Coldplay’s latest track, Higher Power, aboard the International Space Station.

The European Space Agency said “a specially recorded performance of Higher Power – featuring dancing alien holograms – was beamed up to Thomas, who gave the track its very first play on board the station.”

The band and Pesquet discussed similarities between life on tour and life on the space station, and how planet Earth looks from space, the ESA said. Credit: European Space Agency via Storyful