Coldplay performs BTS' Jin's 'The Astronaut' at Tokyo concert, expresses love for members serving in the ARMY

During Coldplay's 'Music of the Spheres' tour in Tokyo, Chris Martin and his bandmates prepared a special song for the audience, particularly dedicated to BTS fans known as ARMY. This gesture was in recognition of their collaboration with the K-pop group on the 'Music of the Spheres' album for the track "My Universe," as well as their assistance in co-writing Jin's solo song, "The Astronaut."

As a parting gift to the ARMY before his mandatory military service in South Korea, BTS' eldest member Kim Seok-jin sought assistance from Chris Martin. 

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While performing for their fans in Japan, Chris expressed his thoughts about the BTS members and stated, "One place we forgot to send love is to our friends Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, J-hope, RM, V, Suga. We send love to our brothers in BTS because a lot of them right now are in the army. We love those guys! In honour of BTS, we are going to play a song that we gave to Jin. We never played this before. This is Jin's song this is called THE ASTRONAUT and we send this with love to everybody in any situation anywhere. This is particularly for Jin and the BTS boys".

Shortly after, fans began sharing videos of Coldplay performing the song, which quickly went viral on social media, notably on X (formerly known as Twitter).

About Colpay's tour:

The "Music of the Spheres" tour initially travelled through North America, including stops in Seattle, Vancouver, San Diego, and Pasadena. The band has now commenced their Asian tour in Japan and will continue to Taiwan and Indonesia this month as part of their ongoing world tour.