Coldplay - Princess of China

I'm not sure if this song as actually been released a single, but it's been getting a lot of attention either way. Coldplay haven't been nearly as successful as they used to be, so it only makes sense that they would want to do a collaboration with someone more pop. But did it have to be Rihanna? Like I've said time and time again, I am getting sick of Rihanna and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Personally I preferred the more tender songs of "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and "Paradise," but I can understand why they would want to try something different. "Princess of China" starts like a usual Coldplay song with just a little more dance feel to it. But as soon as Rihanna gets on board it just all goes downhill from there. For starters Rihanna's voice clashes with the Coldplay sound; their voices just don't work together. Another thing is that Rihanna really takes over this song once she gets started. While the Coldplay parts are softer, she's just doing her usual blaring sound. Which means, basically, we've just got another Rihanna song in the system.

Lyrically it's nothing too special. It's a breakup song with obvious metaphors. I can't understand where the "China" in the title comes from because they never mention China once in the song. The song also contains a bunch of non-lyrical vocalizing; this is one of my pet peeves, but sometimes it works, this time it doesn't.

There's nothing preventing people from liking this song and there's a good chance that it'll be a hit, but I'm just so tired of hearing the same thing from Rihanna over and over again. This is just another one of her songs, but it features Coldplay. And she's still not doing anything new or exciting. To me this song is just a bore.