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Listen to a Snippet of Coldplay and Beyoncé's 'Hymn for the Weekend'

BY Devin / 11.24.2015

President Obama, Blue Ivy, and Beyoncé are among the featured guests on Coldplay’s new album A Head Full of Dreams. Queen Bey appears on a track called “Hymn for the Weekend,” a song that was inspired by the club.

“The original kernel was that I was listening to Flo Rida or something, and I thought, it’s such a shame that Coldplay could never have one of those late-night club songs, like ‘Turn Down for What.’ What would we call it if we had one?” Chris Martin told The Wall Street Journal.

Bey’s 3-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, also lends her vocals as part of a choir consisting of family and friends, and Barack Obama’s rendition of “Amazing Grace” is sampled on “Kaleidoscope.”

Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams is due Dec. 4. Listen to a snippet of “Hymn for the Weekend” below.

https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/669156198705295360

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