Chris Martin and Jin.Photo: BTS/Twitter
BTS’Jinhas more than just memories to show for the band’s chart-topping collaboration withColdplay— he has Chris Martin’s guitar!
“I was so happy. After our collaboration, we had a chance to see him again in the U.S.,” Jin recalled. “When just the two of us were in the studio, I said to him, ‘Hey, your guitar’s cool.’ I mean, I’m such a big fan. Honestly, everything about him is cool. But he suddenly handed the guitar over, saying it was a gift.”
“I hadn’t been implying anything with my comment. Even in my dazed state, I was so excited I didn’t know how to respond,” he added.
Jin and Martin, 44, met after their respective bands joined forces on theColdplay track “My Universe,“which hit No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100 following its release in September.
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“I was so grateful. I heard later on that he knew I was a fan,” Jin said. “Maybe that’s why he gave it to me? This is all an assumption, of course.”
He added that he now keeps the guitar — which BTStweeteda photo of in September — among his other “prized possessions” in the front entrance of his house.
Jin, whorecently tested positive for COVIDalongside bandmates RM and Suga, said his experience creating “My Universe” was “one of my absolute favorites,” in spite of the challenges it took to get there.
BTS and Coldplay.Kevin Winter/Getty
Martinaddressed the difficult logistics in a YouTube documentaryearlier this year, saying that sorting things out took nearly two years.
“About 18 months ago, I got a message from somebody,” Martin said. “They said, ‘Oh, BTS want to do a song with you.’ And I said, ‘How would that work?’ I didn’t understand how that could be possible.”
But after a friend said the phrase “my universe,” Martin began crafting the tune, and quickly put together a demo for the beloved K-pop group. Eventually, he made his way to South Korea to meet with the band for the very first time and record the track.
BTS and Coldplayperformed the song live togetherfor the first time at the 2021 American Music Awards in November, one of the band’s final performances before they announced they will take a"second official extended period of rest"until March.
source: people.com
