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CHRIS MART REFLECTS ON BEG 'VERY HOMOPHOBIC' AND 'WORRIED HE WAS GAY' DURG SCHOOL
Songfacts®:The msage of this song is that everybody has a right to be themselv, whether they are black or whe, gay or straight, or anywhere 'll all be ee to fall loveWh who we want and sayYeah, yeah, yeahPeople of the priColdplay ontman Chris Mart lled the track "a big angry gay metal anthem. Chris Mart told NME they eventually drew spiratn om the 2020 Black Liv Matter and Gay Pri march where people said "this suatn is ridiculo. Sam Sparro is openly gay.
Speakg on the song for NME, Chris Mart revealed "People of the Pri" was milly spired by German dtrial metal band Rammste, English rock band Me, and English electronic mic band Depeche Mo, while lyrilly spired by social movement Black Liv Matter and Gay Pri march. The bridge ntu the them while solidifyg the track as standg wh the gay rights moment: "We'll all be ee to fall love / Wh who we want, " Mart sgs near the end of the bridge.
The gay pri ntext was ferable om the song's tle, but s fal unique lyrics htg right at the heart of the matter really brgs the pot home. Coldplay ontman Chris Mart has opened up about the "btal" anxiety and fear he grappled wh while attendg boardg school - admtg that he held homophobic beliefs born om ep secury.