Chris Martin Reveals How Katy Perry Inspired His Music

Chris Martin reveals he listened to a lot of Katy Perry's music while writing his own music. Photo: Getty Images

The Coldplay frontman has revealed he likes to listen to Katy Perry's tracks, and thinks her music sounds a lot like Nirvana.

Speaking about the creative process behind Coldplay's hit A Sky Full of Stars, he said, "I'll tell you the truth, I was listening to a lot of Katy Perry.

"A lot of her songs have the same chord sequence the whole time ... and then I realised a lot of other people have done that, Nirvana being a classic example, with Smells Like Teen Spirit."

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While Chris' lyrics are often the subject of plenty of praise, the 37-year-old star insists he doesn't think much of his own song words.

Speaking in a Beat x Beat video, which can be seen on the official Beats by Dre YouTube channel, he added, "I'm not the most poetic of lyricists, but I know what feels right."

Chris admitted A Sky Full of Stars was inspired by him also listening to a lot of electronic dance music and he was glad to get some help from Swedish DJ Avicii.

He joked, "I asked Avicci for help and he said 'yeah', with his backwards cap, and said, 'That'll be $12 million' ... no he didn't."

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Source: Bang Showbiz