Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, is not only a talented vocalist and songwriter but also has an interesting and colorful life. Here are seven known facts about him.
Facts
👐 Chris Martin is ambidextrous, using his left hand for writing and his right hand for drawing. He can also play the guitar with both hands.
🗽 He joined Coldplay not for fame but with the hope of getting his own statue at Madame Tussauds.
🎤 For the music video of "The Scientist," Chris Martin learned to sing the lyrics backward, mastering the phonetic movements to create the illusion of singing the words correctly.
💑 Chris Martin met his ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, backstage at a Coldplay concert in 2002, and they hit it off immediately. They have two children together.
🎶 Chris Martin recorded a song called "The Nappies" in anticipation of the birth of his first child, Apple. However, he was disappointed with the outcome and expected it to be better.
🚓 In 2003, Chris Martin was arrested in Australia after attacking a photographer who had captured him without permission.
😴 Chris Martin suffers from insomnia and underwent sleep therapy to overcome it. He struggled to quiet his thoughts at night, as that's when he often got ideas and inspiration for his music. He also experienced nightmares about his performances going wrong.
