'We Know Our Lyrics Are S**t', Coldplay Finally Admit

Coldplay have admitted that they're not the greatest lyricists in the world.

Chris Martin has said that he's aware that he's not the best song writer out there, but is still happy with his output.

He told the NME: "I know our lyrics are a bit s**t, but (the ones for Charlie Brown) I like them a lot."

Martin added that, for him, duetting with Rihanna has been the highlight of upcoming album Mylo Xyloto, saying: "Because we put the whole thing through as a story and there's a boy and a girl part, we thought 'who would we like to play the part of the girl?' Princess Of China was very much a back and forth, a duet.

"Top of our list was Rihanna. Bottom of our list was nobody else. We waited about a year and a half to pluck up the courage to ask her. That's my favourite bit of the album. It's the only bit I can bear to listen to because I'm not on it."

Mylo Xyloto is released on October 24.