October 9, 2012 - submitted by Pepijn, Netherlands

Q. Dear Oracle,

Today I found this awesome video from the directors of the Strawberry Swing video. They made an alternative music video for Paradise and I LOVED it. So I was wondering, has Coldplay had anything to do with this video?? I have, I think, never seen it anywhere on the website. I loved it so much that I wanted to share it with everyone.

Greetings from Holland.

The Oracle replies:

Yes, that was the first incarnation of the Paradise video before Chris came up with the concept for the award-winning elephant video that became the official video for the song.
I like Shynola's work but am so happy with the band's final decision as Paradise is still my favourite Coldplay video so far.