Chris Martin Talks About Having His Kids Perform with Coldplay

Chris Martin performs on stage with his band Coldplay during the inaugural Radio.com Live Event Series show on Friday (January 17) in Los Angeles.

The 42-year-old singer joked in an interview with the outlet that he and the band “force” their kids to work for them.

If you didn’t know, Chris‘ kids are featured on the song “Orphans” from the band’s new album Everyday Life.

“Well we’ve always kind of forced our children to work,” Chris joked. “We really appreciate the Victorian times of young British children getting an honest day’s pay.”

“Whenever we’re on tour, any of the kids that are around, we’ll drag them on stage for something or other. It just so happened that when I was doing the demo of that song ‘Orphans’ I just asked my children and a couple of their friends, and then ultimately loads more people if they would sing the chorus. They’re so sweet about it, and of course we do pay them properly,” he said. “Of course I’m bias, but I really like listening to them. So to be me they made the song sound great.”

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