On their surprise-filled new EP, they test the waters and see what floats', and gave the EP four stars. Mark Beaumont of the NME wrote 'Coldplay don’t just churn out anthems. Harriet Gibson of The Guardian gave the EP three stars, writing 'This EP is nothing but on-brand, however euphoric emotion, an earnest, universal message and a coating of tacky charm'. Reviewing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine comments 'Coldplay haven’t entirely been sucked into the machinery while trying to subvert pop music from within', giving the EP three and a half stars. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 63 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, which indicates 'generally favorable reviews'. Upon release, Kaleidoscope received mixed to positive reaction from critics. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores All profits earned from it were donated to Migrant Offshore Aid Station, an international non-governmental organisation which rescues refugees. The animated lyric video was directed by Diane Martel and Ben Jones and came out on the same day. On 7 July 2017, after the band's performance in Global Citizen Festival Germany, ' Aliens' (stylised as 'A L I E N S') was released as a charity single. ' All I Can Think About Is You' was released on 15 June 2017 as the second excerpt from the EP with an accompanying lyric video, which was directed by I Saw John First. The track listing of the album and ' Hypnotised' were released on 2 March 2017. On 22 February 2017, Spotify prematurely posted a banner ad at the top of the site’s home page featuring the graphic of ' Something Just like This' with a Listen Now button. The full extended play was released on the same day as the second single ' Miracles (Someone Special)' on 14 July 2017. For the EP, a previously unreleased version, titled 'Tokyo Remix' was recorded live in Tokyo, Japan in April and released on June 23. The Chainsmokers and Coldplay collaborated on the first single ' Something Just Like This', which was released on 22 February 2017. The release was originally due to 2 June, but it was delayed to 30 June and then 14 July without any previous announcement from the band.

On 21 November 2016, Chris Martin announced the EP title on the band's official Twitter account, it is the same as an interlude track from A Head Full of Dreams (2015).

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