The viral Kiss cam video from the Coldplay concert in Massachusetts not only led to the resignation of a US CEO, but also inspired a video game. “Coldplay Canoodlers” is about tracking down the couple from the clip in an animated concert quantity.
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What happened before
During the Coldplay concert in Foxborough (Massachusetts), a man was filmed as he hugged a woman. When the two appeared on the stadium screen, they reacted strikingly. The woman covered her face, the man deviated. The scene was filmed by a viewer, divided on Tikok and called up millions of times. Internet users: Shortly afterwards, the two identified as Andy Byron, CEO of the software company Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot, Chief People Officer from the company. Byron is married, but not with the filmed colleague. The company initiated an internal examination. At the weekend of July 19, Astronomer announced that Byron had resigned.
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The American musician and YouTuber Jonathan Mann, operator of the Song A Day project, developed a browser game called “Coldplay Canoodlers: The Cheating Game” in a short time. It takes on the role of a cameraman who should find the couple in an animated viewer: inner quantity. The game is underlaid with a 16-bit version of the Coldplay hit “Viva La Vida”. According to Jonathan Mann, the game was intended as an experiment to test the speed of developing a game for a viral internet moment. It can still be entertaining …
Visually, the game relies on a nostalgic 16-bit style:
Reactions of Coldplay & more
Coldplay front man Chris Martin commented on the CAM moment at the following show, in which he specifically warned the audience: in the future-in order to deal with the live recordings in the future. “We would like to welcome some of you in the audience,” said the singer at Camp Randall Stadium in Wisconsin. “And we do this by using our cameras and showing some of you on the screen. So please if you have not yet done your make-up, now would be a good time.”
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Other artists also commented: Liam Gallagher mentioned the incident at an Oasis concert in Manchester with clear criticism of such cameramoms at concerts. “Do we have any Turtelbauben in the house? Don’t worry, we don’t have this sneaky Coldplay camera shit,” said Gallagher. The Briton added that they don’t care who the concert goers with: Rummacht or intimate in the inside: “We are concerned with a shit,” the musician continued.