Global Citizen – EP 1 is the fourteenth extended play by British rock band Coldplay and their first release under the pseudonym Los Unidades.[1] The project was made available worldwide on 30 November 2018 featuring production by Rik Simpson and musical guests including Pharrell Williams, David Guetta, Stargate and others.
It was released as part of the lead-up to the group's performance at the "Mandela 100" Global Citizen Festival, which happened on 2 December 2018, in South Africa.[2] All proceeds from the EP were donated to Global Citizen, an international education and advocacy organization working to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty.[3]
Background
The trademark Los Unidades was filed by Coldplay in late 2017.[1][4]
For hundreds of years, we have witnessed the power of music in bringing people together to drive activism and demand change [...] we are thrilled to release Global Citizen EP 1 with new songs from these incredible artists who stand with us in the fight to defeat extreme poverty, and we are extremely grateful to Dave Holmes, Parlophone Records and Atlantic Records for their dedicated partnership and support as we demand to see an end to extreme poverty by 2030.
