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Chris Martin: Beyonce Once Rejected a Song I Wrote, Called It ‘Awful’

Bey tells it like it is! Though they’re pals and collaborators in real life, Super Bowl headliner Chris Martin noted that he hasn’t always seen eye to eye with Beyoncé.

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Chris Martin for Rolling Stone.
Chris Martin for ‘Rolling Stone.’

In his new cover story for Rolling Stone, the Coldplay frontman, 38, revealed that he once presented Queen Bey, 34, with a song called “Hook Up.” 

Noting that Beyoncé rejected the song “in the sweetest way possible,” Martin added, “She told me, ‘I really like you — but this is awful.’”

Chris Martin and Beyonce Knowles attend the after party following the concert by Jay-Z at The Royal Albert Hall, at Movida on September 27, 2006 in London, England.
Chris Martin and Beyoncé Knowles attend the afterparty Jay Z’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall, at Movida on Sept. 27, 2006, in London, England.

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Luckily, the pair were able to move past the tune and perform together on Sunday, February 7, at Super Bowl 50 in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. After Martin and his band opened the show, Beyoncé made a grand entrance, singing and dancing to her new song “Formation,” leading many fans to claim the pop diva had upstaged the British rocker.

Beyonce and Chris Martin of Coldplay perform on stage during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.
Beyoncé and Chris Martin of Coldplay perform on stage during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.

While Beyoncé and Martin shared the stage, his famous ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, watched their kids and Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy, 4, in the stands. 

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In March 2014, Paltrow, 43, announced that she and Martin would begin the process of “conscious uncoupling” after 10 years of marriage.

Chris Martin on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Chris Martin on the cover of Rolling Stone.

“I have a very wonderful separation-divorce,” Martin told Rolling Stone. “It’s a divorce — but it’s a weird one … I see it as more like you meet someone, you have some time together and things just move through.”

The exes share daughter Apple, 11, and son Moses, 9. 

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