Coldplay Nobody Said It Was | Easy

Watch the official 4K music video to see the incredible reverse-motion performance that became a staple of music video history:

The music video is just as famous as the song itself for its . Coldplay Nobody Said It Was Easy

The song isn't literally about a scientist; rather, it uses "science" as a for someone trying to apply logic and numbers to the messy, unpredictable nature of love. Watch the official 4K music video to see

To make it look like he was singing while the world moved backward around him, Chris Martin had to learn to sing the entire song phonetically backward . This process reportedly took him a full month to master. Coldplay Nobody Said It Was Easy