Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told Apple Music's Zane Lowe in a new interview that the band will only release 12 "proper albums" in total — and joked that many of their "critics" would prefer they release "even less" music.

After Coldplay releases its 10th album, “Moon Music,” on Oct. 4, the band will only make two more, said frontman Chris Martin. "We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that's real. Yeah, I promise,

But unlike other space-travel rock or pop or soul artists, Chris Martin isn’t lifting off into the Milky Way to escape our fallen world. He’s out there to find himself. “Once upon a time, I tried to get myself together,