Throughout Coldplay’s nearly 30-year career as a rock band, frontman Chris Martin has heard it all, from devoted fans who fill stadiums to see them perform, to the haters and trolls who can’t handle how utterly positive their message of peace,

Coldplay took their first step over the edge with Safety, their debut EP. The release contained only three songs, one of which — “No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground” — appeared as a B side for “Yellow” two years later.

“We’re a very, very easy, safe target. We’re not going to bite back. We are four white, middle-class men from England. We deserve to take some sh*t for what our people have done. There’s a reason we get to play all around the world, and part of it is not necessarily very healthy.”