Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'Rihanna is mysterious and fascinating'

British rocker Chris Martin, of Coldplay fame, has spoken out in praise of Rihanna and revealed that he admires the air of mystery she retains.

Speaking to Absolute radio about the Bajan beauty, who collaborated with him on a track called 'Princess of China', the 'Magic' hitmaker confessed that she is an inspiring artist to work with who really knows what she's doing in the recording studio:

"She's a very fascinating, interesting person. She's very mysterious. When Rihanna's making an album she's talented enough that lots of cool people want to work on it. So it's not like I'm the only one."

"When we were working together it was inspiring because you're around a lot of other people. It's sort of like some kind of holiday camp for producers and musicians."

Martin went onto talk about the closeness he shares with his bandmates, adding: ''We look up to U2 of course a lot and Radiohead have it. Not many bands have that experience of being teenagers together and becoming adults. So it's just such a joyful feeling. Anytime any of us goes a bit off, the others just say come on man.''

Watch Coldplay's music video for 'A Sky Full Of Stars' below: