Song A Day Guy turns Coldplay kiss cam CEO scandal into a hidden object game
The internet’s most unexpected moment of 2025 is now a game, thanks to the prolific songwriter and his AI-coded satire.
The Coldplay concert kiss cam incident, where two tech executives were caught in a compromising moment on the jumbotron, has officially entered meme history. Now, it’s also a video game. Created by Jonathan Mann, best known as the Song A Day Guy, Coldplay Canoodlers is a point-and-click hidden object game that lets players scan a pixelated stadium crowd to find the infamous couple.
i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers
— 17 years of song a day (@songadaymann) July 18, 2025
you're the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling
10 points every time you find them
👇link pic.twitter.com/aA6e1R5aGJ
What is Coldplay Canoodlers?
The game is a satirical riff on the July 15 Coldplay concert in Foxborough, MA, where frontman Chris Martin joked about a couple caught on camera: “Oh, look at these two... Oh, what?” The pair were later identified as the CEO and Chief People Officer of Astronomer, a $100M tech firm, both reportedly married to other people.
In Coldplay Canoodlers, players scroll across a digital crowd while zoomed-in faces appear on a simulated jumbotron. Once you spot the pixelated versions of the real-life couple, audio from the viral clip plays, capturing Martin’s reaction.
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
— Brian Floyd (@brianmfloyd.bsky.social) 17 de julio de 2025, 6:14
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How was it made?
Mann used generative AI tools to “vibe code” the game, meaning it was assembled from fragments of internet culture and visual references. The result is a surreal blend of satire, voyeurism, and commentary on how viral moments are consumed and repackaged.
The game is part of a growing trend of “news games” that turn real-world events into interactive experiences. But Coldplay Canoodlers also highlights the darker side of virality, how surveillance, meme culture, and AI tools can amplify a moment into global spectacle. You can play it here.
These Coldplay concerts are getting out of hand
— Kevin (@theekmc.bsky.social) 18 de julio de 2025, 9:10
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Astronomer has since launched a formal investigation into the incident, stating that its leaders are expected to uphold high standards of conduct. Neither executive has commented publicly.
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