 "Ghost Stories" is a spiritually driven album that revolves around two major themes mentioned by Chris Martin.The album explores the idea of past actions, and the effects they can have on your future and one's capacity for unconditional love.The band took a different approach for their sixth studio album in contrast to their previous studio albums, with Martin inviting the band to contribute original songwriting material for the album, as opposed to building songs off his ideas as they had done during previous recording sessions.