Who is Huillo, the Mexican boy with autism that Coldplay took to the stage

Coldplay has been a band that has given a lot to talk about and not in a bad way. His fans have shown great affection for his musical compositions and those who do not know them have become his followers, only one concert in which laughter and tears are part of the same dimension.

An example of this was shown in one of his most anticipated concerts of the season in Mexico.

In 2016, Huillo, a boy facing autism spectrum disorder, went viral after his father published a video showing how the little boy was moved to tears listening to the tunes of the British band at one of their concerts.

The video moved netizens so much that even the members of Coldplay themselves saw it moved.

Last Sunday, April 3, Coldplay and Huillo met again, this time in person in Mexico City, during the second concert in the country that the band performing Fix You offered as part of their tour “Music of the Spheres” in Mexico.

The setting was Foro Sol, where the band showed affection for their fans by adding local elements to their show. For example, Fher, from Maná, took to the stage at Akron Stadium to sing the hit Rayando el Sol accompanied by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion, members of Coldplay. In addition, the band performed a fragment of Amor Eterno recalling the late Divo of Juárez, Juan Gabriel.

At some point during the night, Chris Martin took the microphone, asked for silence and the full attention of the thousands of attendees.

Huillo, took the stage with his father and performed together with the famous quartet, a moving song. It was Different is Ok, Huillo's first piece of music, whose theme is the celebration of the diversity of people and inclusion inspired by their own experiences.

When he was 4 years old, Huillo was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Some time later his parents realized that he loved listening to Coldplay music, so in 2006, his parents took him to a concert by the British band.

In the video that his father recorded and later posted on Youtube, you can see the tears and pouts of the little boy in a gesture of intense emotion that made him embrace his family while in the background the famous song entitled Fix You played.

This display of emotionality soon went viral, and even, the band in question responded weeks later thanking them: “It's worth it for things like this,” they told him. They sent them some promos to their family's house and kept in touch for some time.

Huillo was enrolled in music classes by his parents so that it would be therapeutic for him and to communicate with others in a better way. However, it turned out that he was actually quite good at composing his own pieces, so in 2021, he posted on his YouTube channel, his first single, which he called Different is Ok.

The event at the Sol Forum touched both attendees and those who heard about the event through social networks.

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