Riley Keough was moved when her late brother Benjamin was honored by Coldplay at a recent performance.
At the seventh annual We Can Survive performance hosted by Audacy on Saturday night in Los Angeles, Coldplay’s leader Chris Martin dedicated the song “Yellow” to Benjamin, who passed away at the age of 27 in July 2020 by suiciԀe.
Riley, 32, acknowledged Dakota Johnson, Martin’s girlfriend, for perhaps organizing the touching remembrance of her late brother, after posting video of it to Instagram. The two actresses are collaborating on an upcoming limited series called Cult Following, as was previously announced.
@coldplay will be dedicating Yellow to my brother at @wecansurvivela evening. ️️️️ Riley writes, “It was such a beautiful surprise, even though I wasn’t prepared for it.” “And me love you @dakotajohnson and credit and thank you to whoever captured this video .”
Riley, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, posted a birthday greeting to her brother on Instagram last week: “Today’s your birthday @jj_silkyhands.” Today would be your 29th birthday. My best friend, I miss you every day of the year.”
“We spent my 29th birthday just the two of us and it was one of the best days we shared together,” the actress who plays Zola stated. “This picture appears to be from the day after, but it’s not quite right. Wherever you are, baby brother, happy birthday.”
Riley posted a heartfelt remembrance of Benjamin on Instagram on July 12, one year after his passing. Riley included a number of old family photos in the tribute. “Today has been a year without you, baby brother,” she captioned the photo. “I miss you endlessly every day.”
In an earlier interview with The New York Times, Riley characterised the past 12 months as “a year of feeling like I was thrown into the ocean and couldn’t swim.”
She remembered at the time, “I couldn’t get out of bed for the first four or five months.” “I was completely incapacitated. For two weeks, I was unable to speak.”
The actress went on to sаy that she still finds it difficult to accept Benjamin’s passing.
“It’s very complicated for our minds to put that somewhere because it’s so outrageous,” she said. “I know where to store it in my memory and what to do if I’m going through a breakup, but your brother’s suiciԀe? How do you store that? How is that integrated? It simply doesn’t.”