Bono

"Come closer, come closer, come closer! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your naivety seen through rose-colored glasses." Bono, on the other hand, invites the audience to enter the world of the carnival evoked by the title: "Come closer, come closer, come closer! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your naivety seen through rose-colored glasses." (translated)

"Come closer, come closer, come closer! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your naiveté seen through rose-colored glasses... oh, let yourself be dazzled in the hall of mirrors. There will be guitars at full volume, deep basses, ecstatic rhythms, and yes, some silver tears will also make their appearance! Because just nearby, just outside our carnival of lights, there are creatures of all kinds... the same imagination that gives us creativity can also give rise to monsters. So let's raise the volume of the drums. Let's light a bigger fire. Let's make our stories wilder and more fun. Let's make the melodies sweeter and the songs brighter, because if the world is wrapped in darkness, we need not be." While Bono added: (translated)

"Come in, come in, come in! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your naivety tinged with pink and let yourselves be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be powerful guitars, deep basses, ecstatic rhythms and, yes, there will also be some silver tears. Bono, for his part, has presented the album with a statement full of circus imagery in which he champions music as a creative response to a world marked by darkness and uncertainty." (translated)