Gorillaz

Released: September 7, 2020

Songwriter: Gorillaz

Producer: Gorillaz

Murdoc: Anyway. Echo chambers, shmecho chambers, when everyone agrees...
Russel (reverbed): The sound of your own voice reverberating through space forever.
Murdoc: Oh man...
(tape rewinds)
2D: Second name sounds a bit like "wif"–
Russel [simultaneously]: With.
Noodle: What are you talking about?
Murdoc: He went into the sea... You and me...
Noodle: Little Mermaid? Are we talking about Little Mermaid??
2D: Uhm...
(tape rewinds)
2D: We had a kid at school, his name was "[censored]" and we used to call him "[censored] yogurt", 'cause it rhymed.

Gorillaz is a virtual band created by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band Stuart “2D” Pot (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals), and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). Murdoc was based on Keith Richards from a photo by David Bailey and 2D was based on a friend of Damon and Jamie’s.

The project began as an experiment and commentary on popular media. It was inspired by Hewlett and Albarn binge watching MTV when the two were housemates in London. Hewlett

If you watch MTV for too long, it’s a bit like hell – there’s nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that.

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