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Upon the premiere of Episode One on 30 January, Albarn revealed that the group had been in the studio with Schoolboy Q among others, although he did say that these songs were likely to be saved for future series of Song Machine. I wanted to blend Damon, a Briton, with the joy and pain and struggle that African-American music can express. On 17 September 2021, Albarn revealed that he had recorded a new Gorillaz song with Bad Bunny while in Jamaica, and, at the time, said it would be the first single for a new album, influenced by Latin America, releasing in 2022. Their scheduled performance at the first Splendour in the Grass festival in Queensland, Australia on 22 July was cancelled owing to torrential rain.

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The concerts saw the band performing the album in full each night with most featured artists from the album present. A physical copy of the Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez standard edition will also be included with all copies of the upcoming Gorillaz graphic novel Gorillaz Almanac.Two months later he reported that he had "been writing quite a lot of songs on the road for Gorillaz".

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Even working remotely (I was in London and he was in Devon), collaborating with Damon on this was such an engaging and creative process. One week after the film's theatrical release, a "Director's Cut" version of the film featuring additional footage was released on the official Gorillaz YouTube channel in three parts.

On 27 January 2023, the album's fifth single, "Silent Running" featuring Adeleye Omotayo, was released, with a music video following on 8 February. Clint Eastwood" exemplifies the mix of musical styles found on the band's debut album, combining hip hop, electronic and dub influences.

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It was one of those things, the music and the videos weren't working as well together, but I felt we'd made a really good record and I was into it. The band's visual style is thought to have evolved from The 16s, a rejected comic strip Hewlett conceived with Tank Girl co-creator Alan Martin.Albarn explained the expanded roster of featured artists represented his and Hewlett's new vision of Gorillaz as a project, explaining in a July 2008 interview that "Gorillaz now to us is not like four animated characters any more – it's more like an organisation of people doing new projects. Murdoc is based on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, Victor Frankenstein, and Creeper from Scooby-Doo. On 24 December, the band released "The Lost Chord", the ninth and final episode of the first season of Song Machine.

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This “compendium of strange delights” offers an incredible 20-Year visual history of the band, with special guest appearances from Gorillaz collaborators and the first ever comic strip starring 2D and Murdoc Niccals!

Each edition of Gorillaz Almanac comes with a physical copy of Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez' standard edition on CD. Song Machine began production in summer of 2019, with " Momentary Bliss" being the first episode produced.