Damon Albarn calls the new Gorillaz album 'a party record about the world going fucking nuts'
Gorillaz had plenty existential distress to work with when crafting their first album in six years, Humanz. In a new interview with Q Magazine, Damon Albarn discussed the "pain, joy and urgency" of living in the modern age amongst Trump supporters.
So he had the following prompt for the album's many collaborators including Grace Jones and Pusha T: “I told everyone to imagine you’re in America after the inauguration and it’s the worst-case scenario: how would you feel that night? Let’s make a party record about the world going fucking nuts.”
"Humanz is not a political statement about Trump—it’s about a world in which he could get elected," he continues. "Where are we as a race? Why haven’t we grown out of this? Putting the Z on the end is not a hip-hop statement, it’s more like an android Z. Are we human beings or just humanz? What the fuck is wrong with us?”
But don't think Albarn's forgotten that his native United Kingdom is also in shambles -- he says he's also working on a new album for his England-specific project, The Good, The Band & the Queen inspired by Brexit.
In the interview, the band also reveal that they're developing a ten-episode television show and a movie with DreamWorks, so they'll have plenty of opportunities to unpack whatever fresh hell we're up against next.
Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager. She also edits Women-Artists.org, a blog and annual print publication, and looks exactly like her cat.
