the new gorillaz album is coming out on june 22, 2018.
the new gorillaz album is coming out on june 22, 2018.
when is the new gorillaz album coming out 2018?
june 22, 2018
in an interview with "q magazine" in september 2017, albarn hinted at another potential gorillaz album being in production. he mentioned enjoying the spontaneity of recording and debuting music while on tour, similarly to the band's 2010 release "the fall", but expressed desire to make it a comparatively more "complete" record, adding that "if we're going to do more with gorillaz we don't want to wait seven years because, y'know, we're getting on a bit now". at the end of the same month on 30 september 2017 while touring for "humanz", the band debuted a new song in seattle called "idaho". hewlett confirmed later on in december 2017 that the band planned to release a follow-up album to "humanz" in 2018, citing a desire to keep the band going rather than take any prolonged breaks as the band had usually done with previous projects. hewlett described several of the demos and new material as a "new direction" for the band, stating that he hopes to move the band's artwork in a similar direction. during a performance in chile on the final leg of the humanz tour, albarn confirmed that the new album was coming "very soon" and premiered a new song called "hollywood" featuring jamie principle and snoop dogg. on 26 may 2018, the album was officially announced to be titled "the now now", being co-produced by james ford. on 31 may, the music video for the single "humility" featuring george benson, was released alongside "lake zurich". from 7 to 21 june, the band released the singles "sorcererz", "fire flies", and "hollywood". "the now now" was released on 29 june 2018. on 13 september, "tranz" was released as a single along with a music video. all of the songs from the album have a visualizer except "humility".
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in april 2014, albarn told the "national post" that he "wouldn't mind having another stab at a gorillaz record." two months later he reported that he had "been writing quite a lot of songs on the road for gorillaz". on 19 october 2014, albarn told "the sydney morning herald" that he was planning to release new gorillaz material in 2016. albarn has described the music that he has written for the next gorillaz album as being very upbeat, humorous, and positive, stating that he plans on giving the tracks "a benchmark of 125 bpm and nothing underneath that", while also suggesting that it once again may have many collaborations. on 16 july 2015, albarn stated during an interview for abc's 7.30 in australia that he would begin work on the next gorillaz album: "i'm starting recording in september for a new gorillaz record, i've just been really, really busy so i haven't had a chance. i'd love to just get back in to that routine of being at home and coming to the studio five days a week."
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