After completing work on "Monkey" in late 2007, Albarn and Hewlett began working on a new Gorillaz project entitled "Carousel", described by Albarn as being about "the mystical aspects of Britain". Hewlett described "Carousel" in a 2008 interview as "even bigger and more difficult than "Monkey"... It's sort of like a film but not with one narrative story. There's many stories, told around a bigger story, set to music, and done in live action, animation, all different styles. Originally it was a film but now we think it's a film and it's a stage thing as well. Damon's written around 70 songs for it, and I’ve got great plans for the visuals." The "Carousel" concept was eventually dropped with Albarn and Hewlett's work evolving into the third Gorillaz studio album "Plastic Beach".