After teasing their follow-up to last year’s Humanz on a “mysterious” website called thenownow.tv, Gorillaz confirmed that their new album (calledThe Now Now, duh) will be out on June 29 (as opposed to NOW-now, I guess).
New album The Now Now out June 29
Pre-order now: https://t.co/tv3BHOF9kY#THENOWNOW pic.twitter.com/Ki7HPsjy8r— gorillaz (@gorillaz) May 31, 2018
Then, after the TOTAL SHOCK of that piece of news wore off on everyone, they hastened to confirm that the album was coming out on Warner Bros, that it was produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford, and that — unlike the insanely over-the-top guest-heavy Humanz — it would will only be featuring the most critical and bare-essential of guest artists, such as this man:
THEN , after the world forgot about those things, they put up a single from the album, called “Humility” (feat. George Benson):
Humility, taken from the new album The Now Now, out June 29
Watch the video now on YouTube: https://t.co/8P5VLl9eKM
Pre-order the album: https://t.co/tv3BHOF9kY#THENOWNOW pic.twitter.com/CcXVrU9mIO— gorillaz (@gorillaz) May 31, 2018
I honestly don’t really know what kind’za kooky promotional goodies are gonna come next!
Oh wait. Yeah, I do. All the usual stuff that goes at the bottom of these sorts of news posts (say, let Damon Albarn and co. know how long this shit holds your attention, okay? I got some other shit to go do):
The Now Now tracklisting:
01. Humility (feat. George Benson)
02. Tranz
03. Hollywood (feat. Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle)
04. Kansas
05. Sorcererz
06. Idaho
07. Lake Zurich
08. Magic City
09. Fire Flies
10. One Percent
11. Souk Eye
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