{"id":2155,"date":"2017-04-11T02:53:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:23:05","slug":"gorillaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/gorillaz","title":{"rendered":"Episode 102: Gorillaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Andromeda&#8221; (feat. D.R.A.M.)<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SongExploder102-Gorillaz-600x420.png\" alt=\"SongExploder102-Gorillaz\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SongExploder102-Gorillaz.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SongExploder102-Gorillaz-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=6cff86cdaddf8fbbc47503ea515ff503\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/36e54673-5c09-4629-98e4-a99b3b0e2e7a\/SongExploder102-Gorillaz-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gorillaz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorillaz<\/a> is a creation of musician <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damon_Albarn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damon Albarn<\/a> and artist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamie_Hewlett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Hewlett<\/a>. They\u2019re a virtual band made up four animated characters. The songs are written by Damon Albarn and a roster of collaborators. Since the first album was released in 2001, Gorillaz have sold over 16 million records worldwide. In this episode, Damon breaks down the song &#8220;Andromeda&#8221; from the 2017 Gorillaz album <em>Humanz<\/em>. The song features guest vocals by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D.R.A.M.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D.R.A.M.<\/a>, a rapper and singer whose own hit single, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K44j-sb1SRY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broccoli<\/a>,&#8221; went quadruple platinum in 2016. D.R.A.M. tells the story of how he got involved with this track, and Damon shares an exclusive clip of a scrapped version of the song with D.R.A.M. on lead vocals.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/andromeda-feat-d-r-a-m\/id1217911994?i=1217912232&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy &#8220;Andromeda&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/andromeda-feat-d-r-a-m\/id1217911994?i=1217912232&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order the Gorillaz album <em>Humanz<\/em> on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9W44NWYwa1g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/gorillaz-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTwiliteTone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twilite Tone<\/a> (producer)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Jackson &#8211; Billy Jean<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ccenFp_3kq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hall &#038; Oates &#8211; I Can&#8217;t Go for That<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Womack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Womack<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Andromeda&#8221; (feat. 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