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  • ♪ (funky music) ♪

  • - That song's so good.

  • I want to listen to that on my way home now.

  • ♪ (industrial music) ♪

  • - (FBE) So today we are going to show you a medley of music

  • from a popular band, starting with a new song

  • and then going into their bigger hits. - Ooh, okay.

  • - Heck yeah!

  • Those are my favorites.

  • ♪ (soft music) ♪ (footsteps)

  • (doorbell ringing)

  • (lightening cracking)

  • (thunder booming) - What is this?

  • - Oh, it's Gorillaz.

  • - Is it the Gorillaz?

  • Yeah. (laughing) Hell yeah!

  • - Gorillaz? No.

  • Oh, Gorillaz!

  • - Oh, Gorillaz!

  • - This is Gorillaz!!

  • OOOH! Aaah, I'm so excited!

  • - (Russel) Welcoming. - (Murdoc) A little too...

  • - I'm so excited about their comeback.

  • - (Murdoc) A little too welcoming, I'd say.

  • - What is going on? - (Murdoc) ...vacuum.

  • - (Russel) We should split up and take a look around.

  • - I want to be part of the Gorillaz!

  • ♪ (mellow hip hop beat) ♪ (laughter)

  • - I haven't actually heard their new song yet.

  • Done know how di ting go, a the Unruly boss, don'? ♪

  • (laughter)

  • Press the button to begin ♪ - Okay, I dig it.

  • I like it.

  • ♪ (haunting music) ♪ - Oh my god.

  • - ♪ All my life

  • Mi ever have mi gun so mi haffi move sharp like mi knife

  • - I like it.

  • - I was digging the animation until it got really trippy.

  • - ♪ ...when mi get wealthy a ma a mi wife

  • All my life

  • - This is different.

  • It's a little bit different than what they're normally doing.

  • - ♪ ...my life

  • - This is so different and creative.

  • - ♪ All my life

  • - The pizza's talking. Like, that's so cool.

  • - ♪ I'm in the stakin' bar ♪ - Oh, that classic voice!

  • - Who is this?

  • I feel like I should know them. It sounds familiar.

  • - Oh man, they're so chill.

  • The music, the-- - ♪ I'm just a heartbreaker

  • - Man, that's so weird. It's so trippy.

  • - ♪ 'Cause I'm out when I'm stakin' ♪

  • - How do they come up with these things?

  • - This is the weirdest music video I've ever seen.

  • - I mean, I feel like it's very them, but it's kind of creeping me out.

  • - ♪ 'Cause I'm out when I'm stakin' ♪

  • And the rings I am breaking

  • Are making... ♪

  • - To be honest, I'm not really digging this song.

  • - That looks like a horror film.

  • (birds chirping happily) What?

  • ♪ (song concludes) ♪ - That's dope.

  • - Oh, it's daytime. Cool.

  • (footsteps) (car door shutting)

  • - (Murdoc) Breakfast? - (Russel) Oh yeah!

  • I got a real appetite.

  • - What in the world?

  • - That's so sick!

  • It's Gorillaz, dude.

  • I'm excited for the Gorillaz comeback.

  • - I wish I was this creative. (chuckling)

  • I write songs about breakups.

  • - (FBE) So before we get into their older work,

  • we're going to show you some new music.

  • They don't have official music videos released yet,

  • but they have videos to accompany the audio.

  • - Okay.

  • - I like that idea.

  • It's like they make their own visualizer for their song.

  • - ♪ We got the power to be loving each other

  • No matter what happens

  • - This is the same band?

  • - ♪ We have the power to do that

  • - This is, like, a lot faster.

  • - ♪ On a le pouvoir de s'aimer... ♪

  • - That's so mesmerizing.

  • - I like the tempo of the music.

  • It goes along with the video.

  • - ♪ We got the power for that

  • We got the power to do that

  • - That sounded so different from the other song.

  • - I could see myself driving on the highway now,

  • listening to it.

  • - They mixed it a little bit with sounds right now,

  • a little poppish, but I still like it.

  • It's still their voice.

  • - One of the greatest things that defines Gorillaz

  • is that, ironically, they are not defined by a genre.

  • They can make so-- they do make so much different music,

  • you know, and no song is alike.

  • ♪ (trippy music) ♪

  • - ♪ Back to when it was cool

  • ♪ (steady mellow beat) ♪

  • ♪ 'Cause there's no... ♪ - Oh my god, yes.

  • - This is interesting.

  • Not nearly as chaotic.

  • - I like this one a little bit more.

  • It's more chill.

  • - The other ones were a little bit more, like, hype.

  • Now this is, like, chill.

  • - ♪ 'Cause there's no... ♪ - Ooh! I like this song.

  • ♪ (synthesizer notes) ♪ ♪ Ooh, Andromeda

  • ♪ (energetic synthpop) ♪

  • - I want this music all on my phone right now.

  • It's so good.

  • ♪ (energetic synthpop) ♪

  • - Ooh, I really like this one.

  • - It's got a nice beat.

  • - ♪ Take it in your heart ♪ - Ooh, bass line.

  • ♪ (singers vocalizing) ♪

  • Take it in your heart

  • - I like it.

  • Like, I really like their sound.

  • - Oh my gosh. I'm buying this album.

  • When is it coming out?

  • - I'm super excited for their comeback.

  • They're working with a lot of artists that I enjoy.

  • I have been waiting for a long time.

  • - (FBE) Here's a few more songs from earlier in their career.

  • - YES!!!

  • - I'm excited. I'm hyped.

  • - ♪ I ain't happy... ♪ - Oh yeah.

  • I know this song.

  • - (singing along) ♪ ...sunshine in a bag

  • - ♪ I'm useless but not for long

  • - How many years has it been since this song were released?

  • - ♪ The future is coming on

  • ♪ I ain't happy

  • - (humming along)

  • - (singing along) ♪ I got sunshine in a bag

  • ♪ I'm useless... ♪

  • - I think I still have this on my iPod.

  • - ♪ The future is coming on

  • - It's giving me Cartoon Network vibes.

  • It's coming on ♪ - (vocals) Yeah, ha ha!

  • It's coming on

  • (rapping) ♪ Finally, someone let me out of my cage

  • - This is the definition of genre blending.

  • - ♪ Now I couldn't be there

  • Now you shouldn't be scared

  • ♪ I'm good at repairs

  • And I'm under each snare

  • Intangible

  • Bet you didn't think so I command you to

  • - (singing along) ♪ Panoramic view

  • Yeah, I'll make all manageable

  • - A classic song. Like, classic song.

  • I totally know it, but I can't think of the name.

  • - I really like the real gritty look of each character, you know,

  • and the fact that they each have their own kind of personality

  • and what they do in the music is so sick.

  • - ♪ The world is spinning too fast

  • And I'm buying Nike shoes

  • To keep myself tethered

  • To the days... ♪

  • - I don't know this song.

  • This is a new one for me.

  • (tires screeching) - ♪...slow down

  • You must make your own shoes ♪ (tire screeching)

  • - I want to know what they look like.

  • - I want to know what they look like,

  • instead of these little characters.

  • - Have they shown their faces on newer concerts?

  • No, I don't think so, right?

  • - I think I'm enjoying the animation more than the actual music.

  • - I've always loved their graphics in their videos.

  • No one else does anything like this.

  • ♪ (song concluding) ♪

  • - So sick!

  • Gorillaz has really paved the way for those kind of voices

  • without a person behind it.

  • - ♪ You've got to press it... ♪

  • - Oh my gosh! I know this song.

  • - This is Gorillaz?

  • I had no idea!

  • ♪ (funky music) ♪

  • Hold it down

  • Dare

  • - That just makes you want to dance.

  • That's exactly how I feel on the inside.

  • - You can turn on the lights on and off really quick, guys,

  • so I just get into the mood.

  • - ♪ Jump back and forth

  • And feel like you were there... ♪

  • - A real person.

  • - ♪ Work it out

  • ♪ (funky beat) ♪

  • - They did the DJ music before it was DJ music.

  • - I like that and the video they mixed the animation with,

  • like a real life person.

  • - All right, come on, you got Feel Good Inc.

  • - ♪ Windmill, windmill for the land

  • - Oh my god.

  • I'm sure everyone right now is going,

  • "Oh my god! I know that song!"

  • - Oh my gosh. I love this song.

  • - This is the song that everyone talks about.

  • - Maybe the first song every Gorillaz fan has heard.

  • - (singing along) ♪ Take it all in on your stride

  • - ♪ It is sticking, falling down

  • Love forever, love is... ♪

  • - Like, this is music you listen to when you're driving down the highway

  • right next to the beach.

  • - (rapping) ♪ Laughing gas these hazmats

  • - I'm honestly hearing a lot of similarities

  • between their old music and their new music.

  • - ♪ It's my chocolate attack

  • Shoot, I'm steppin' in the heart of this here

  • - That bass line is so funky.

  • - ♪ Watch me as I gravitate ♪ (laughing)

  • - I want my Gorillaz rendition.

  • I want someone to draw me as part of the Gorillaz.

  • - ♪ Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it

  • - That song's so good.

  • I want to listen to that on my way home now.

  • Every song is so different.

  • They have one that sounds like a RnB,

  • and another one sounds like poppy boy band.

  • - I'm going to probably go home on Spotify and listen to them now.

  • - They're working with so many of my new favorite artists,

  • so it's really sick to have Gorillaz, who are so [bleep] awesome

  • from when I was a kid, to now... now be even better.

  • - (FBE) So this was Gorillaz. - Oh my god!

  • Oh, my friends are going to be so mad at me.

  • - (FBE) Who are well-known for not being an actual band,

  • but a virtual band. - A virtual band?

  • Is it like Hatsune Miku type of deal? - (FBE) Kind of.

  • - Oh really?

  • - (FBE) So the band consists of two permanent members,

  • one who does the music, and one who does the visuals

  • as well as other artists and musicians who contribute to the band.

  • But they said the reason they wanted to create a virtual band

  • was to comment on the lack of substance within popular music.

  • - I was not aware of that. That's so amazing.

  • That's like a true artist.

  • - Their band seems more of like a collective.

  • It sounds like they consider the person that visualizes

  • all of this digitally like a part of their group.

  • - (FBE) What do you think about them being a virtual band like this

  • for over 20 years?

  • - It's just like with anything that you're trying to sell.

  • It has to be different.

  • So that was their thing that made them different.

  • - I actually love it.

  • There's mystery behind it.

  • - That's so innovative on their part

  • because you're able to always change what you're doing

  • because you have so many people working on something.

  • - It forces the audience to focus more on the music

  • instead of being like, "Oh, I like this song

  • because it's Nicki Minaj."

  • It makes you focus on whether you truly like the song or not.

  • - Marshmallow, you never see his face.

  • Daft Punk, they wear the cool space helmets.

  • I don't really think it matters.

  • - The Chainsmokers is two guys, but in every song they have new artists

  • come in and help them with their songs,

  • so I feel like they do kind of what DJs do now,

  • but they did it a long time ago before it was a thing.

  • - (FBE) So finally, coming in April, Gorillaz will be releasing

  • their first full album since 2011. - That's so cool!

  • - (FBE) Are you going to check it out when it gets released?

  • - Hell yeah, I'm going to check it out.

  • They're one of my all-time bands

  • so because they're coming out with new music,

  • I'm going to check it out.

  • - Yeah!

  • They've had so many hits.

  • There's definitely going to be a hit, at least one.

  • - Now that I know more about them--

  • I didn't know about their whole digital whatever--

  • I think that's such a cool concept, so I'm definitely going to check it out.

  • - Hell yes!

  • I'm going to go down to my local music shop,

  • I'm going to pick up the album, and that's getting played

  • for a month straight.

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  • - What band should we cover next?

  • Let us know in the comments.

  • - Thanks for watching, everyone. See you next time.

  • - Hey, guys, it's Ethan here from FBE.

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