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{{short description|2020 single by Gorillaz and Robert Smith}}
{{Short description|2020 single by Gorillaz featuring Robert Smith}}
{{for|the album|Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Strange Timez
| name = Strange Timez
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| artist = [[Gorillaz]] featuring [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]
| artist = [[Gorillaz]] featuring [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]
| album = [[Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez]]
| album = [[Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez]]
| language =
| language =
| released = {{Start date|2020|09|09|df=yes}}
| released = {{Start date|2020|09|09|df=yes}}
| format =
* [[Music download|Digital download]]
* [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| recorded = 2020
| recorded = 2020
| studio = Studio 13
| studio = [[Damon Albarn]]'s home studio, [[Devon]], [[England]]
| genre = * [[Electropop]]<ref name="happymag">{{Cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Claudia|date=10 September 2020|title= WATCH: Gorillaz ft. Robert Smith- 'Strange Timez'|work=Happy|url= https://happymag.tv/watch-gorillaz-ft-robert-smith-strange-timez|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
|genre=
* [[post-punk]]<ref name="happymag"/>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref> https://www.variety.com/2020/music/news/gorillazs-song-machine-strange-timez-album-review-1234814174/amp/</ref>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/2020/music/news/gorillazs-song-machine-strange-timez-album-review-1234814174/amp/|title = Gorillaz's 'Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez' is a Perfect Pop Tonic for 2020: Album Review|date = 23 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[dark wave]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=9 September 2020|title=Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New ‘Strange Timez’ Video|work=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-the-cure-robert-smith-strange-timez-song-machine-1056313|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[dark wave]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=9 September 2020|title=Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New 'Strange Timez' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-the-cure-robert-smith-strange-timez-song-machine-1056313}}</ref>
| length = 3:47
| length = 3:47
| label = {{hlist|[[Parlophone]]|[[Warner Records|Warner]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Parlophone]]|[[Warner Records|Warner]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Damon Albarn]]|[[Remi Kabaka Jr.]]|[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|Damon Albarn|[[Remi Kabaka Jr.]]|[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Gorillaz]]|Kabaka|Smith}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Gorillaz]]|Kabaka|Smith}}
| chronology = [[Gorillaz]]
| chronology = [[Gorillaz]]
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| title = Strange Timez
| title = Strange Timez
| year = 2020
| year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_title = How Not to Drown
| next_year =
| next_year = 2021
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|bbA5p54Rw2M|"Strange Timez"}}}}
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'''Strange Timez''' is a song by British [[virtual band]] [[Gorillaz]] featuring [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]. The track was released on 9 September 2020 as the seventh single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, ''[[Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez]]'', and the sixth episode of the ''[[Song Machine]]'' project, which involves the ongoing release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring previously unannounced guest musicians over the course of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-new-music-video-series-song-machine-details-944519/|title=Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=29 January 2020|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-the-cure-robert-smith-strange-timez-song-machine-1056313/|title=Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New ‘Strange Timez’ Video|website=Rolling Stone|author=Jon Blisten|date=9 September 2020}}</ref>
"'''Strange Timez'''" is a song by British [[virtual band]] [[Gorillaz]] featuring [[The Cure]] frontman, [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]. The track was released on 9 September 2020 as the seventh single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, ''[[Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez]]'', and the sixth episode of the ''[[Song Machine]]'' project, a web series that involved the release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-new-music-video-series-song-machine-details-944519/|title=Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=29 January 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-the-cure-robert-smith-strange-timez-song-machine-1056313/|title=Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New 'Strange Timez' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Jon Blisten|date=9 September 2020}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
The song was first teased at the end of the "Pac-Man" music video, where the opening tune of the song played over an announcement that Song Machine would return in September. It is the first single from Song Machine to be recorded during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Albarn mentioning that the track was recorded over email with Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/gorillaz-song-machine-season-one-strange-timez-album-tracklist-robert-smith-2749027|title=Gorillaz team up with Robert Smith on ‘Strange Timez’ and share star-studded ‘Song Machine’ tracklist|website=NME|author=Tom Skinner|date=9 September 2020}}</ref>
The song was first teased at the end of the "Pac-Man" music video, where the opening tune of the song played over an announcement that Song Machine would return in September. It is the first single from Song Machine to be recorded during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Albarn mentioning that the track was recorded over email with Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/gorillaz-song-machine-season-one-strange-timez-album-tracklist-robert-smith-2749027|title=Gorillaz team up with Robert Smith on 'Strange Timez' and share star-studded 'Song Machine' tracklist|website=NME|author=Tom Skinner|date=9 September 2020}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The video, directed by [[Jamie Hewlett]], features the band members going on a trip to the moon. 2-D stares at the earth, Noodle blows up a billboard on the moon, Russel performs donuts with the vehicle on the moon's surface, and Murdoc discovers a [[Monolith (Space Odyssey)|Monolith]] on the moon. When he stepped through it, it teleported him back to earth, right outside of Kong Studios. The video ends with the message "Be the Change" written out of craters on the moon's surface.
The video, directed by [[Jamie Hewlett]], Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, features the band members going on a trip to the Moon. 2-D stares at the Earth, Noodle blows up a billboard on the Moon, Russel performs donuts with the vehicle on the Moon's surface, and Murdoc discovers a [[Monolith (Space Odyssey)|Monolith]] on the Moon. When he stepped through it, it teleported him back to Earth, right outside of Kong Studios. The video ends with the message "Be the Change" written out of craters on the Moon's surface.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| extra_column = Producers
| extra_column = Producers
| title1 = Machine Bitez #12
| title1 = Machine Bitez #12
| note1 = with 2-D, Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle
| note1 = with [[2-D (character)|2-D]], [[Murdoc Niccals|Murdoc]], [[Russel Hobbs|Russel]] and [[Noodle (character)|Noodle]]
| lyrics1 =
| lyrics1 =
| length1 = 0:30
| length1 = 0:30
| title2 = Strange Timez
| title2 = Strange Timez
| note2 = featuring [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]
| note2 = featuring [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]]
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|[[Damon Albarn]]|[[Remi Kabaka Jr.]]|Smith}}
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Damon Albarn]]|[[Remi Kabaka Jr.]]|Smith}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|[[Gorillaz]]|Smith|Kabaka}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|[[Gorillaz]]|Smith|Kabaka}}
| length2 = 3:47
| length2 = 3:47
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''Gorillaz'''
'''Gorillaz'''
* [[Damon Albarn]] – vocals, instrumentation, director
* [[Damon Albarn]] – vocals, instrumentation, director, keyboards, bass
* [[Jamie Hewlett]] – artwork, character design, video direction
* [[Jamie Hewlett]] – artwork, character design, video direction
* [[Remi Kabaka Jr.]] – drum programming, percussion, live drums
* [[Remi Kabaka Jr.]] – drum programming, percussion


'''Additional musicians and personnel'''
'''Additional musicians and personnel'''
* [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
* [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, music box
* Etta Albarn Teulon – trumpet
* Etta Albarn Teulon – trumpet
* John Davis – mastering engineer
* John Davis – mastering engineer
* Samuel Egglenton – engineering
* Samuel Egglenton – engineering
* [[Stephen Sedgwick (mix engineer)|Stephen Sedgwick]] – mixing engineer
* [[Stephen Sedgwick (mix engineer)|Stephen Sedgwick]] – mixing engineer, engineering


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn]]
[[Category:Songs written by Remi Kabaka Jr.]]
[[Category:Songs written by Remi Kabaka Jr.]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)]]
[[Category:Parlophone singles]]
[[Category:Parlophone singles]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)]]
[[Category:Song Machine]]
[[Category:Song Machine]]
[[Category:Electropop songs]]
[[Category:Electropop songs]]
[[Category:Post-punk songs]]
[[Category:Post-punk songs]]
[[Category:British synth-pop songs]]

Latest revision as of 19:29, 11 January 2024

For the album, see Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.
"Strange Timez"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Robert Smith
from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Released9 September 2020 (2020-09-09)
Recorded2020
StudioDamon Albarn's home studio, Devon, England
Genre
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Pac-Man"
(2020) 		"Strange Timez"
(2020) 		"The Pink Phantom"
(2020)
Robert Smith singles chronology
"It Never Was the Same"
(2015) 		"Strange Timez"
(2020) 		"How Not to Drown"
(2021)
Music video
"Strange Timez" on YouTube

"Strange Timez" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring The Cure frontman, Robert Smith. The track was released on 9 September 2020 as the seventh single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, and the sixth episode of the Song Machine project, a web series that involved the release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.[4][5]

Background

[edit]

The song was first teased at the end of the "Pac-Man" music video, where the opening tune of the song played over an announcement that Song Machine would return in September. It is the first single from Song Machine to be recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Albarn mentioning that the track was recorded over email with Smith.[6]

Music video

[edit]

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, features the band members going on a trip to the Moon. 2-D stares at the Earth, Noodle blows up a billboard on the Moon, Russel performs donuts with the vehicle on the Moon's surface, and Murdoc discovers a Monolith on the Moon. When he stepped through it, it teleported him back to Earth, right outside of Kong Studios. The video ends with the message "Be the Change" written out of craters on the Moon's surface.

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Machine Bitez #12" (with 2-D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodle)  0:30
2."Strange Timez" (featuring Robert Smith)
3:47
3."Machine Bitez #13" (with 2-D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodle)  0:46
4."Strange Timez" (Robert Smith AURORA Remix)  4:58
Total length:10:01

Personnel

[edit]

Gorillaz

Additional musicians and personnel

  • Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, music box
  • Etta Albarn Teulon – trumpet
  • John Davis – mastering engineer
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineering
  • Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering

References

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  1. ^ a b Schmidt, Claudia (10 September 2020). "WATCH: Gorillaz ft. Robert Smith- 'Strange Timez'". Happy. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Gorillaz's 'Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez' is a Perfect Pop Tonic for 2020: Album Review". 23 October 2020.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (9 September 2020). "Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New 'Strange Timez' Video". Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ^ Jon Blisten (9 September 2020). "Gorillaz Venture to the Moon With Robert Smith in New 'Strange Timez' Video". Rolling Stone.
  6. ^ Tom Skinner (9 September 2020). "Gorillaz team up with Robert Smith on 'Strange Timez' and share star-studded 'Song Machine' tracklist". NME.
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