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Gorillaz - The Empty Dream Machine ft. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar

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  • @SCiENTiSTViC
    @SCiENTiSTViC Month ago +556

    it's like hearing music for the first time

  • @moises2744
    @moises2744 Month ago +238

    Sounds dystopic, divine and calming at the same time

  • @Ruby52986
    @Ruby52986 Month ago +337

    Black Thought's verse on this is GENERATIONAL

    • @padd6007
      @padd6007 Month ago +20

      Protection from cloves, cinnamon and cardamom really got me cos I love cooking with those

    • @FormalFilmsProductions
      @FormalFilmsProductions Month ago +8

      Never misses

    • @letgodsortthemout
      @letgodsortthemout Month ago +1

      i think he said rizzler

    • @letgodsortthemout
      @letgodsortthemout Month ago +1

      @padd6007 cinammon nutmeg star anise erry aromatic bless bless BLESS

    • @mkuehter12
      @mkuehter12 Month ago +5

      ​@letgodsortthemout no, he said "it's a wrap like Shiva(or meant to sound like shiva but is actually chiba?) rolled up into a rizla".

  • @elkekar4147
    @elkekar4147 Month ago +265

    sometimes I think David Bowie is sending songs to his beloved bands from up there 😇

    • @thecheeselord5943
      @thecheeselord5943 Month ago +23

      Definitely reminiscent of Bowie's 2000s albums

    • @joshdea7
      @joshdea7 Month ago +12

      Sounds like if Bowie sang over music composed by Angelo Badalamenti

    • @JesseShoghi
      @JesseShoghi Month ago +3

      Ahhhh now it all makes sense 😭

    • @tamie341
      @tamie341 Month ago +2

      Gorillaz > David Bowie

    • @Seven07770
      @Seven07770 Month ago +8

      Bowie vibe is so strong on this track.
      Like a voice from beyond.

  • @leyon4l1fe
    @leyon4l1fe Month ago +712

    this hits so different and its 2am

  • @Oxssyd
    @Oxssyd Month ago +837

    I'm so glad you guys are still here for me to listen and follow in this weird adult life

    • @Aceland-y4c
      @Aceland-y4c Month ago +15

      as an old ahh man mentally I agree

    • @Theumpsken
      @Theumpsken Month ago

      How old are you guys?

    • @Ryuzaki_Dazai
      @Ryuzaki_Dazai Month ago +16

      agreed. and I'm 38. shit, I was in 8th grade when their first album came out....
      ahh life. getting old is hilarious 😂

    • @devanarmstrong8961
      @devanarmstrong8961 Month ago +5

      I'm almost 50, been jamming to Gorillaz since their album "Gorillaz " dropped in 2001 (I think)

    • @Reifenthaler
      @Reifenthaler Month ago +32

      This stuff knows neither time nor age. I am 61 and I am absolutely in Love with Damon's work

  • @Crema_Tori
    @Crema_Tori Month ago +444

    May this new year bring as much peace as this album

  • @Monkiii2
    @Monkiii2 Month ago +143

    Can't remember the last time I stayed up crying to a whole album without skipping a song. Didn't know I needed Gorillaz as an adult more than when I was a teen. I want this as a CD and my old beat up CD player. Also a trip to India would be nice.

    • @tamie341
      @tamie341 Month ago +5

      Sure thing kid, one first class round trip ticket coming your way!

    • @radrick3257
      @radrick3257 Month ago +4

      I’ve been listening all week and haven’t skipped yet 😮

    • @Monkiii2
      @Monkiii2 Month ago

      @radrick3257 You're a real one and sameeeee!!!

    • @ka1sen771
      @ka1sen771 21 day ago +2

      Come to india as a backpacker travel explore india not just a trip

    • @Monkiii2
      @Monkiii2 20 days ago +2

      @ka1sen771 My dream is to land in Punjab and take my time traveling all the way south to Kerala and Tamil Nadu!!!

  • @CarsonSong-k1j
    @CarsonSong-k1j Month ago +176

    This is the most beautiful song I’ve heard in a while

  • @yasminabubleh29
    @yasminabubleh29 Month ago +87

    Damon is a machine that turns Fish and Chips into Masterpieces

  • @northuniverse
    @northuniverse Month ago +88

    Gorillaz have reached the peak

  • @Brick49.
    @Brick49. Month ago +154

    Sacrificed my sleep for this album, first in Australia!

    • @JasonDudeson
      @JasonDudeson Month ago +7

      High from Canada, nearly 4:20 am.

    • @pyroblique7941
      @pyroblique7941 Month ago +3

      Mate it’s 7pm when this dropped in Australia wdym

    • @Brick49.
      @Brick49. Month ago +1

      ​@pyroblique7941last night, or now do you mean?

    • @pyroblique7941
      @pyroblique7941 Month ago

      @Brick49. oh yea true i mean now

    • @weasel5441
      @weasel5441 Month ago +2

      Same here man I sacrificed my sleep for the moon cave music video

  • @cearitos
    @cearitos Month ago +150

    By far one of the best songs Gorillaz ever made. Just. Fucking. Amazing.

    • @dominikgadze4221
      @dominikgadze4221 Month ago +4

      Have you listened to any song from Demon Dayz, Plastic Beach or 19-2000? Because this whole album doesn't even get close to any song from those 3. Just like Humanz this is a clusterfuck of sounds.

    • @getasimbe
      @getasimbe Month ago +8

      ​@dominikgadze4221just say you don't know anything about music and open your mind to learning

    • @VanessaVectors
      @VanessaVectors Month ago +3

      💯

    • @cearitos
      @cearitos Month ago +8

      ​​@dominikgadze4221dude, im here since self titled album my brother 😂 you just need to check your ears

    • @VanessaVectors
      @VanessaVectors Month ago +2

      @dominikgadze4221 I know all their albums inside out and I 100% agree with @cearitos on this. Like Hewlett's art, Albarn's music evolves and gets more complex with time, but this track packs such an emotional punch: I just love it...

  • @ianbrennan9635
    @ianbrennan9635 Month ago +68

    Funky and comforting all at the same time. I love the dreamlike tone of this song!

  • @terror1lst
    @terror1lst Month ago +98

    3:22 the rap verse is amazing

    • @deldraken
      @deldraken Month ago +2

      Crazy dude🤯🔥🔥

    • @ghostkai8713
      @ghostkai8713 Month ago +6

      I think it might be one of the most well incorporated rap verses a Gorillaz song has had.
      "So every blood vessel expand, forbidden talents
      Doin' tantric downward, a gold tooth in a trash can"
      goes INSANE

    • @blackwaterlily14
      @blackwaterlily14 Month ago +2

      Ageed, loved the rap verse on this song especially

    • @madwilli3205
      @madwilli3205 22 days ago

      Just a typical Black Thought verse

  • @417comics
    @417comics Month ago +149

    Gorillaz forever!

  • @stefanocaiazzakindergartenchef

    It is an absolute masterpiece.

  • @thejackTuberyt
    @thejackTuberyt Month ago +76

    I LOVE YOU DAMON ALBARN ❤

  • @kaliyahanderson
    @kaliyahanderson Month ago +53

    New era kinda hittin

  • @montecristo115
    @montecristo115 Month ago +48

    Men...im gonna cry this sounds beutiful

  • @Rpgmaniacdavid
    @Rpgmaniacdavid Month ago +30

    I dropped my OG Gorillaz cd down an ice fishing hole when I was a wee lad. I’ll never forget the dread I felt watching it sink down to the depths of that lake

    • @Acre-2012
      @Acre-2012 Month ago +8

      Every right to become a villain

    • @Sreedharashwin
      @Sreedharashwin 29 days ago +3

      That’s okay, a long time from now they will find it. The legacy will live on!

    • @deella.3339
      @deella.3339 7 days ago

      This feels like a metaphor for something

  • @Idk_what_put_there
    @Idk_what_put_there Month ago +28

    We'll climb up The Mountain today!

  • @just4life981
    @just4life981 Month ago +44

    This sounds legendary

  • @Lukulele1989
    @Lukulele1989 17 days ago +5

    Not many bands have a song like this in their discography.

  • @dahone4793
    @dahone4793 Month ago +130

    So we just dropping dimes all of sudden

    • @letgodsortthemout
      @letgodsortthemout Month ago

      gotta let them motherfuckers know

    • @tamie341
      @tamie341 Month ago +2

      Where you been the last 20+ years kid 😂 Gorillaz been droppin dimez bruh

    • @uiopgamer4647
      @uiopgamer4647 Month ago

      @tamie341 As in there hasn't been an album in a while and BOOM bangers appear

    • @maestrogeicho
      @maestrogeicho Month ago

      @uiopgamer4647cracker island was 3 years ago?

    • @getasimbe
      @getasimbe Month ago

      ​@maestrogeichocracker island was a bit mid, let's be honest

  • @sheturnmydadon_2D
    @sheturnmydadon_2D Month ago +25

    THIS SOUNDS SO ETHEREAL MY EARS ARE BLESSED 😌

  • @NewWhirled
    @NewWhirled Month ago +41

    I love to hear Johnny Marr with the Gorillaz!! A dream come true. This song is so awesome with just a pinch of Bowie flavor

    • @AlyMye-h6i
      @AlyMye-h6i Month ago +2

      Ikr David Bowie forrealsssss😮

  • @padd6007
    @padd6007 Month ago +22

    Smoked to this while outside in the moonlight… sublime

  • @borbitol
    @borbitol Month ago +11

    dream machine broke? understandable, have a good day

  • @ihaveaboyfriendmeh1026
    @ihaveaboyfriendmeh1026 17 days ago +5

    His different when you are returning home from office all alone to a lonely room.
    A sense of gloom

  • @shieldofwind7241
    @shieldofwind7241 Month ago +64

    Okay... This one might actually be the best one. The backing track and progression of vocals and everything... I legit had to sit back for a straight 5-10 minutes to take in the peak I listened to.
    This album is amazing.

    • @SCiENTiSTViC
      @SCiENTiSTViC Month ago +3

      it feels like a whole movie

    • @ghostkai8713
      @ghostkai8713 Month ago +7

      Reminds me of the first time I heard On Melancholy Hill and Empire Ants at the same time. Two very different songs, for certain, but it captures a kind of shared feeling on just... moving through life (Empire Ants) and that that sense of deep, deep loss.
      It having probably one of THE most well-incorporated rap verses a Gorillaz song has ever had ("Doin' tantric downward, a gold tooth in a trash can" rings through my head the hardest in that regard) does a lot. Like just every verse, perfect.

  • @spittingame4241
    @spittingame4241 Month ago +17

    Even though the Gorillaz are animated, they are a real band with real music 🎶

  • @gigi_playzo.o
    @gigi_playzo.o Month ago +26

    THE ALBUM IS OUT

  • @sergiosciutto2577
    @sergiosciutto2577 11 days ago +7

    Este disco completo me quemo la cabeza, escuchaba gorilaz en mi adolescencia, ahora de adulto reflexionando mil cosas con hijos ...y solo con una cerveza escuchando esto . En Córdoba, Argentina . Bien al sur del Mundo!

  • @browngirlinaclownworld2077

    The Hell is this doing at so few views? This may be THE banger of the whole album.

  • @Jira9
    @Jira9 19 days ago +5

    The most underrated track, perfection till the end.

  • @alexissoria4957
    @alexissoria4957 Month ago +12

    Es muy experimental, me hace sentir que estoy sintiendo una brisa en la cara, me encanta el ambiente espacial que tiene 🩷🩷🩷

  • @balder-b9z
    @balder-b9z Month ago +18

    LOVE GORILLAZ

  • @jakalamgd
    @jakalamgd Month ago +17

    never clicked this quickly for a Gorillaz song to drop

  • @adelincazanacli
    @adelincazanacli 20 days ago +4

    The whole song is great but the last part is truly hypnotic

  • @Sparkettino89
    @Sparkettino89 29 days ago +5

    Best song of the album

  • @fallensniper777
    @fallensniper777 Month ago +351

    Now this is going to be their commercial hit. Expect it to be on the radio for the next 5 years

    • @Cognitive-Loon
      @Cognitive-Loon Month ago

      ❤‍🔥

    • @leofratello7162
      @leofratello7162 Month ago +98

      I feel more like there is no hit in this album, everything is good but not commercial (its a great thing!)

    • @soulofexistence
      @soulofexistence Month ago +24

      Too chill and quiet to be a hit I think

    • @StoneyWoney
      @StoneyWoney Month ago +6

      I highly doubt that.

    • @LueLucifer
      @LueLucifer Month ago +50

      It's not, their commercial hit is Orange County.

  • @jthree_alric
    @jthree_alric Month ago +3

    My fav song in album

  • @AnthonyMunguia
    @AnthonyMunguia Month ago +15

    That rap verse hits so hard when it first comes in! Wasn’t expecting it! Damn this is fire!

  • @Joey-j8b4f
    @Joey-j8b4f 17 days ago +3

    I need to see these folks live so good

  • @Aady0
    @Aady0 4 days ago +1

    i lost mom 2 years ago, still grief is having a strong hold on me, i really need her on my team.

  • @kieranmaguire3971
    @kieranmaguire3971 27 days ago +3

    This was a late one for me...and then it kicked in....the promises we made xx

  • @Lugia-
    @Lugia- Month ago +7

    The instruments are amazing.

  • @ArlenPitts
    @ArlenPitts Month ago +6

    I've said this is the best one on like 5 songs already, but I mean it this time

  • @Crema_Tori
    @Crema_Tori Month ago +12

    All of it is so peaceful. We are so lucky to start out 2026 with this beautiful music.

  • @soniamorfeusz
    @soniamorfeusz Month ago +6

    I really like this track. It reminds me of a feeling I felt when my dad played his MTV CDs in his old Toyota Corola when we were coming come, when the sky was already deep black.

  • @Atheistpteranodon
    @Atheistpteranodon Month ago +10

    Black Thought is one of the best rappers to ever do it

  • @jotax94
    @jotax94 Month ago +8

    this song is soooooo
    damn it's heavy on the chest
    totally love it!

  • @Faustzel
    @Faustzel Month ago +13

    Awebo My new favorite song from the album 0u0

  • @arturozapien6481
    @arturozapien6481 Month ago +8

    Que bien suena , me hace recordar los primeros sonidos de Gorillaz

  • @toons8744
    @toons8744 Month ago +5

    I have listemed to this an ungodly amount of times and will continue to. This album is a bonafide masterpiece

  • @jonathanashworth353
    @jonathanashworth353 20 days ago +3

    Saw them last night at Manchester. Such a brilliant show. Such a catalogue of tunes. This song was the highlight for me.

  • @yuhkoh7129
    @yuhkoh7129 Month ago +4

    the one that hits hardest from this album

  • @joeg3490
    @joeg3490 Month ago +8

    Black Thought is one of the goats!!

  • @F_M_M
    @F_M_M Month ago +11

    Speechless like any good audiophile. This is music and it is alive thanks to you also Gorillaz

  • @rociorincon07
    @rociorincon07 24 days ago +4

    My favorite song from this amazing album... Thank you, Damon. ❤

  • @TheSimulationPresents

    I’m glad to be experiencing this with everyone here…here’s to those who are no longer in the chat…🍻

  • @fedegufedegu
    @fedegufedegu Month ago +2

    This made my 2026. No space left for anything else

  • @Mochii-18736
    @Mochii-18736 Month ago +3

    It's like reliving plastic beach

  • @fatbastad
    @fatbastad Month ago +9

    Thank you Damon and others ❤

  • @700trinity
    @700trinity 19 days ago +2

    The Gorillaz was my entire teen years and what me and truer friends grew on...we grew up and lost each other...hearing this still around brings me so much closer to them. I wish I knew how to call them through all the tears and years 🎉❤ thank you

  • @knafflad2194
    @knafflad2194 Month ago +5

    They're transcending

  • @chrishunt4891
    @chrishunt4891 Month ago +24

    Feels very David Bowie labrynth soundtrack

  • @THEMPTYDREAMACHINE
    @THEMPTYDREAMACHINE Month ago +7

    THIS JS SO PEAK I LIEV THIS SONE

  • @sp1duh84
    @sp1duh84 Month ago +2

    This is the 2026 Empire Ants

  • @BlindGermanMain16
    @BlindGermanMain16 Month ago +5

    generational preformance from black thought

  • @farii-1i1i
    @farii-1i1i Month ago +2

    I feel like an empty dream machine

  • @irinabakhanovich4264
    @irinabakhanovich4264 Month ago +4

    I’ve been listening to the whole album for a week on repeat and this song steals my heart every.single.time.
    As Silent Running from Cracker Island does❤️‍🔥

  • @vijaypalacio3920
    @vijaypalacio3920 15 days ago +1

    This whole album is a meditation

  • @Bloomkyaaa
    @Bloomkyaaa Month ago +6

    This song hits different at 2am, the other commenter was right. ✨

  • @Noli_Real
    @Noli_Real Month ago +16

    YOOOO NEW SONG

  • @hriday_sa
    @hriday_sa Month ago +2

    Sitar by Anoushka Shankar superb

  • @mostdopecdmx2119
    @mostdopecdmx2119 Month ago +3

    So psychedelic... so deeply.

  • @Hh-awastor
    @Hh-awastor Month ago +5

    I LOVE GORILLAZ!!!! :D

  • @CentroIntegraldePsicología402

    My fav song from this album, love from Bolivia, Southamerica

  • @lucasvanrijn3552
    @lucasvanrijn3552 Month ago +4

    Lucky to see this 2 hours after it dropped

  • @XxRyu_kunxX
    @XxRyu_kunxX Month ago +3

    I didn't even get to my own birth that fast

  • @yousufskhan07
    @yousufskhan07 Month ago +1

    Listening to this on my birthday (28th) was really a blessing. Thank you Gorillaz ❤

  • @therealnoadylan
    @therealnoadylan Month ago +2

    Sounds like they found Bowie in paradise.

  • @LiamC328
    @LiamC328 15 days ago +2

    Finally one where 2D turned off the megaphone effect

  • @sasukewins177
    @sasukewins177 29 days ago +1

    i hope i get tickets to their show 😢

  • @T8rtHug8
    @T8rtHug8 Month ago +2

    Gorillaz ya a alcanzado literalmente su peak con the mountain, ya quiero verlos tocar en vivo por primera vez ❤🇵🇪🥹

  • @hazardzardzard
    @hazardzardzard Month ago +6

    Sitar feels so good man. I really like how it resonants the sound.

  • @Jdot89P13
    @Jdot89P13 Month ago +3

    Feels like I’m floating

  • @yanni2852
    @yanni2852 Month ago +4

    Johnny Marr and Gorillaz 🔥🔥🔥

  • @SolLucia6
    @SolLucia6 Month ago +3

    What a beautiful song from start to finish. It takes you to your place, where ever that may be

  • @marsnthestars45
    @marsnthestars45 Month ago +5

    God this one is peak as well😭😭😭

  • @VictorDecodesEcom
    @VictorDecodesEcom Month ago +1

    It’s been 35 years & Black Thought still hasn’t missed 😭💀

  • @ruycamargos2847
    @ruycamargos2847 27 days ago +3

    Amazing track. It reminds me of "This is not America" by Bowie

  • @LiamC328
    @LiamC328 Month ago +3

    The Empty Dream Machine vs. The Emptiness Machine

  • @GratissTVofficial
    @GratissTVofficial Month ago +2

    This is the best track on the album
    By far

  • @mpc4126
    @mpc4126 Month ago +3

    Cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom 🔥🔥🔥

  • @mooncommittee
    @mooncommittee Month ago +12

    the first song since i think TNN to so immediately make me picture 2D himself singing rather than damon or some hybrid inbetween the two

    • @2-DFachero
      @2-DFachero Month ago +1

      No sé a qué te refieres porque en esta canción suena más a Damon que nunca, lo cual por cierto me gusta eso

  • @WiDOC
    @WiDOC Month ago +3

    This ... is .... absolutely .... incredible !

  • @prop3rearworm275
    @prop3rearworm275 Month ago +1

    This album has more pathos in it than any Gorillaz album before it....this is my soundtrack to this coming summer. AOTY 🥰