The Converse-commissioned, star-studded 13-minute Gorillaz banger "DoYaThing" has been making the rounds lately; a new video started appearing today. Fitting for the cartoon band of Damon Albarn and co, it's a disorienting CG excursion through the apparently hungover morning of 2D and his cohorts. There's a ton of Gorillaz history and ephemera for the eyecandy taking here--so much so you might get a little lost in it all. Check it out:
The Band's Address:
If any of the destruction rampant in the apartment came as a surprise, it didn't really surprise 2D when he's served with an eviction notice. The address? 212 Wobble Street, London, SW21 7QJ. This must be a code of some kind, one that we will crack. Internet, this is a call to arms.
Those Converse Shoes Show Up Everywhere:
Look it's fine. I'm somehow alright with Converse sucking up all its street cred in product placement if this is the result of the brand's efforts. You'll see the first of the pair--that the band actually designed for Converse--of shoes appear right when 2D wakes up. The other makes a more immediate appearance when Murdoc hits 2D in the face with the fancy footwear over breakfast.
Russel's Cameo(s):
2D, getting more and more confused with his morning goes in to wake up the homie Noodle, but dude is asleep in bed with a grip of idols: namely a ceramic pig's head and some adobe statues. And above the sleeping one's head? A little figurine of Gorillaz's drummer Russel Hobbs. This is not just endearing; this is friendship, people! Also, you can buy one. Russel also chills on the roof when we get a pan-up to the "Plastic Beach" island in the sky.
Andre 3000 as Restyled Rorschach:
Andre's always been a bit of a fashion icon, what with running his Benjamin Bixby label (albeit into the ground) and having an unmistakeably bold style for his brand of rap. But here, the design makes visual inference from Rorschach from Alan Moore's "Watchmen." Fitting, considering the substance of Gorillaz.
Ocean Bacon:
I have no idea what this means but it's scribbled on the wall when zombie Murdoc gets his electric chair stuck on the stairs.
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