Gorillaz has always been a fictional narrative of the cast of characters within it's own lore. Throughout the multitude of their music videos, there's connective tissue and character growth, but not anchored to any one contributor's experience. They are artificial by design already, but in "Plastic Beach" they really start to discuss the themes of that artificiality. With Murdoc forcing 2-D into isolation so that he can just pump out hits, and an actual robot version of Noodle (oh, also Russel is an island now?), this is them at their most corporatized and pop-centric. Murdoc is on a Roger Waters-esque power trip, and the others are starting to feel like cogs in the machine. The theatrics and fluff are exciting and all over, but there there remains a melancholy longing for authenticity throughout the album. Beyond the Gorillaz-verse though, "Plastic Beach" tackles the very real problems of environmental waste (the title referring to a literal island of garbage that exists) in much the way that "Demon Days" tackled issues of modern wars. Join Brad, Jon, returning guest Trevor, and new guest and longtime friend Mario!

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