"Friday 13th"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Octavian
from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Released9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
StudioStudio 13
Genre
Length3:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"How Far?"
(2020) 		"Friday 13th"
(2020) 		"Pac-Man"
(2020)
Octavian singles chronology
"Poison"
(2020) 		"Friday 13th"
(2020) 		"Rari"
(2020)
Music video
"Friday 13th" on YouTube

"Friday 13th" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring French-British rapper Octavian. The track was released on 9 June 2020 as the fifth single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, and the fourth episode of the Song Machine project, a web series involving the ongoing release of various new Gorillaz singles and music videos featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.[3]

Music video

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, was recorded while Gorillaz' virtual members were in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic and features their likenesses, which are noticeably scarred and bruised which Jamie Hewlett stated was the result of their fight in the music video for "Aries",[4] as well as footage of Octavian performing the track set against footage of moving roads and tunnels.[5] The video ends with a quote from playwright James Baldwin.

Tracklist

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Machine Bitez #8" (with 2-D, Murdoc and Russel)  0:49
2."Friday 13th" (featuring Octavian)
3:35
Total length:4:24

Personnel

Gorillaz

Additional musicians and personnel

References

  1. ^ "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the finest Gorillaz album in a decade – review". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gorillaz: Season One - Strange Timez: Album review". 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Official Everythin' Gorillaz on Instagram: "There is a storyline guys, they started a fight in Aries and then they had to pull themselves together to make the next video. Episode 5 will continue the story, so stay tuned"". Instagram. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ Blistein, Jon (9 June 2020). "Gorillaz Team Up With Octavian for Woozy New Track 'Friday 13th'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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