The Pink Phantom (music video)

The music video for The Pink Phantom  premiered on the Gorillaz YouTube channel on October 1, 2020 as Episode Seven.undefined

Synopsis
2-D, Elton John and 6lack perform a lavishly pink and emotional song inside Kong Studios during a thunderstorm. In the meantime Murdoc tries to catch the Pink Phantom with a butterfly net. After the song ends, Murdoc enters the room dressed as a matador, strumming his guitar, when suddenly one of the strings snap, much to his displeasure.

Credits

 * Director: Jamie Hewlett
 * Co-Directors: Tim McCourt & Max Taylor
 * Producer: Eva Dahlqvist
 * Production Managers: Samia Ahmed & Lisa A. Smith
 * Production Assistants: Laurence Moss & Skye van der Walt
 * Animation Supervisor/Lead Animator: Venla Linna
 * Animators: Amanda Holm, Simone Cirillo, Pierre Rutz
 * Clean Up Artists: Paola Costigliola, Venla Linna, Amanda Holm, Francisco Magalhães, Jessica Leslau
 * Compositors: Deborah Ho, Max Taylor, Freddie Lewis-Walls, Vincent E Souza, Elliott Kajdan
 * Gorillaz are managed by Eleven Management
 * Production Company: The Line

Trivia

 * Russel and Noodle don't appear in the music video. Russel was in Atlanta, Georgia at his favorite barbecue joint.undefinedWhile Noodle was making sure that Elton John was well watered.
 * The video is based on the opening credits of the 1975 comedy film, The Return of the Pink Panther.
 * Elton John was presented in animated form in this music video as per his personal request to Jamie, as a longtime fan of Gorillaz.
 * Murdoc's tiptoeing throughout the room in the video matches the rhythm of the song.