Strange Timez

Strange Timez is the title track of Gorillaz' seventh studio album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez and a part of Gorillaz' 2020 web series Song Machine. It premiered on the Gorillaz YouTube channel on September 9, 2020 as Episode Six.undefined The song features and was co-produced by the multi-instrumentalist, producer, lead singer, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of The Cure, Robert Smith.

Production
Strange Timez was the first track made during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020. The song was made remotly, with Damon Albarn being in contact with Robert Smith through E-mail conversations. Smith also wrote most of the lyrics and came up with the title for the song, and by extention the whole album.undefined The music video had to be done without any previously recorded footage. The characters, objects and most of the enviorments were made in 3D with the faces animated in regular Song Machine 2D style.

Trivia

 * The trumpet in the song is played by Etta Albarn Teulon, Damon Albarn's niece.