Désolé



Désolé is a song from 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 February 27, 2020 at 11:00AM EST as Episode Two. undefined The song features Fatoumata Diawara. The Song Machine Episode 2 EP and the lyric video feature the standard version of the song and the music video and album contain an extended version of the song.

Production
The single was sung in a combination of English, French and Bambara.undefined On December 6, 2019, Jamie Hewlett posted a cropped screenshot of his computer monitor displaying Murdoc with his tongue out captioned, Animatey.undefined Later, on December 7, 2019, Jamie posted a cropped screenshot of Noodle playing her guitar with a monster glove simply captioned, Monster mitt.undefined These screenshots were the earliest teasers for Désolé. The song features backing vocals from a group called Voice Messengers and is one of a few songs from the Song Machine co-produced by James Ford.

Trivia

 * The French word "Désolé" means "Sorry".
 * The lyrics in the Verse 1 of the track changed slightly on the album version of the track from the ones that could be heared in the music video. The reason for that is unknown.
 * Though this is Fatoumata's first time collaborating with the Gorillaz, she has previously worked with Damon Albarn as part of Africa Express and was a guest on Rocket Juice & the Moon.