Friday 13th (song)

"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.[5]

"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

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",[6] as well as footage of Octavian performing the track set against footage of moving roads and tunnels.[7] The video ends with a quote from playwright James Baldwin.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsProducersLength
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

  • Octavian – vocals
  • John Davis – mastering engineer
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineering
  • Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering

References
  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/gorillaz-review-strange-timez-song-machine-damon-albarn-robert-smith-b1156905.html%3famp
  2. https://louderthanwar.com/gorillaz-season-one-strange-timez-album-review/
  3. "GORILLAZ Keeps On Dropping New Tracks – Here's 'FRIDAY THE 13TH'". Turn Up The Volume.
  4. Findlay, Mitch. "Gorillaz & Octavian Link Up For "Friday 13th" [Watch]". Hot New Hip Hop. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. "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. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. 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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