#gorillaz rambles

i love complaining so this isnt an issue for me! /lh

First off! Happy 20th Anniversary to Gorillaz! Heres a look on how their art style changed over the years! (phases 1/2 vs phases 5/6)

They've become super commercialized and after Phase 4 (Humanz) fans started seeing a decline in an actual message within their music: Their album, Plastic Beach, is completely based around pollution and how consumerist behavior is terrible for the environment.

Today they announced that theyll be supporting/using? ntfs, or 'non-fungible tokens' which are "digital tokens tied to assets that can be bought, sold and traded". This hinders artists from actually profiting from their own works. I still dont fully understand the point behind any type of crypto currency other than greed - but in short, this type of funds damages the environment and ruins what they were originally advocating against.

They became huge sellouts in recent years which was bound to happen - This goes against the ENTIRE IDEA behind Gorillaz. They (Jamie and Damon) created the band in order to experiment w/ different types of music bc they found it lacked substance. You can go as far to say the band members themselves mock real life artists for being sell outs, hence their movement 'Reject False Icons'. Which yknow, the irony of it all.

goodmorning

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