Friday 13th (song)

"Friday 13th"
"Friday 13th"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Octavian
from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Released	9 June 2020
Studio	Studio 13
Genre	Neo R&B; trip hop; downtempo;
Length	3:35
Label	Parlophone; Warner;
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn; Octavian Godji; Remi Kabaka Jr.;
Producer(s)	Gorillaz; Kabaka;
Gorillaz singles chronology
Octavian singles chronology
Music video
	"Friday 13th" on YouTube

"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.^[3]

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",^[4] as well as footage of Octavian performing the track set against footage of moving roads and tunnels.^[5] The video ends with a quote from playwright James Baldwin.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"Machine Bitez #8" (with 2-D, Murdoc and Russel)			0:49
2.	"Friday 13th" (featuring Octavian)	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. Octavian Godji	Gorillaz Kabaka	3:35
Total length:				4:24

Personnel

Gorillaz

Damon Albarn – vocals, instrumentation, director, bass, keyboards, guitar
Jamie Hewlett – artwork, character design, video direction
Remi Kabaka Jr. – drum programming

Additional musicians and personnel

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

References

^ "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the finest Gorillaz album in a decade – review". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Gorillaz: Season One - Strange Timez: Album review". 18 October 2020.
^ Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ Blistein, Jon (9 June 2020). "Gorillaz Team Up With Octavian for Woozy New Track 'Friday 13th'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[1] "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the finest Gorillaz album in a decade – review". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2020.

[ltw-2] "Gorillaz: Season One - Strange Timez: Album review". 18 October 2020.

[3] Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[4] "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. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[5] Blistein, Jon (9 June 2020). "Gorillaz Team Up With Octavian for Woozy New Track 'Friday 13th'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]