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Wikipedia article
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| artist = Gorillaz featuring Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle
| album = The Now Now
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| recorded = 2017-2018
| studio = * Studio 13, London
* The Compound, Los Angeles,
* Mondrian Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
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| length = 4:53
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| chronology = Gorillaz
| prev_title = Fire Flies
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| next_title = Tranz
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"'Hollywood'" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg and American house musician Jamie Principle. It was officially released on 21 June 2018, as the fifth single from their sixth studio album, 'The Now Now'.
Pre-release
The original demo for the song was recorded in late 2017 at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, California, while the band was on the Humanz Tour, with additional recording occurring at The Compound in Los Angeles and Studio 13 in London. Its existence was first made public during an October 2017 interview with Gorillaz creator Damon Albarn, where he stated that it had been rehearsed for a potential live performance, and the band played it during their soundcheck in Atlanta, but that he and the Gorillaz live band did not believe it was ready. Due to this, the song did not make its official debut until March of the following year, when it was performed at a concert in Santiago, Chile. Snoop Dogg was not present; his vocals were provided through a backing track.
Visualiser
The visualiser for the song begins with a spinning visual depicting the virtual members of Gorillaz against a moving spiral background, a feature used in visualisers for other songs on the album. However, unlike these, the video's visuals have their own unique red-green color scheme. During Jamie Principle's section of the song, the center of the spinning visual flashes select words from his lyrics. During the chorus sections, an animation of fictional Gorillaz frontman 2-D singing against red-and-green-tinted footage of a generic cityscape and a sequence consisting of words from the chorus flashing against a black background are interspersed. However, during Snoop Dogg's section, he is shown rapping in live-action form (albeit in black and white like 2-D) against the same cityscape footage. Towards the end of the song, the spinning visual can be seen once again zooming out into the background. Just before the video ends, a modified Hollywood sign reading "GORILLAZ" is shown.
Personnel
*Damon Albarn vocals, synthesiser, guitar
*Jamie Principle vocals
*Snoop Dogg vocals
*James Ford bass guitar, drums
*Karl Vanden Bossche percussion
*Remi Kabaka Jr. drum programming
*Samuel Egglenton assistant engineer
*Stephen Sedgwick mixing engineer, recording engineer
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References
Category:2018 songs
Category:2018 singles
Category:Electropop songs
Category:Gorillaz songs
Category:Snoop Dogg songs
Category:Jamie Principle songs
Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn
Category:Parlophone singles
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Songs about Los Angeles
Category:Songs written by James Ford (musician)
Category:Songs written by Snoop Dogg
Category:Songs written by Jamie Principle
Category:Songs written by Remi Kabaka Jr.
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