"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.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
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