Jimmy Kimmel Live featured Damon Albarn performing his latest song. “Royal Morning Blue.”The blur frontman performs at a grand piano and is accompanied by a string band and a cinematic backdrop that features scenes from Iceland.
“Royal Morning Blue,” off Albarn’s solo album The Stream is more pure the closer it is to the fountain.He was inspired by the Icelandic views reflected on the piano where he wrote the album.
“That’s why the song opens with ‘Rain turning into snow,’ because it’s that moment, that feeling,”Albarn spoke out about the song in a statement from last year. “In all the darkness that we have experienced, that was such a beautiful, positive thing.”
Originally planned as an orchestral work on the Icelandic landscapes The more you are near the fountain, the cleaner the Stream flows transformed into an 11-song album during Albarn’s time spent in lockdown in Iceland during the pandemic. The album, which was also recorded in Iceland, marks Albarn’s first solo LP since 2014’s Everyday RobotsTransgressive Records received a November shipment of,
Albarn performed the track — as well as singles “Polaris” “Particles” — during the Glastonbury livestream this summer. He also performed the song live last September.
The musician’s other project, Gorillaz, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut with a massive box set in December. The original debut was not the only thing that was included in the box set.Set of eight LP boxesFeatures demos, unreleased live sets from the Forum and the remix albumLaika Comes HomeThe first vinyl pressing of “The Gorillaz” was released. Gorillaz has released their latest album,Song Machine: Season One — Strange TimezIn 2020.