Just last year it was confirmed that Stevie Nicks would sing along with the Gorillaz, led by Damon Albarn. The only demand that Nicks had was that she too would be turned into one of the group’s caricatures. Nicks stated at the time, “I want to be a Gorilla, and I want to have big, false eyelashes, and I want to have blonde hair, right? And so they’re doing it as we speak.”
The group’s video for the track hasn’t been released yet, but the Gorillaz shared a “fact card” via Twitter that lists her, “cult ranking,” “freakiness” and “G factor.” The lead singer of Gorillaz (Albarn) also posted a message to Nicks saying, “Just writing a little letter to say ‘alright,’ which I’ve now done, also I wanted to say I am a big fan of yours and that you made the song we did together very beautiful and the whole record is a different record cos you are on it. Have a nice week, fingers crossed for world peace and please pop round anytime if you fancy a cuppa or game of pacman.”
“Oil” and appears on Gorillaz latest album, Cracker Island which was released on February 24th. Their eight LP features guest appearances from Beck, Tame Impala, and others.
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