- 2026-02-15
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MUSIC
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Gorillaz Performs “Orange County” featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar on The Graham Norton Show
British virtual band Gorillaz, consisting of virtual: Murdoc Niccals (bass), 2-D (vocal), Noodle (guitar) and Russel Hobbs (drums), Non-virtual: Damon Albarn (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Jamie Hewlett and Remi Kabaka Jr. (drums), appeared on The Graham Norton Show to perform “Orange County”.
This marks their second performance since 2017 on The Graham Norton Show. At that time, the band performed with Noel Gallagher and Jehnny Beth.
This time, the band played the song with Argentine DJ Bizarrap, American singer-songwriter Kara Jackson and British-American sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
The song is taken from their upcoming ninth studio album “The Mountain”, which is set to be released on February 27, 2026 via the band's own label KONG.
It was written by Damon Albarn, Gonzalo Conde, Kara Jackson, and Santiago Alvarado. Produced by Gorillaz and Bizarrap.- The band frontman Damon Albarn told Jack Saunders of BBC Radio 1 about “Orange County”, “Bizarrap wanted to give the tune a slightly different kind of edit for radio, so it's different to what's on the record, but I mean recognizable. I suppose it could be say goodbye to a relationship as well, some doesn't have to be. Well, this is physical goodbye.”
He continued, “Bizarrap is a very interesting dude, I think. Because until you get to know him, all you see is the picture of him in dark glasses and the hat. And he's very kind of, it's very mysterious. But he absolutely loves music, and got great, invests a great sort of energy into the music, he makes and people who surrounds himself around. I just was completely, I'm always kind of looking for voices that the first time I hear them, they just completely send me somewhere else. Kara's got one of those voices with me. I grew up listening at a younger age to more Ravi Shankar than I did The Beatles. So it's just kind of mad to work with a member of the Shankar family, and she's just a wonderful human being, amazing musician, really amazing.” - source : BBC One The Graham Norton Show
