Baby Queen (song)

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"Baby Queen"
Gorillaz Baby Queen.jpg
Single by Gorillaz
from the album Cracker Island
Released4 November 2022 (2022-11-04)
Genre Dream pop [1]
Length3:40
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Gorillaz singles chronology
"New Gold"
(2022)		"Baby Queen"
(2022)		"Skinny Ape"
(2022)

"Baby Queen" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz. The track was officially released on 4 November 2022 as the third single for the band's eighth studio album, Cracker Island . The track was first released on 30 September 2022 as a song in the 2022 video game FIFA 23 . [2]

Contents

Background

The track was inspired by a dream frontman Damon Albarn had about a 1997 Blur concert. [3] The concert had been attended by a then 14 year old Princess Siribha Chudabhorn. [4] During the track "Song 2" she had gotten off her throne, which was right next to the venues mixing board and stage dived into the crowd. In a Los Angeles Times interview Albarn stated how the song is about the dream he had about the gig, where he revisited the concert as 2-D [5] with a full-grown version of the princess where they then spent time together. [4] [6]

Personnel

Gorillaz

Additional musicians and personnel

Charts

Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 47

References

  1. ↑ Attard, Paul (22 February 2023). "Gorillaz Cracker Island Review: The Misfit Toys Take Aim at the Modern World and Misfire". Slant Magazine . Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Skinner, Tom (22 September 2022). "EA reveals 'FIFA 23' soundtrack, featuring Gorillaz and Yeah Yeah Yeahs". NME . Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Uitti, Jacob (5 November 2022). "Gorillaz Release New Song Inspired by Meeting with Thai Princess, "Baby Queen"". American Songwriter . Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 Richards, Will (6 November 2022). "Gorillaz share 'Baby Queen', inspired by a stagediving Thai princess". NME . Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Jones, Abby (4 November 2022). "Gorillaz Nod to an Unlikely Fan on New Single "Baby Queen": Stream". Consequence . Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Wood, Mikael (23 January 2022). "For Damon Albarn, modern life is still pretty much rubbish". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gorillaz Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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