As Damon Albarn finishes work on the virtual band's new album, Jamie Hewlett catches us up on what the members have been up to since Plastic Beach.
In the lead up to their new album, Gorillaz unveiled a multimedia story about Noodle and what she’s been up to since the events of 2010’s Plastic Beach. Now, they’ve done the same for Noodle’s bandmate, Russel.
In ‘The Book of Russel’, we learn that the hip-hop hard man rescued Noodle during the attack on Plastic Beach, but after being mistaken for a whale and harpooned, Russel was separated from Noodle (who, as we learned in her own book, floated away to Japan). Russel, meanwhile, ended up in North Korea and achieved celebrity status after locals concluded that he was Pulgasari, the North Korean version of Godzilla. Check out the story below.
Discovering that life in a glass dome is not all it’s cracked up to be, Russel shakes off his mistaken identity... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/YV3MCAulf6
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
Russel Hobbs had always put on weight easily... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/SMrNBRpdvI
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/IiRaOoCPA5
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
Their trouble, however, was just beginning... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/inIzBaACls
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/U589NEadwJ
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
Giant Russel was carted to Pyongyang... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/qn2EglvPD3
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/2AQbVxKXq7
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
In time, the meagre food rations... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/JUnmjVRyBK
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/Wb1EEHjNzX
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/Of4Lv4MpGY
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
A few days later... #TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/BsK3I4kVNh
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
#TheBookofRussel pic.twitter.com/7mm9lidrTB
— gorillaz (@gorillaz) October 7, 2016
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