Damon Albarn

Latest Release

Single

2026

Flags - SingleDamon Albarn, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest & War Child Records

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Listen to Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn) by Tony Allen, see lyrics, music video & more!

Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn)Tony Allen

Listen to Lonely Press Play by Damon Albarn, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lonely Press PlayDamon Albarn

Listen to Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn, see lyrics, music video & more!

Everyday RobotsDamon Albarn

Listen to I Can't Move (feat. Blue May, Sibot, Mr Jukes, Moonchild Sanelly & Damon Albarn) by Africa Express, see lyrics, music video & more!

I Can't Move (feat. Blue May, Sibot, Mr Jukes, Moonchild Sanelly & Damon Albarn)Africa Express

Listen to Pure Love by DJ Koze & Damon Albarn, see lyrics, music video & more!

Pure LoveDJ Koze & Damon Albarn

Listen to Hostiles by Damon Albarn, see lyrics, music video & more!

HostilesDamon Albarn

Listen to Flags by Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest & War Child Records, see lyrics, music video & more!

FlagsDamon Albarn, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest & War Child Records

PalacesFlume & Damon Albarn

Listen to Out of Time by Damon Albarn & The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians, see lyrics, music video & more!

Out of TimeDamon Albarn & The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians

Royal Morning BlueDamon Albarn

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Damon Albarn's Popular Music Videos

Palaces (feat. Damon Albarn)

Flume

Get My Bearings (feat. Damon Albarn)

Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen & Dave Okumu

Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)

Africa Express

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Damon Albarn Essentials

From Britpop icon to art-pop prankster and ambassador for the global underground.

Damon Albarn: The Zane Lowe Interview

Zane talks to Gorillaz co-founder Damon Albarn about their latest album, Cracker Island.

Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Interview

Damon Albarn talks to Zane about his new solo album.

About Damon Albarn

Hometown

London, England

Born

1968

Genre

Alternative

Artist Links

Official Website

Damon Albarn is a grand pop conceptualist, spearheading the Brit-pop movement's blend of knowingly retro aesthetics and modernist zeal through his work with Blur before exploring hip-hop, art rock, and global traditions, both with Gorillaz and as a soloist. Blur hit with 1994's Parklife, then steered an artier course. Once Blur began to fray in the 2000s, he founded Gorillaz, a virtual pop group whose fame soon eclipsed that of Blur. Albarn then pivoted from the atmospheric the Good, the Bad & the Queen and the Flea collaboration Rocket Juice & the Moon to Africa Express and stage musicals. His solo records (2014's Everyday Robot and 2021's The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows) crafted moodier, more introspective music, a vibe he side-stepped for Gorillaz' Cracker Island (2023) but brought to Blur's 2024 reunion, The Ballad of Darren, which was followed by Gorillaz' guest-heavy The Mountain (2026).

Damon Albarn has also released music as a member of Gorillaz, Blur, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & The Moon, DRC Music, Electric Wave Bureau, and Monkey.

Influenced by Damon AlbarnDamon Albarn has influenced the music of Oscar Scheller, The Big Moon, Dumas and more.