Gorillaz premieres animated short film to accompany new album, ’The Mountain’

Gorillaz premieres animated short film to accompany new album, ’The Mountain’
‘The Mountain’ album artwork. (Kong)

Gorillaz has premiered an animated short film to accompany their new album, The Mountain.

The nine-minute video features the band’s four cartoon members — Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D — as they take a journey through a jungle toward the titular mountain, all animated in a style very reminiscent of the original Jungle Book Disney movie. Along the way, you’ll hear three songs off The Mountain: “The Moon Cave,” “The Sad God” and the title track.

You can watch the film on YouTube.

The album The Mountain is out now. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Cracker Island.

You can catch Gorillaz make their debut on Saturday Night Live on March 7. They’re also headlining the 2026 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in September.

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