PAC-MAN (Gorillaz song)


"PAC-MAN" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring American rapper ScHoolboy Q. The track was released on 20 July 2020 as the sixth single for Gorillaz' Song Machine project, which involves the ongoing release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring previously unannounced guest musicians over the course of 2020.

Background

The song was recorded in London, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the arcade game, Pac-Man.

Music video

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, features the band members inside Kong Studios, the band's fictional headquarters. 2-D is in the game room playing the Pac-Man arcade game, Russel does some boxing with a punching bag, Murdoc is in the basement, sitting inside an orgone accumulator, and Noodle is on the recording studio couch with her mobile phone while Schoolboy Q records his verse. As 2-D continues to play the arcade game for nine hours, all of his bandmates have a reaction in the real world such as Murdoc looking outside his accumulator, Russel pausing from punching as though he heard something, and Noodle changing art styles, switching to an anime-esque style and then a Peanuts-like character. Eventually at the end of the video, Noodle went down to the game room and unplugs the Pac-Man arcade game, leaving 2-D confused.
The video captains references from the eponymous game:

Personnel

Gorillaz
Additional musicians
Technical