Gorillaz fans, get ready to climb The Mountain .

Damon Albarn and co. are preparing to release a new album, The Mountain , on March 20th, 2026 (pre-order here ). The album announcement comes with lead single, “The Happy Dictator,” featuring Sparks. Listen to it below.

The Mountain will be Gorillaz’s ninth studio effort, and their first on the band’s very own new record label, KONG. The 15-track LP boasts a vast array of guest stars, including Black Thought of The Roots, Anoushka Shankar, IDLES, Johnny Marr, Jalen Ngonda, Asha Puthli, Omar Souleyman, Yasiin Bey, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and Paul Simonon of The Clash, among them.

The album will also feature posthumous contributions from the likes of Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul), Proof, Denn

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