EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ
Jamie Hewlett, Adam, Damon Albarn, London, January 2026
Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support
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Podcast illustration by Helen Green
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Florian Schneider bass synth
RELATED LINKS
GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026
DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST)