Désolé (Gorillaz song)
{{Short description|2020 single by Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata Diawara}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Désolé
| cover = Gorillaz - Désolé.png
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata Diawara
| album = Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
| language = {{hlist|English|French{{cite web |last=Leas |first=Ryan |title=Gorillaz – "Désolé" (Feat. Fatoumata Diawara) |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2074799/gorillaz-song-machine-desole-fatoumata-diawara/video/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=27 February 2020 |quote=[T]he song is sung in three languages altogether — English, French, and Bambara.}}|Bambara}}
| released = {{Start date|2020|02|27|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2019
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|R&B{{Cite web|url=https://www.consequenceofsound.net/2020/10/album-review-gorillaz-song-machine-season-one/amp/|title=Gorillaz Continue to Exude Colorful Chemistry on Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez: Review|date=20 October 2020}}|bossa nova{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Gorillaz Get Mellow With Fatoumata Diawara on 'Désolé': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9324303/gorillaz-desole-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=27 February 2020}}}}
| length = *3:56 (single version)
- 5:33 (album version)
| label = {{hlist|Parlophone|Warner}}
| writer = {{hlist|Damon Albarn|Fatoumata Diawara|James Ford|Remi Kabaka Jr.}}
| producer = {{hlist|Gorillaz|Ford|Kabaka}}
| chronology = Gorillaz
| prev_title = Momentary Bliss
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Aries
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Fatoumata Diawara
| type = singles
| prev_title = Cameroon
| prev_year = 2019
| title = Désolé
| year = 2020
| next_title = Douha (Mali Mali)
| next_year = 2020
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|ZLKZKmdZEjM|"Désolé"}}}}
}}
"Désolé" (English: "Sorry") is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara. The track was released on 27 February 2020 as the second single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. The song is part of the Song Machine project, which is a web series involving the ongoing release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-new-music-video-series-song-machine-details-944519/|title=Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=29 January 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=27 February 2020}}
Music video
The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, was filmed at Lake Como in Italy and mainly features band members [[2-D (character)|
2-D]], Noodle and Russel Hobbs boating with Diawara and Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn after having been transported to the lake via a portal inside Kong Studios, the band's fictional headquarters.{{cite web |last1=Tan |first1=Emily |title=Gorillaz Drop Latest Song Machine Episode |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/02/gorillaz-drop-latest-song-machine-episode/ |work=Spin |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=27 February 2020}} Throughout the video, virtual bassist Murdoc Niccals can be seen inside Kong Studios, attempting and failing to cross the portal.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-fatoumata-diawara-new-song-desole-song-machine-958067/|title=Gorillaz Team With Malian Star Fatoumata Diawara for New Song 'Désolé'|last1=Blistein|first1=Jon|date=27 February 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=27 February 2020}}
Release
In a press release, fictional band member Russel said of the song's recording: "Making 'Désolé' with Fatou was a real moment for me, you know. She's an African Queen. This lady made the song what it is, beautiful, like life. What can I say about 'Désolé'? They say sorry is the hardest word, but that's not true... Try saying antidisestablishmentarianism with a mouth full of gluten-free cronuts on a speed boat without licking your lips."
Tracklist
{{tracklist
| total_length = 5:16
| extra_column = Producers
| title1 = Machine Bitez #4
| length1 = 0:35
| title2 = Désolé
| note2 = featuring Fatoumata Diawara
| writer2 = {{hlist|Damon Albarn|Remi Kabaka Jr.|Diawara|James Ford}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Gorillaz|Ford|Kabaka}}
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = Machine Bitez #5
| note3 = with 2-D and Fatoumata Diawara
| length3 = 0:45
}}
Personnel
Gorillaz
- Damon Albarn – vocals, instrumentation, director, keyboards, bass, guitar, drum programming
- Jamie Hewlett – artwork, character design, video direction
- Remi Kabaka Jr. – percussion
Additional musicians & personnel
- Fatoumata Diawara – vocals
- Voice Messengers{{efn|The "Voice Messengers" consist of Sylvain Bellegarde, Emmanuel Laniece, Augustin Ledieu, Vanina de Franco, and Neima Naouri}} – backing vocals
- James Ford – keyboards, percussion, balafon, drums, zither
- Davide Rossi – strings, string arranger
- Alice Pratley – violin
- Ciara Ismail – violin
- Izzi Dunn – cello
- Nicola Hicks – viola
- Sébastien Blanchon – horn
- Adrien Libmann – engineering
- Andrea Fognini – engineering
- Davide Lasala – engineering
- John Davis – mastering engineer
- Nora Fedrigo – engineering
- Samuel Egglenton – engineering
- Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering
- Sylvain Mercier – engineering
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|34|artist=Gorillaz feat. Fatoumata Diawara|song=Désolé|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|16|artist=Gorillaz|song=Desole|rowheader=true|access-date=28 March 2020}} |
Notes
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References
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{{Song Machine}}
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Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Songs written by James Ford (musician)
Category:Songs written by Remi Kabaka Jr.