Trivia:

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• For this album, 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel relocated to a garden house in the hills above the Silver Lake, Los Angeles. There they started their own cult, The Last Cult, with Murdoc as a leader.

• According to Damon Albarn, the album's songs are set in different utopian islands. Cracker Island was The Last Cult's 'promised land' where they planned to travel.

• Another title considered for the album was The Static Channel.

• The album started off in late 2020 as the second season of Song Machine web series. Co-produced by Greg Kurstin and Remi Kabaka Jr, the recording took place mostly in Los Angeles in early 2022.

• During the album's making, Veikko's Blur Page gathered comments made by the people who were involved in the project.

• The album was premiered on 23rd February 2023 at London's PRYZM, where Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were in conversation with Alan Carr.

• Damon originally wanted Julian Casablancas to sing on "Oil".

• "Silent Running" is based on an old demo and is the first track Damon recorded with Greg Kurstin.

• "Baby Queen" is about the crown princess of Thailand, who was a special guest at Blur's Bangkok gig in 1997. "I had a dream about this princess very recently; she'd grown up and we spent time in my dream together, her as a woman," Damon told Los Angeles Times in 2022.

• Leaks: "Baby Queen" leaked on 23rd September 2022, a week before it was released in the FIFA 23 video game. The full album leaked on 19th February 2023.

• Total running time (not including the bonus tracks): 37:26