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The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)

4:44art pop, synthpop, new wave, art rock, glam rock 2025-09-11

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Description

It feels like you've stumbled into a strange amusement park where the carousel spins in two directions at once. They promise light, peace and heavenly landscapes with rainbows, but around the corner someone is winking from their coffin. The music plays like a sermon with irony: ‘Sleep peacefully, everything will be fine,’ but in reality, there is a pharmakon hidden inside, a medicine and poison at the same time. A gentle glove that tickles and suffocates.

It feels like happiness is being handed out here under the seal: ‘sign that you are satisfied.’ And for a second, you even believe it - really, when has it ever felt better than right now?

The visualiser was developed by Jamie Hewlett and Swear Studio.

Released by Kong.

Gorillaz is managed by Eleven Mgmt.

Lyrics and translation


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