So that episode of Beats 1’s Soulection came and went and we didn’t hear any new Gorillaz music. Turns out, that Instagram post the internet dissected like the Zapruder film was nothing more than a red herring.
Which honestly makes us more than a little skeptical about the latest fan theory about when we finally might be getting some new Gorillaz music. But then again, we don’t want to potentially miss out if the stories turn out to be true.
As FACT reports, Noodle, the guitarist for the digital band, recently ventured out into the world of online dating by setting up a profile on OKCupid. The profile has since been disabled, but Noodle’s bio reportedly read “Ready? 12:11 xxDA.”
DA is presumably the initials of Damon Albarn, the Blur frontman who founded Gorillaz with cult comic book legend Jamie Hewlett, but what the numbers could possibly mean is a bit more of a mystery and it has fans going nuts.
Many have eagerly assumed that 12:11 must be when we can expect a new Gorillaz single or an announcement about the album. But just when we can expect that is anyone’s guess. November 12th? December 11th? At 12:11 at night or in the afternoon?
Meanwhile, Noodle also took to her official Instagram account where she shared a tongue-wagging selfie and left some Japanese writing that also has fans salivating. “近日公開,” she wrote, which translates as “Coming soon.”
As we previously reported, after years of ‘Will they or won’t they?’ rumours, Gorillaz finally confirmed earlier this year that they are getting to work on the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the project’s 2011 album, The Fall.
Albarn recently told BBC 6 Radio that the next Gorillaz album should be ready “fairly soon” and Hewlett has said that he and Albarn are eyeing a 2017 release date for the new album.
Whether we should still expect the album next year is anybody’s guess now that it will apparently be finished before the end of the month, but it’s also not clear if Albarn was referring merely to the recording of the album and not the mixing and mastering.
