"Humility" is a single by English virtual bandGorillaz featuring American jazz guitarist George Benson. It was released on 31 May 2018 along with "Lake Zurich" as the first single from their sixth studio album, The Now Now. On 12 July 2018, two remixes of the song by Superorganism and DJ Koze were released. It charted in a total of 8 countries reaching number 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100, with its highest position in any chart being number 7 in Billboard's Hot Rock Songs.
Promotion and release
The song was first announced on 30 May 2018 when Zane Lowe confirmed The Now Nows release and stated that Damon Albarn would be debuting the song on the Beats 1 program the following day. The next day, the song debuted with a music video featuring Jack Black and was digitally released along with another single, "Lake Zurich".
Music video
The music video for the song was filmed in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California and features Jack Black. It starts with shots of 2-D roller-skating around Venice Beach interspersed with shots of Black playing a guitar. This sequence of shots appears multiple times throughout the video, mainly in between the appearances of the different Gorillaz members. After the opening sequence, Noodle is shown playing chess against Remi Kabaka, one of the producers for The Now Now and Russel's voice actor, and checkmating him. Ace Copular is then seen watching two men play basketball in front of a mural of George Benson. When one of them makes a dunk and the ball lands in Ace's hands, he takes out a pocket knife and deflates it, making it impossible for them to keep playing. After this, various video clips of local residents are shown. Near the end of the video, Russel is shown standing on the side of the boardwalk. When 2-D skates towards him, Russel extends his leg and trips him. When 2-D gets up, his white eyes turn black, and he attempts to skate again, only to end up falling. The music video for Humility was produced by The Line in collaboration with Blinkink and Ruffian, with rotoscoping by Trace VFX. It was directed by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and co-directed by Tim McCourt, Max Taylor, and Evan Silver.
Remixes
On 12 July 2018, a single containing two remixes of the song by British indie pop band Superorganism and German EDM producer DJ Koze was released. The Superorganism remix adds lead singer Orono Noguchi's voice to the song along with a snippet of rap lyrics from another Gorillaz song, Clint Eastwood, while the DJ Koze remix is mostly instrumental.
