Thus, using the same filmic techniques of animation, the genesis of \u2018Feel Good Inc\u2019 was rooted in something deliberately fantastical and in some ways at odds with the truth of the world, but equally and unsettlingly acting as a mouthpiece for it. As the character of 2-D valiantly attempts to awaken those around them to the dangers of themselves being dumbed down in the name of mass containment, it\u2019s chilling. This is no longer a piece of fiction but what\u2019s happening to us now.<\/p>\n
As such, when 2-D backs down at the end of the video from the situation and seemingly resigns himself to the fact that he will become brainwashed, some would have seen this, once upon a time, as an artistic commentary on what Gorillaz were fighting against in the industry. The same still rings true, but it also now speaks to a level of nullification in society as a whole, where the surrealism once contained to a music video now threatens to plague our everyday lives.<\/p>\n
In a lot of ways, that\u2019s the true mark of genius, though no one in Gorillaz could have possibly cultivated that amount of foresight at the time. In 2025, people say that AI has somehow crept up and taken over the world without anyone even realising it; on the contrary, \u2018Feel Good Inc\u2019 shows that this was always destined to be our fate all along, and we unconsciously gave in.<\/p>\n Do you ever get the impression that some music was sent to us years ahead, in order to warn us what was to come? Rewatch … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Gorillaz](\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2025\/10\/VR-AI-and-Hayao-Miyazaki-20-years-on-from-the-revolutionary-Feel-Good-Inc-music-video-Far-Out-Magazine-01-1024x768.jpg\")
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