Stylo Lyrics

[Refrain: Yasiin Bey]
Love, electricity, shockwave central
Power on the motherboard, yes
Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow
Sunshine, thunder roll, keep this on
Yes, the lantern burns firm and easy
And broadcast, so raw and neatly
Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out

[Break: 2-D]
Overload, overload, overload
Comin' on to the
Overload, overload, overload
Comin' on to the
Overload, overload, overload
Comin' on to the
Overload, overload, overload
Comin' on to the


[Verse 1: 2-D]
Oh, Stylo (Juice)
Go for blossom in your soul
When you know your heart is light
Electric is the love
When the mako flies (It's the giant fish)
Up from the bottom in your eyes (As it leaps from the stream)
Then I'll know the twilight skies (Blood curdles, it's a death throw)
Are not so broken hearted (Hot from the end of the line)
[Refrain: Yasiin Bey]
Love, electricity, shockwave central
Power on the motherboard, yes
Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow
Sunshine, thunder roll, keep this on
Yes, the lantern burns firm and easy
And broadcast, so raw and neatly
Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out

[Outro: Bobby Womack]
Right now!

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About

Genius Annotation

“Stylo” is sort of an extended allegory of the negative effects resulting from over-population, pollution, etc. It represents a conversation of sorts between 2D who represents human nature and Stylo, which represents the plastic fakeness of plastic beach. 2D is sort of singing sadly about the way things are going for humans and our inherent mechanization that will ultimately lead to our destruction.

The song was originally meant to be named “Binge” but was eventually changed to “Stylo”; though the reasoning is unknown, it may be worth noting that, in French, “stylo,” means, “pen.”

Q&A

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What did Gorillaz say about "Stylo"?
Genius Answer

“This is a new sound for Gorillaz. An electro-ish ‘crack funk’ sound, with a little bit of politics and a lot of soul going down. With ‘Stylo’, I wanted the music to feel euphoric, whilst still putting across how precarious our tightly packed situation is now, worldwide. Where we’re at as a species on this overpopulated planet (“Coming on to the Overload. Overload. Overload”).

Bobby Womack’s chorus, he just explodes into the track. How good is it to get Bobby Womack on the record? This was the first recording he’s made in 15, 20 years, so what an honour. Bobby said he only returned to do this Gorillaz track because his granddaughter said Gorillaz were cool. Which is true. We are.“ – band member Murdoc Niccals in an interview with NME

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