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. The track was officially released on 4 November 2022 as the third single for the band's eighth studio album, ''

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''. The track was first released on 30 September 2022 as a song in the 2022 video game ''

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Background

The track was inspired by a dream frontman

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had about a 1997 Blur concert. The concert had been attended by a then 14 year old Princess Siribha Chudabhorn. During the track "

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" she had gotten off her throne, which was right next to the venues mixing board and stage dived into the crowd. In a ''

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'' interview Albarn stated how the song is about the dream he had about the gig, where he revisited the concert as 2-D with a full-grown version of the princess where they then spent time together.

Personnel

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– vocals, synthesisers Additional musicians and personnel * Greg Kurstin – keyboards, synthesisers, drums, percussion, bass, electric guitars, piano,

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, engineering * Samuel Egglenton – engineering * Julian Burg – engineering * Matt Tuggle – engineering * Henri Davies – engineering *

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– mixing * Matt Wolach – mixing assistant *

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– mastering

Charts

References

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