Gorillaz - Empire Ants feat. Little Dragon (Live on Letterman) 

3:14 Damon is just straight up vibing.

Damon was probably the best songwriter of the 2000's. And also one of the coolest in the 90s as well

Damn this Damon Albarn guy sounds a lot like 2D

0:16 did anyone else notice the mom giving her son a kiss in the bottom left? very wholesome

I love how everyone's groovin' out. What a chill atmosphere.

This is for me by far the best Gorilaz song. To mix Sadness and melancholic sounds is not an easy task,it require to be mature as a musician and this song has it all..Its an underground masterpice

Her dance move during “working the machine” is iconic. How can you not do it every time during that line now? Lol

Do you think those audience members realize how lucky they are?

Her voice sounds like a more mature, experienced version of Kali Uchis. It hits hard and smooth. Amazing voice.

DAMON'S DANCING WHEN LITTLE DRAGON IS SINGING IS GOLD

‘My little feet working the machine’ is shout to everyone making this shit work forward! We are the Empire of Ants!💜

By far my fav song off that Plastic Beach album ... when it released i played it in my car, my house, my headphones ... everywhere ... and now i will again!

Little Dragon is what I imagine live-action Noodle looking like.

3:14 dat damon dancing in the background like xD

I'm sitting on a hospital bed. Anxiety through the roof. Ekg machine hooked up. Need to relax. This song... the melody... is all I need.

I had a small understanding of gorillaz up until the last few weeks. Then I fell down the rabbit hole of the story of the animated band and WOW!!! So much FANTASTIC music. This song is UNBELIEVABLE. I am now a Gorillaz FREEK!!!

You can't hear gorillaz, you can't sing gorillaz, you just need to feel it.

Yukimi is incredible...never heard a voice like hers. Otherworldly.

If your here in 2020 you know what beautiful music sounds like Good Vibes🤙

This arrangement of Empire Ants is so amazing.

I love how Damon is dancing and enjoying the music!

I'm listening to this in my shed and theres a storm outside - at exactly 2:31 A flash of lightning followed by a huge crack of thunder erupted nearby. Couldn't have felt more perfect (and terrifying)

I don’t think there’s ever been a live performance that’s ever soothed my mind as much as this, the violin and instrumentals of the beat transition calms my mind like crazy. Thankyou Damon!

Seeing her sing on this tour was amazing. She'd look up at the lights and blast these notes like there was nothing else in the universe but just her and the sound in that eternal moment.

working the machine

Its crazy how much this sounds like the album version. and every single sound is you hear in this somebody is playing live. just amazing!

I'm so glad they jammed for longer than the record version for this song. I always love when theat synth line comes in at the end and want it to keep going longer.

12 years later I am STILL watching this, and will forever more!

I was born in the right generation

I value the input of Damon on this one enormously. You can really see he's matured as an artist. This is his best work so far.

Damon is the ONLY musician on earth who can have both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon with him on stage just with a phone call... What a genius he is !

It’s always breathtaking to watch people come together and make something exquisite with instruments.

Her voice its beautiful

Empire Ants, Broken, To Binge are the most feel-good/badman songs from the album

4:47 The Violinists and the Cellist going crazy😂😂😂😂😂

They all having so much fun while performing. It doesn`t even seem like they are there for the audience and more for themself, all enjoying some amazing tunes and vibing through the night

Little Dragon isn't Noodle you guys.

Nobody is talking about how the bassist is so immersed into Murdoc. I love him!

Si al entrar al cielo habría una canción, definitivamente, esta sería.

Damon's Head: Oh man, i like this song... Damon? Damon: 3:11

Q hermoso!!! , como me hubiera encantado estar ahi, tengo años escuchando esta canción y siempre me hace sentir algo especial dentro de mi.

Little Dragon's stage presence is so awkward that it makes it fantastic.

I personally think this is one of the best gorillaz albums ever made, the featured artists, the production value, and the blend of genres perfectly mix together to create a fantastic experience and this is just one of the songs that proves it.

I love how much all of them are feeling it.

3:14 Aw Damon in the background dancing is just everything to me

With Mick Jones and Paul Simonon from the Clash !!

I miss when people can gather n witness art like this 💔

Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

I love how you can just seen Damon jamming out in the background.

Yukimi's voice is so beautiful

It’s 2022 and this fantastic tune is STILL DOING IT!! Damon- you’re one of our nation’s true geniuses 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

The orchestra’s giving me goosebumps😭

4:47 could be such a cool way to segway into stylo

3:11 lol, i was just looking down in the comments and i look back up and damon is just rocking out in the back

its insane how the live and album versions literally sound the same. pure talent. Gorillaz is incredible

This masterpiece is still out of this world. Damn...

I love that Damon always thinks about music being real. No matter if it doesn't sound like the studio - it's real!

I'd love to see Little Dragon on the new album again :D

2:35 suddenly their all jiving haha. Love IT!

bro this song fucking touches my soul. i love it so much this is the one song i wouldn't mind listening to whenever it's amazing. thank you for making this wonderful masterpiece.

started getting chills at 2:25

damon dancing in the background lel

Damon just after when he did his job just start to vibin . The best song I ever heard .do more that kind of songs

is this when the fake gorillaz went on stage and murdoc, 2d and cyborg noodle was trapped in the room?

Wait a second. Are they made of flesh and bones? My entire childhood was a lie!

The Bass is amazing in Little Dragon's part of the song.

Quite easily one of their top 10 in terms of realizing who they were as a band in retrospect. Absolutely beautiful track.

Amo la vibra que transmite esta canción.

3:11 haha watch Damon 😂

Lyrics: Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

This is Gorillaz's masterpiece and I'm not going to argue

Christ it makes me SOOO happy to see people are still commenting on this……

heheh little dragon surprised me she sold it alot more then i felt she would. just from her tone on the album i guess it made me think shed be a bit more withdrawn on stage. you can really tell they love working up on stage together too.. look at those jerks having all that fun! i wanna join >:(

Live music at its best! Song is magic in this version.

I still get goosebumps from this song, so pleasant and melancholic. IM CRYING!!!!

something about this performance. probably my favorite rendition of the song. brings a tear to the eye

Man gorillaz please come back

And the thing goes TUTUTURUTUTURUTUTUTUTURUTUTUTUTUTU

Wavy as hell oh lord, got crazy goosebumps on the switch up from the instrumentals on Little Dragon's versel.

By far my favorite Gorillaz song EVER!!! 💗

gorillaz always sounds more powerful live

THE CHILLS

Absolutely amazing. Both the performance, the sound... and Damon's dances in the background)

I've never been able to get enough of this song since it's release. So amazing!

Song takes me to a special place in my mind of being at peace.

This is the song that introduced me to Little Dragon, and I have loved them ever since. Yukimi has such a lovely unique voice.

the symphony, love when musicians incorporate.... lovely! reminds me of good old fashioned trip hop....

Never heard that one before but damn glad I did

i like how everyone is so into the music im groovin along with them. and i was upset the new album was moved to 2017 but not anymore, it's being released on my birthday,, april 28th and its wow best birthday gift ever

Inside and outside of BLUR Damon still manifests his GODLINESS. DAMON IS A GOD OF MUSIC.

Such a great album Plastic Beach was. My personal favorite Gorillaz album so far and I love them all.

A quick note to let the world know we survived 2020. My little feet, workin' the machine.

Everything balanced and off set to each other, perfectly harmonized and chaotic yet sweetly ironic, this song has many depths and reveals its secrets the more one listens and yes watches as it is visibly juxtaposition-ed with opposites. Superb, bordering on perfection.

Is anybody else excited for 2016, because of them?

[Verse 1: 2-D] Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here [Bridge: 2-D] And if the whole world is crashing down (on you) Fall through space out of mind with me [Verse 2: 2-D] Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps [Hook: Yukimi Nagano] Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon, like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on you, they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall Closing in on you, they're going on

Saw Them live at the O2, best concert ever, little dragon was fabulous, if you ever get chance to see them live go for it!

Gorillaz completes my life

this song hits me so hard, allways calms me down or gets me happier, absolute masterpiece.

I just can't listen to this song without seeing this , it's beautiful.

Little memories 👽