Gorillaz have returned from a six-year break with a politically charged track a day before Donald Trump becomes US President.
Entitled 'Hallelujah Money', the song touches on the United States' questionable relationship with Russia and Mr Trump's controversial promise to build a wall on the Mexican border.
It is the first track from their highly anticipated new album, expected sometime in 2017.
"Here is our tree that primitively grows - and when you go to bed, scarecrows from the far east come to eat its tender fruits," collaborator Benjamin Clementine croons on the apocalyptic track.
"And I thought the best way to perfect our tree is by building walls - walls like unicorns - in full glory and galore, even stronger than the walls of Jericho."
Later the song sarcastically refers to love as the true root of all evil, before an almost religious refrain of "Hallelujah money".
"How will we know, when the morning comes, we are still human? How will we know? How will we dream? How will we love? How will we know?" Gorillaz songwriter Damon Albarn sings.
Murdoc, one of the virtual members of Gorillaz, explained what the song is about on the band's Facebook page.
"In these dark times, we all need someone to look up to. Me. That's why I'm giving you this new Gorillaz song, a lightning bolt of truth in a black night. You're welcome."
The brainchild of Blur frontman Alban, Gorillaz hadn't released any new music since 2010, when albums Plastic Beach and The Fall were brought out.
'Hallelujah Money' was preceded by outlandish social media-based tales explaining how each member of the cartoon band reunited in their home of London after leaving the fictional Plastic Beach.
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