Mar 19, 2026 3:01pm IST
Gorillaz Team Up With Asha Bhosle For ‘The Shadowy Light,’ Post The India Tour Tease
Gorillaz have been treating fans worldwide to a steady stream of exciting updates over the past few days. Taking things a step further, the band has now announced a collaboration with the legendary Asha Bhosle. Titled “The Shadowy Light,” the song reflects Bhosle’s life journey, symbolised through a passage along the river Ganga.
Posting via the band’s official Instagram handle, Bhosle shared, “The song ‘The Shadowy Light’ holds deep meaning for me. Visiting Varanasi and travelling along the most sacred river Ganges, observing closely what I saw, I understood the meaning of life, who I was and what I was supposed to do on earth.”
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She further elaborated, “On ‘The Shadowy Light’, my crossing this deep river signifies my life’s journey — my birth, my relationships, my dedication to music, my achievements and my duties as a daughter, mother, sister, wife and a Hindu Indian. The boatman is my music, my guide across this river of life and when I get to the other side, my journey shall be complete. I shall attain moksha (ultimate freedom), wherein I shall become one of the thousands of sounds floating all around us. If you put some of them together, they form a beautiful tune.”
“Therefore, I shall become one of those sounds, which shall eventually become a musical note in a beautiful song that will be heard by several generations for thousands of years. This freedom to become one with nature is what awaits me on the other side of the river,” she concluded.
Meanwhile, Gorillaz have already announced their upcoming UK, US and Canada dates for “The Mountain Tour 2026” in support of their new album. Under their post announcing the US and Canada leg, the band quietly dropped a teaser: “Next up, India. Dates coming soon.”
However, the band’s official website currently shows only one visible gap in their tour calendar — the month of May. June, July and August are packed with European dates, along with a lone Asian stop at Park Live Almaty in Kazakhstan, followed by a South American leg scheduled for November and December.
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