Title	OFFICIAL GORILLAZ APP
Brand	GORILLAZ
Product/Service	HUMANZ (5TH ALBUM BY GORILLAZ)
Category	A02. Applied Innovation
Entrant	B-REEL London, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation	B-REEL London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production	B-REEL London, UNITED KINGDOM

Name	Company	Position
B-Reel	B-Reel	Agency

The Campaign

Erasing the line between Gorillaz and reality. We created the world’s first mixed reality album launch, bringing fans and Gorillaz closer together than ever before. Delivered through a mobile app, we created a unique blend of real world, augmented reality, virtual reality and 360 environments. We first immersed fans into the intimate world of Murdoc, 2D, Russel and Noodle and then brought Gorillaz’ into our reality with the #HumanzHouseParty - a chance to preview the full album at the largest ever geo-specific augmented listening event across 500+ locations from Tokyo to Santiago.

Creative Execution

Following in the steps of Kong Studios and Point Nemo, the Spirit House is the band’s new residence at heart of the ‘Humanz’ narrative. Gorillaz app is a motion-tracked 360 looking glass into the Spirit House, and an AR layer that brings it into our world. The app opens on the augmented live view of the device’s camera - breaking the reality barrier in very first interaction. 3D menu-objects, augmented into user’s surroundings, each open a portal into a room within the virtual house. Creating each environment and AR object from the ground up in Jamie Hewlett’s iconic style required a seamless combination of CG, in-device rendering and photo-realistic compositing. A first-of-it’s-kind geo-specific AR listening experience then brought Gorillaz into fans’ world at 500+ locations around the globe. We pushed the nascent WebVR and WebGL technologies, deployed as an app, to deliver a smooth, optimised performance across multiple platforms and devices.

HUMANZ launched at No1 spot on iTunes chart in UK, USA and over 30 other countries around the world. App: #1 trending on iTunes on launch day 130,000 installs in the first 24 hours 421,995 installs (25/10/17) in 195 countries and counting Gorillaz app is featured in over 60 music and tech publications. #HumanzHouseParty: 125,923 Fans around the world searched for the AR House in 146 countries 70k likes #humanzhouseparty on Instagram 1.1MM Impressions #humanzhouseparty on Instagram 900k Reach #humanzhouseparty on Instagram 1,500+ posts on Instagram with #HumanzHouseParty on Instagram 1.8MM impressions with #humanzhouseparty on Twitter 1.1MM reach with #humanzhouseparty on Twitter

With every album, Gorillaz have pushed the frontier of innovation in storytelling, so our task was to launch the album and create an immersive storytelling platform for the future. Huge leaps in mobile technology during their hiatus presented us with a radical opportunity to break new ground and tell the Gorillaz story in a completely new way. We created the world’s first mixed reality album launch, bringing fans and Gorillaz closer together than ever before.