Editing Demon Days (section)

==Legacy==

Despite its only modestly positive reception at release, ''Demon Days'' is now considered to have left an indelible mark on alternative music and has since been variously hailed as "iconic",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baughan |first1=Craig |title=15 Years of Demons Days |url=https://upsidedownshark.com/features/15-years-of-demon-days/ |website=Upside-down Shark |date=22 May 2020 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> "classic",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bowe |first1=Miles |title=Gorillaz's Demon Days to receive first vinyl reissue |url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/03/20/gorillazs-demon-days-receive-first-vinyl-reissue/ |website=Fact Magazine |date=20 March 2017 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> "timeless"<ref name="River Beats">{{cite web|url=https://riverbeats.life/demon-days-gorillaz/|title=Why 'Demon Days' by Gorillaz is a Timeless Classic|last=Hafid|first=Hatim|date=22 July 2019|publisher=River Beats Dance}}</ref> and a "modern masterpiece".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jarroush |first1=Sami |title=Masterpiece Reviews: Gorillaz - "Demon Days" |url=https://consequence.net/video/masterpiece-reviews-gorillaz-demon-days/ |website=Consequence of Sound |date=18 October 2016 |publisher=Consequence Holdings, LLC |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>

Multiple writers have noted how ''Demon Days''' commentary was prescient for outlining social and environmental issues in the following years of the 21st century. In an eleventh-anniversary retrospective, Angus Harrison wrote for ''[[Noisey|Noisey UK]]'' that while at the time the record was perceived as "corny, ranty, and hysterical," and even "pretentious twaddle," it is now viewed as "scarily prescient" and "a thrilling allegory set on the precipice of an increasingly dark stretch of modern history."<ref name="Vice Media"/> In Vinyl Me, Please's ''Liner Notes'' series, Kyle Kramer called the "tormented, large-scale questions" of the album "more relevant than ever," whether in "2017 or much further down the line."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kramer |first1=Kyle |title=Demon Days and the Promise of our Digital Future |url=https://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/gorillaz-liner-notes/ |website=Vinyl Me, Please |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> John of ''audiosnobbery'' pens that "this doomsday scenario was simply viewed as a self-indulgent and pretentious move from Albarn, but, 14 years later, the messages and problems explored in ''Demon Days'' are more pertinent than ever: overpopulation, false gods, guns, violence, depression, corruption and greed. The world is not better than it was, and this is precisely why listening to ''Demon Days'' today is even more interesting than in 2005 – these are the true Demon Days."<ref>{{cite web |author=John |title=Gorillaz, Demon Days |url=https://audiosnobbery.com/2019/05/18/demon-days-gorillaz/ |website=audiosnobbery |date=18 May 2019 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> Hatim Hafid of ''River Beats Dance'' describes that "''Demon Days'' acts as a direct societal critique on colonialism and invasion. It highlights the negative practices used to exploit countries in the name of democracy and peace", and "...''Demon Days'' remains as one of the most politically charged pieces of the era."<ref name="River Beats"/> Tim Karan of ''Diffuser'' has called ''Demon Days'' as "one of the most innovative albums of the 21st century". He also classified the album as "dense and atmospheric".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karan|first=Tim|date=24 May 2016|title=11 Years Ago: Gorillaz Prove They're For Real with 'Demon Days'|url=https://diffuser.fm/gorillaz-release-demon-days-anniversary/|access-date=17 April 2021|website=Diffuser}}</ref> Sean Craig from ''Mixed Frequencies'' said that ''Demon Days'' is "as dense as a 50-minute album can be, packed with hit after hit, feature after feature, and changes in musical style so fast that it can give you whiplash if you're not prepared for it. It's a dark, apocalyptic album that brims with energy and funk, a pop music oxymoron in every fiber of its being. It's an idiosyncrasy made manifest, something that uses sounds from every possible corner of the musical world and blends them together, in turn sounding almost entirely its own."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Craig|first=Sean|date=24 September 2017|title=Gorillaz - Demon Days|url=https://www.mixedfrequencies.org/gorillaz-demon-days|website=Mixed Frequencies|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613150916/https://www.mixedfrequencies.org/gorillaz-demon-days|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Artists including [[Kali Uchis]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopez |first1=Julyssa |title=Kali Uchis Brings Spine-Tingling Verses to Two Songs on Gorillaz' New Album |url=https://remezcla.com/releases/music/kali-uchis-gorillaz-humanz/ |website=Remezcla |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> [[ASAP Rocky]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunn |first1=Francesca |title=A$AP Rocky opens up on drugs and women in London |url=https://i-d.co/article/aap-rocky-opens-up-on-drugs-and-women-in-london/ |website=Vice |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> and [[Trippie Redd]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rick |first1=Vince |title=Trippie Redd Only Wants To Create Timeless Music |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/trippie-redd-only-wants-to-create-timeless-music-news.46402.html |website=HotNewHipHop |date=27 March 2018 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> have suggested ''Demon Days'' specifically as an influence on their work (among many others who have cited the project as a whole), with the latter saying it provides him with inspiration to create "timeless" work. [[Mura Masa]] commented how ''Demon Days'' has influenced him to invite Damon Albarn to work in his track "Blu": "...''Demon Days'' was the first album I bought, so getting to meet up and actually work with him was crazy."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan Britton |first1=Luke |title=Listen to Damon Albarn on new Mura Masa track 'Blu' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mura-masa-blu-damon-albarn-2096287 |website=NME |date=29 June 2017 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>

The music videos for singles from ''Demon Days'', "Feel Good Inc.", "Dare", and "El Mañana" have amassed millions of views on [[YouTube]]; in 2011, ''Rolling Stone'' clocked "Feel Good Inc." as the 99th best song of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-songs-of-the-2000s-153056|title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> In 2020, the song "Dirty Harry" trended on video-sharing platform [[TikTok]], featured by users conceptualizing themselves as cartoon characters (referencing Gorillaz' virtual nature).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hearing |first1=Alice |title=TikTok trends: Why TikTokkers are making cartoon versions of themselves |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/tiktok-trends-why-tiktokkers-are-making-cartoon-versions-of-themselves-1375532/ |website=dexerto.com |date=5 June 2020 |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>