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Composition
The album's opening track, "Humility", contains elements of G-funk and yacht rock; the song also features guitar from American musician George Benson. Its lyrics pertain to the feeling of loneliness. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Albarn stated that its opening line, "Calling the world from isolation", was "partly about the sense you get when you're constantly on the road" and a statement against isolationism. The line "Reset myself and get back on track" was seen by Sputnikmusic as a "mission statement" for the album and "a flag planted in the ground where Gorillaz wiped the slate clean". Will Hermes described its sound as "vintage" and "chilled-out" in a review for Rolling Stone, and Larry Fitzmaurice of Spin labelled it "tiki-bar pop". Both Olivia Ovenden of Esquire and Aidan Ryan of The Skinny saw Benson's guitar work as similar to that in his 1980 song "Give Me the Night".

"Tranz", the following track, is about the sensation of crashing out following a night of partying and features elements of krautrock. Ben Devlin of musicOMH wrote that Tranz "courses along with repeated bass notes and glistening chords." Fitzmaurice compared its drum machines and synthesisers to those found in the 2005 Gorillaz track "Feel Good Inc.", while Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote that its rhythm was "tapping" and "squared-off". The next track on the album, "Hollywood", features American rapper Snoop Dogg and American producer Jamie Principle and is the only song on the album to contain guest vocals. Critics have compared it to acid house, techno and hip hop. Its original demo was recorded in a hotel room whilst Gorillaz were on tour in 2017.

The song "Kansas" features, according to Collin Brennan of Consequence of Sound, "the same space-funk flourishes that put the group on the map".

"Lake Zurich" is a largely instrumental track and carries elements of disco and pop soul. It features cowbell and a spoken-word sequence describing a tunnel from Europe to the United States. Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian compared its synthesisers to those found in the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song "The Message", while David Brusie of The A.V. Club saw elements of LCD Soundsystem's music.

"Magic City" contains elements of synth-pop and contributions from Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. The track was described as "drifting ethereally as though flying over a cityscape" by Ovenden and "melancholic" by Anna Alger of Exclaim!. . Its abrupt end was described by the former reviewer as "leaving you wondering if it was all a daydream". Brusie called the track "a Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles workout". "Fire Flies" features loud bass and a trap-like Roland TR-808 beat.  The song's line "Baby I just survived, I got drunk, I’m sorry, am I losing you?" was interpreted as a reference to Brexit by Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork, who found it to be "a come-back plea that might as well be Britain sending a rueful late-night text to the EU". Pareles described the song as a "not-quite-waltz". times review>

The track "One Percent" is a ballad which samples audio of marching feet. According to Robert Ham of Paste, its keyboard lines are "intertwining" and "psychedelic".

"Souk Eye" closes the album and features lyrics about love.