was then presumed dead in the aftermath of the music video for "El Mañana", which caused 2-D and Russel to spiral into a panic and depart from the band yet again. 2-D eventually moved on from Gorillaz and relocated to an apartment in Beirut, where Murdoc later tracked him down and kidnapped him against his will to bring to his newly built island to rejoin Gorillaz for the band's third album, Plastic Beach. During Gorillaz' 2010 Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour, 2-D made a Gorillaz album himself called The Fall. After the tour, Plastic Beach was shot down by pirates and the band again parted ways. In Gorillaz' 2016 interactive short story "The Book of 2-D", it was revealed that 2-D hid underwater following the pirate attack on Plastic Beach and was eventually swallowed alive by a whale that later died and was washed ashore, freeing 2-D soon afterwards on an island with no food except for the whale's blubber and the island's sand. After being stranded for months, 2-D sighted a plane flying above him. Moved to tears by this revelation, he set off on its direction, hoping to find a sign of civilization. After following the planes direction for 23 minutes, he soon realized he was actually in the middle of a beach rave on the island of Guadalupe off the west coast of Mexico. 2-D was soon flown back to Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, and upon arrival, a man offered him a ride to West London, where he reunited with Murdoc at Studio 13 and later be joined by Russel and Noodle to begin recording Humanz, Gorillaz' first studio album since 2010. After the success of Humanz, Murdoc was revealed to be incarcerated at Wormwood Scrubs prison in an acceptance speech from the band during the 2018 Brit Awards. It was also revealed soon afterwards that Gorillaz had made an album called The Now Now without contributions from Murdoc, who was replaced by Ace from Cartoon Network's animated series The Powerpuff Girls while he was in prison. 2-D became the temporary leader of Gorillaz during the making of The Now Now and was in charge of the musical direction of the band for the album. Murdoc's incarceration led 2-D to gain a significant boost in self-esteem, to the point of appearing to be rude and developing an increasingly overinflated ego. Immediately after Murdoc's return,