“Up on Melancholy Hill” by the band Gorillaz is a song from their album “Plastic Beach”, which uses the extended metaphor of a beach formed by trash and plastic that has been collecting on the sea. This song takes place on the island, with two lovers looking out towards the titular Melancholy Hill, with the singer speaking to her. It uses this to make a statement about consumerism, and more specifically how many people try to fill a void inside themselves with consumerism, but can never truly succeed, instead only killing the natural world in their pursuit.
The songs speaker is reaching out to their lover, trying to convince them to abandon their chase, and instead pursue something much more fulfilling. The example used would be them traveling the world together because the plastic beach their on has…