On Barbaric: “It can be a few misplaced love or it can be about all of a sudden and unexpectedly getting rid of melancholy. And even for those who understand that love not exists, the belief is double-edged. Because it additionally means clarity. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, nicely, it really occurred that means. The songs are already fairly accurate inventories of my life, I’m pretty open here on this album. Solely typically the mysterious peeps across the corner.

On St. Charles Square: "I sing concerning the disagreeable experience of just lately discovering myself in a hideous basement flat. I’ll spare you the small print, however I’m quite clear in the music. I’m not going to be the primary or the last to screw one thing up and need to cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023