On Barbaric: “It can be a few misplaced love or it may also be about abruptly and unexpectedly eliminating melancholy. And even in the event you understand that love not exists, the belief is double-edged. Because it also means clarity. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, nicely, it actually occurred that means. The songs are already quite accurate inventories of my life, I’m fairly open here on this album. Only typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

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

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023