On Barbaric: “It may be a few misplaced love or it can be about abruptly and unexpectedly getting rid of melancholy. And even in case you understand that love not exists, the belief is double-edged. As a result of it also means readability. And before 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 right here on this album. Solely typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

On St. Charles Square: "I sing concerning the unpleasant expertise of just lately discovering myself in a hideous basement flat. I’ll spare you the small print, but I’m fairly clear within the track. I’m not going to be the first or the last to screw one thing up and need to cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023