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

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

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023