On Barbaric: “It may be a few lost love or it may also be about instantly 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 readability. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, properly, it actually happened that approach. The songs are already fairly accurate inventories of my life, I’m pretty open here on this album. Solely typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

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

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023