On Barbaric: “It may be a few lost love or it may also 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 earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, nicely, it really occurred that means. The songs are already quite correct inventories of my life, I’m fairly open right here on this album. Only typically the mysterious peeps around the corner.

On St. Charles Sq.: "I sing concerning the unpleasant expertise of lately discovering myself in a hideous basement flat. I’ll spare you the small print, but I’m quite clear in 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