On Barbaric: “It may be a few lost love or it may also be about abruptly and unexpectedly getting rid of melancholy. And even when you understand that love not exists, the belief is double-edged. Because it also means readability. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, properly, it actually occurred that approach. The songs are already quite accurate inventories of my life, I’m pretty open here on this album. Only typically the mysterious peeps across the corner.

On St. Charles Sq.: "I sing concerning the unpleasant experience 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 final to screw one thing up and need to cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023