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

On St. Charles Sq.: "I sing concerning the disagreeable experience of just lately finding myself in a hideous basement flat. I’ll spare you the small print, however I’m quite clear within the track. I’m not going to be the first or the final to screw one thing up and should cope with consequences.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023