On Barbaric: “It can be a few misplaced love or it may also be about abruptly and unexpectedly eliminating melancholy. And even for those who understand that love not exists, the belief is double-edged. As a result of it additionally means clarity. And before you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, properly, it really occurred that approach. The songs are already quite accurate inventories of my life, I’m pretty open right here on this album. Only typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

On St. Charles Square: "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 fairly clear in the music. I’m not going to be the first or the final to screw one thing up and should cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023