On Barbaric: “It can be a few misplaced love or it may also be about all of the sudden 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 additionally means clarity. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, properly, it actually occurred that method. The songs are already fairly correct inventories of my life, I’m fairly open here on this album. Solely typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

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 fairly clear within the track. I’m not going to be the primary or the last to screw something up and need to cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023