On Barbaric: “It can 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. As a result of it also means clarity. And earlier than you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, nicely, it really happened that approach. The songs are already quite correct inventories of my life, I’m fairly open here on this album. Solely typically the mysterious peeps across the nook.

On St. Charles Square: "I sing concerning the disagreeable expertise of just lately discovering myself in a hideous basement flat. I’ll spare you the small print, but I’m fairly clear in the track. 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