On Barbaric: “It may be a few misplaced love or it can be about instantly and unexpectedly getting rid of melancholy. And even in the event 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 occurred that means. The songs are already fairly accurate inventories of my life, I’m pretty open here on this album. Only typically the mysterious peeps around the nook.

On St. Charles Sq.: "I sing concerning the unpleasant expertise of just lately discovering 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 primary or the last to screw one thing up and should cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023