On Barbaric: “It can be a few lost 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. Because it additionally means clarity. And before you ask: this very lonely Christmas, about which I sing in Barbaric, nicely, 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 across the corner.

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, but I’m fairly clear within the music. I’m not going to be the first or the final to screw something up and need to cope with penalties.”

Damon Albarn - Berliner Morgenpost 2023