Within 12 hours of becoming persona non grata among Taylor Swift fans around the world, Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn used his Los Angeles concert to further address his comments about the …
During the tail end of Albarn’s Walt Disney Concert Hall show on Jan. 24 — reportedly a 17-song tour de force that lasted 75 minutes — Albarn joked about Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood, who interviewed him and asked about Swift, again suggesting that he was misrepresented in the article., Albarn said on stage that “before he cast me into the social media abyss,” Wood asked if he would play “Song 2,” the iconic Blur track from the band’s self-titled fifth studio album in 1997.
“I totally agree with you,” Albarn tweeted. “I had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait. I apologize unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting. I hope you understand.” In a Twitter thread distilling the interview, the Los Angeles Times tweeted, “Albarn also spills his thoughts on some of today’s chart-topping music artists. Billie Eilish? ‘I think she’s exceptional.’Then, quoting that tweet, Swift — who hadn’t used the platform since mid-December — addressed Albarn directly: “I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this. I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging.
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