Within 12 hours Persona non grata among Taylor Swift fans around the world, Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn Using his Los Angeles concert, he worked further on his comments about pop stars.
At the end of the Walt Disney Concert Hall show in Alburn on January 24th — a tour deforce of 17 songs that reportedly lasted 75 minutes — Alburn joked about Los Angeles Times pop music critic Michael Wood. .. It suggests that he was misrepresented in the article.
according to Gig spin reviewWhether Alburn will play the iconic blur track “Song 2” from the band’s self-titled fifth studio album in 1997, “Before he drives me into the depths of social media” on stage. I asked. Regarding articles, “I can judge for myself” and “I think it’s old-fashioned.”
The singer then dedicated the song to Wood.
This concert was the only show of British musicians scheduled for 2022 in the United States. According to Spin, it’s his first solo concert Stateside since 2014.
At the beginning of Monday, Alburn immediately went to Twitter, apologized to Swift, and revealed the comments made about her in the Los Angeles Times story.
“I fully agree with you,” Alburn tweeted. “I talked about songwriting, but sadly it became Clickbait. I apologize unconditionally and unconditionally. The last thing I want to do is to hurt the credibility of your songwriting. I hope you understand. “
In the article, Alburn insisted that Swift “doesn’t write his own song” after Wood states that Swift is a talented songwriter. When the journalist stated that Swift was also co-authoring, Alburn replied: I know what co-authoring is. Co-writing is very different from writing. I don’t hate anyone. I’m just saying that there is a big difference between songwriters and co-authors. It doesn’t mean that the result can’t be really great. “
The Los Angeles Times tweeted in a Twitter thread that distilled the interview. “Alburn also spills his thoughts on some of today’s chart-top music artists. Billie Eilish?” I think she’s extraordinary. ” Taylor Swift?? “She hasn’t written her song.”
Then, citing the tweet, Swift, who hadn’t used the platform since mid-December, spoke directly to Albarn. I write all my songs. Your hot take is completely wrong and very damaging. You don’t have to like my song, but trying to undermine the credibility of my writing is really messed up. Wow. “
All the dramas unfolded within two hours, with Swift’s collaborators and supporters rushing to her defense.
Jack Antanov, who produced some of Swift’s songs and albums, also used social media to criticize Alburn’s claims. The frontman of “Breachers” tweeted. “I’ve never met Damon Albarn, I’ve never been to the studio, but he seems to know more than anyone else about all the songs Taylor writes and brings. Maybe silence the sexual intercourse? “
Country music star Maren Morris also defended Swift on Twitter, saying, “Writing a song with a songwriter means you’re a songwriter.”
ZackSharf contributed to this story.
