Taylor Swift has sensationally hit back at Damon Albarn 's claims she doesn't write her own award-winning songs.
The Shake It Off hitmaker, 32, told the Blur singer, 53, his "hot take" is "completely false and SO damaging" on Monday night - making the founder of virtual band Gorillaz very aware of the fact she does indeed write her music.
After revealing she had previously been a fan of the British musician's work, Taylor also added that it was "f***ed up" that the Park Life singer would try and discredit her artistry.
The comments come after a new interview with Damon was promoted via the Los Angeles Times Twitter account earlier in the evening.
The teaser tweet - which Taylor went on to reference - read: "Albarn also spills his thoughts on some of today's chart-topping music artists. Billie Eilish? 'I think she’s exceptional'. Taylor Swift? 'She doesn’t write her own songs'."
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Just over an hour after the extract was shared on the social media platform, Grammy award-winning artist Taylor set the record straight.
Tagging Damon's verified Twitter account, the singer-songwriter directly told the rocker: "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.
"You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really f***ed up to try and discredit my writing. WOW."
She then sarcastically followed up with a second savage tweet, writing: "PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering."
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Damon responded to Taylor shortly after her initial tweet - apologising for his comments and claiming they had been posted out of context.
"I totally agree with you. i had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait," he replied to the star on Monday night.
"I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting. I hope you understand. - Damon."
In his interview with the Los Angeles Times, Damon claimed he "wasn't hating on anyone" when claiming Taylor doesn't write her own lyrics.
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After making the initial claim, the interviewer responded with: "Of course she does. Co-writes some of them."
"That doesn’t count," the Blur frontman hit back with.
"I know what co-writing is. Co-writing is very different to writing. I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes."
He continued: "Doesn’t mean that the outcome can’t be really great. And some of the greatest singers — I mean, Ella Fitzgerald never wrote a song in her life.
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"When I sing, I have to close my eyes and just be in there. I suppose I’m a traditionalist in that sense."
Following Taylor's response to the comments via Twitter, many famous faces weighed in on the debate - included Jedward.
"Will go to his show tonight with a Taylor Swift poster his solo album is a complete Blur and should be titled full of skips," the Irish twins told the singer on Monday night.
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