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Damon Albarn, the lead singer of Blur and Gorillaz, has recently been criticised for his “outdated” views of modern songwriting. In an interview with the LA Times, Albarn explained that US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s “co-writing” approach was at odds with his “traditionalist” view of writing songs. He went on to…

Chile's millennial President-elect Gabriel Boric has taken sides in his first international incident: backing pop music superstar Taylor Swift in a social media stand-off with Blur front man Damon Albarn over her songwriting credentials. Albarn, the British co-founder and songwriter for the Gorillaz, had suggested that Swift did not write…

After Swift shot back at the Blur and Gorillaz frontman online, Albarn claimed he never wanted to discredit Swift’s songwriting, despite explicitly doing that.

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman’s bizarre claim that Swift doesn’t write her own songs says more about him than it does about her, writes Kevin E G Perry

LOS ANGELES — As the lead singer (and the pretty face) of Blur, Damon Albarn became a star writing songs about England — witty, tuneful, stylistically omnivorous character studies like "Parklife" and "Country House" that along with Oasis' blunter-edged anthems helped define the rowdy Britpop scene of the 1990s.

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman’s bizarre claim that Swift doesn’t write her own songs says more about him than it does about her, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman apologised to Swift, claiming that a ‘conversation about songwriting’ in the LA Times was ‘reduced to clickbait’