The Latest Breaking News from Damon Albarn

After igniting a social media firestorm by saying Taylor Swift “doesn’t write her own songs,” Damon Albarn dedicated a performance to the Los Angeles Times reporter who corrected him.

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…

Blur frontman Damon Albarn was recently quoted in the LA Times claiming Taylor Swift doesn't write her own songs - but that simply couldn't be further from the truth

British singer Damon Albarn has apologized to pop superstar Taylor Swift after saying in a Los Angeles Times interview that the "Folklore" artist "doesn't write her own songs."

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The Irish singers hit back at the Blur singer after he claimed Taylor doesn't write her own songs

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.

Damon Albarn’s recent quotes on Taylor Swift’s songwriting have resulted in a swift backlash (excuse the pun) from the singer herself, long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff and even Albarn himself. However, Albarn’s criticism was not directed at himself (as it probably should have been), but the media which he said had…

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 frontman has been forced to make a hasty and grovelling apology after Taylor ignited a furious Twitter backlash when she took issue with him saying he didn't like her 'endlessly upbeat' music