Damon Albarn, Blur and Gorillaz’s musician, spoke with TheLos Angeles Timesto promote the January 24 release of his new orchestral solo album, “The Nearer the Mountain, More Pure the Stream Flows.”Albarn was talking about music today with Mikael, a Times interviewer. Wood mentioned Taylor Swift as an international pop star. “excellent songwriter,”Albarn laughed at this idea and insisted that she doesn’t write her own songs. “That doesn’t count. I know what co-writing is. Co-writing is very different to writing,”Albarn stated. “I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes. Doesn’t mean that the outcome can’t be really great.”
Swift didn’t want her name to be dragged through the mud so she continued to clap back Twitter. “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,”Swift tweets “You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really f***** up to try and discredit my writing. WOW.”Jack Antanoff, Swift’s producer, even defended Swift sarcastically TweetingLearn more about the situation. Albarn quickly TweetSwift again to get rid “Bad Blood”They are interconnected. “I totally agree with you. i had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait,”Albarn wrote. “I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting. I hope you understand.”