Within 12 hours of becoming persona non grata among Taylor Swift fans around the world, Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn used his Los Angeles concert to further address his comments about the pop star. Albarn says he initially responded with “not a chance,” but then rehearsed the song for the concert. Earlier on Monday, Albarn was quick to take to Twitter to apologize to Swift and clarify comments made about her in the Los Angeles Times story. I hope you understand.”In the article, Albarn claimed Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” after Wood noted Swift was a talented songwriter. If not, maybe shut the fuck up?”Country music star Maren Morris also defended Swift on Twitter, writing, “Writing songs with songwriters means you’re a songwriter.”Zack Sharf contributed to this story.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2022 23:10 UTC