Damon Albarn might be right about songwriting – he’s just wrong about Taylor Swift. In fact, the strength of her writing proves his point.
The implication of Albarn’s LA Times interview was that much modern pop doesn’t stand up on song quality alone. By extension, he suggested this was because of the trend of songs being increasingly ‘cowritten’ by growing numbers of people. Really, this all comes down to whether you think pop is getting better or worse.
