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.
During a Monday night show at L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, the veteran musician of Blur and Gorillaz fame briefly addressed the buzzy L.A. Times interview in which he insulted Swift. Albarn had apologized for the comment earlier in the day after Swift reprimanded him on Twitter.
Before launching into a rendition of the 1997 Blur hit “Song 2,” Albarn told the crowd that L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood suggested he play that track “before he cast me into the social media abyss.”
