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Blur's Damon Albarn 'too old-fashioned' for social media drama as Taylor Swift slams him

Singing sensation Taylor Swift has criticised Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur and later of Gorillaz, after he said that she doesn't write her own music

Daily Mirror

Damon Albarn is right about songwriting – he’s just wrong about Taylor Swift

Damon Albarn might be right about songwriting – he’s just wrong about Taylor Swift. In fact, the strength of her writing proves his point.

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift's best clapbacks as she puts Damon Albarn firmly in his place

Taylor Swift isn't afraid to speak up if she is unhappy and has had a number of feuds since bursting onto the music scene 15 years ago

Daily Mirror

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Don't come after Taylor Swift, Blur guy

On Monday, the singer apologized for impugning Swift's skill but continued to blame the music critic who quoted him

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Mary McNamara: Taylor Swift slapped back for all the women who have been told ‘you didn’t write that’

As someone who has raised two daughters during the age of Taylor Swift, I have a lot of mixed feelings about her music.

Los Angeles Times

Damon Albarn’s Taylor Swift insult follows him to his Monday concert in LA

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.

Los Angeles Times

Chile’s President-Elect Boric Sends Taylor Swift ‘Hugs’ over Song Writing Tiff, Goes Viral

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…

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'I'm sick of men discrediting Taylor Swift - she's one of the best songwriters out there'

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

Daily Mirror

Damon Albarn apologizes to Taylor Swift after saying she 'doesn't write her own songs'

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."

Los Angeles Times

Taylor Swift: Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric tweets singer about Damon Albarn comments

‘Hugs from the south,’ posted politician

The Independent UK

Jedward jump to Taylor Swift's defence after Damon Albarn songwriting row

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

Irish Mirror

Damon Albarn doesn’t seem to know what he said about Taylor Swift

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.

Mic

Don’t blame the media Damon just because you’ve said something about Taylor you regret

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…

Evening Standard

Bad Blood: Damon Albarn’s condescending comments say more about him than Taylor Swift

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

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Los Angeles Times

For Damon Albarn, modern life is still pretty much rubbish

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.

Daily Mirror

Damon Albarn apologises to Taylor Swift after songwriting row blows up

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

The Guardian - AU

Tuesday briefing: Anger over PM’s lockdown birthday party rages

Outrage among MPs and bereaved families … Downing Street warns of ‘unprecedented sanctions’ on Russia … and Erin Doherty on Princess Anne

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

Bad Blood: Damon Albarn’s condescending Taylor Swift comments are old-fashioned indie tribalism

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

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Taylor Swift Put Damon Albarn In His Fkn Place After He Claimed She Doesn’t Write Her Own Songs

That mustn't feel good (inc).

Wales Online

Damon Albarn responds to Taylor Swift's fury over songwriting claims with apology

The Blur frontman said discrediting the pop megastar’s songwriting was 'the last thing I would want to do' during an exchange on social media

Irish Mirror

Taylor Swift blasts Damon Albarn after Blur singer 'discredits' her songwriting

Damon Albarn has falsely claimed songwriter Taylor Swift doesn't pen her own hit singles, but the award-winning singer is having none of it - calling the Blur singer out for his 'damaging' and 'f***ed up' comments

Evening Standard

Damon Albarn apologises to Taylor Swift after songwriting row

Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn has apologised to Taylor Swift after telling an interviewer she does not write her own songs.

The Guardian - US

Taylor Swift criticises Damon Albarn for saying she doesn’t write her own songs

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman apologised to Swift, claiming that a ‘conversation about songwriting’ in the LA Times was ‘reduced to clickbait’

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift condemns Damon Albarn’s ‘completely false’ claim that she doesn’t write her own songs

Swift said Blur star’s words were ‘so damaging’ and ‘f***ed’ up

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