Damon Albarn on his latest record, Brexit and the melting Icelandic glaciers in his backyard

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • At the start of 2020 Damon Albarn started creating a solo-record full of hints to isolation. And then Covid came. A coincidence? It’s almost impossible. Everything Damon Albarn has done has this foreseeing element. Or how he puts it: ‘I don’t write songs about now, I write songs about the future.’
    We had an extensive conversation with the man behind Blur and Gorillaz about Brexit and the climate crisis. How he nourishes on the sources of pop music and how traveling will always be his biggest inspiration. Even when it’s impossible to travel. ‘I swam as far as I could into the sea. In a way that’s also traveling.’
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Komentáře • 101

  • @deathkampdrone
    @deathkampdrone Před 2 lety +31

    I love you Damon, you are so genius as an artist, but also very articulated and aware as a human being. Never stop.

  • @sadiesleepwalker646
    @sadiesleepwalker646 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Oh my what timbre of the voice he has.. he' posses a power with that

  • @thehundredthmonkey5972
    @thehundredthmonkey5972 Před 2 lety +51

    This is an excellent interview, covered some very interesting stuff and the interviewer wasn’t afraid to ask questions he wanted to.

    • @andreachiodi9577
      @andreachiodi9577 Před 2 lety +2

      True! Whats the interviewers name? Cant find credits

  • @jankompos2330
    @jankompos2330 Před rokem +5

    its nice to listen to a person that has similiar thoughts and teach music

  • @gingersnapt0144
    @gingersnapt0144 Před 2 lety +12

    I love love love Damon Albarn 🥰

  • @latenightlogic
    @latenightlogic Před 2 lety +54

    Wouldn’t it be good if for once an interviewer asked what was the fate of the beaded necklace he wore in the 90s.

    • @Lilly-ve8ze
      @Lilly-ve8ze Před 2 lety +3

      Seriously though! Did it break? Did he throw it away? Why?!

    • @latenightlogic
      @latenightlogic Před 2 lety +13

      @@Lilly-ve8ze So I messaged his bodyguards wife (bodyguards name is smoggy) and she wrote this to me verbatim in 2011:
      “The answer to your question - Smog said The necklace Damon wore was made by his mom when he was very young. Damon no longer wears his necklace he gave some of the beads to his god daughte rOlivia who is actualy our daugher and beads live on in the form of a necklace made by Smog for her. Smog has has his bead necklace since the 80’s and was custom made by himself ! x x”
      So, is this really the answer? It’s the first question I’d be asking him in an interview. I’ve been wearing a similar style beaded necklace since 2009.

    • @Lilly-ve8ze
      @Lilly-ve8ze Před 2 lety +2

      @@latenightlogic that’s so awesome! Thank you so much!

    • @taniaarthur
      @taniaarthur Před 2 lety +7

      I think a fan ripped it from his neck at a concert in Spain, he got very angry and stopped playing. the video is in CZcams

    • @jtatum6900
      @jtatum6900 Před 2 lety +3

      @@taniaarthur yeah he says this in his worst ever gigs interview

  • @daniX12345
    @daniX12345 Před 2 lety +7

    what a voice !

  • @stephanieannelucy5877
    @stephanieannelucy5877 Před 2 lety +30

    Well Damo defo showed some patience during that interview ... 😎🐱😜

    • @patjackson8649
      @patjackson8649 Před 2 lety +16

      there were a few moments where a 2001 Damon would have exploded ;)

    • @zannaxz
      @zannaxz Před 2 lety +4

      yeah, i love how calm he is

  • @chicachicawahwah6032
    @chicachicawahwah6032 Před rokem +3

    3:29 wtf was that 🥳
    '
    'Anyways I enjoyed the chat you had with Damon, especially the musical points that were raised/spoken about... like him learning to play 🎹 with closed 👀's, on Tony Allen's instructions.
    By the way Happy Christmas to both you & those👥👤 enjoying the channel ☃️

  • @julekbodrum
    @julekbodrum Před 2 lety +8

    Legend

  • @taniaarthur
    @taniaarthur Před 2 lety +8

    this interviewer keeps interrupting him and answering his own questions lol

    • @StuffnSuch
      @StuffnSuch Před 3 měsíci

      Seems like all interviewers nowadays. Bunch or narcissists who think they’re as important as the artists they’re interviewing. So annoying.

  • @nevie8158
    @nevie8158 Před 2 lety +5

    He’s so cute hahah🥺❤️❤️

  • @aster-everlong-ales
    @aster-everlong-ales Před 2 lety +6

    I wish more open questions were asked... Rather than yes or no questions... 😔

  • @Christian-97
    @Christian-97 Před 2 lety +9

    With how he's so outspoken about enviromental issues - even to the point where he made an entire album about said issues - it's pretty surprising that he hasn't become a full blown activist.

    • @aprofondir
      @aprofondir Před 2 lety +1

      he's too busy being a rich musician

    • @tcaudiobooks737
      @tcaudiobooks737 Před rokem +2

      @@aprofondir The time to take these issues seriously, is when the people telling us to take them seriously, take them seriously. Damon hasn't stopped touring by the look of things, so keep on living however you want.

    • @spudly5339
      @spudly5339 Před rokem +4

      ​@@tcaudiobooks737It's "rules for thee, but NOT FOR ME." That's the elites mantra in case nobody noticed...

    • @user-kl4bh4lq6r
      @user-kl4bh4lq6r Před rokem

      Can't wait to listen to that Album

    • @MountainBlade
      @MountainBlade Před 29 dny

      Gee I hope he tours the entire planet to play that album about climate change.

  • @supermarkmusic
    @supermarkmusic Před 2 lety +12

    Loved Parklife (the album) but Damon Albarn always strikes me as someone who would annoy me fairly quickly. And I’m sure vice versa. 🤩

    • @trogman43988
      @trogman43988 Před 2 lety +8

      definitely. it's well documented that he's an assertive, opinionated person that can easily get on people's nerves. I think that this interviewer did a bad job interviewing Damon though. Damon was obviously in a relaxed, philosophical mood and the interviewer refused to match his tone. Instead the interviewer was very quick with his comments and kinda tried to talk over Damon (big mistake). I believe a more mature interviewer would have matched Damon's tone and simply asked questions and let Damon answer.

  • @Fran-fd6wu
    @Fran-fd6wu Před 2 lety +3

    One human being I would absolutely love to meet.

  • @tgchan
    @tgchan Před měsícem

    Thank you/

  • @redfrost2831
    @redfrost2831 Před 2 lety +7

    5:10 “the future is coming on” I see what u did there Lol *Clint Eastwood* “My future, is coming on is coming is coming on” 😂

  • @flatpedalswinmedals7274
    @flatpedalswinmedals7274 Před 2 lety +2

    Everything's already happened ❤🤙

  • @ubiktd4064
    @ubiktd4064 Před 2 lety +35

    Whistles while he talks.

    • @glenpki
      @glenpki Před 2 lety +7

      theyre all sssssort of sssslowly recccccceding in the ssssnooow

    • @lancekirkaldy8130
      @lancekirkaldy8130 Před rokem +5

      He always has, always

    • @daisychain9713
      @daisychain9713 Před rokem +1

      That's because of his gold crown at the front....

    • @grrr.9998
      @grrr.9998 Před rokem

      He's subconsciously composing a track for his new album.

    • @tatz2210
      @tatz2210 Před 9 měsíci

      He’s just a music man

  • @weilim10
    @weilim10 Před 3 měsíci

    3:21
    Yeah. Yeah, of course. Yeah, no. Well... Well... Yeah, but no. Exactly

  • @lorrainevaughton4494
    @lorrainevaughton4494 Před 2 lety

    He is SO BRIGHT!

  • @tiagogoncalves1880
    @tiagogoncalves1880 Před 2 lety +2

    @3voor12 is damon albarn here to perform somewhere in Amsterdam? where?

  • @b333llz
    @b333llz Před 2 lety +1

    no entiendo nada, pero te amo Damon

  • @gionatanscali
    @gionatanscali Před 2 lety +6

    Does he whistling in between words?

    • @wot_wot
      @wot_wot Před rokem +1

      Yea, he said it’s been happening since he lost his tooth many years ago

  • @jevinclink
    @jevinclink Před 3 dny

    Why does the interviewer force his questions over the interviewees answers?

  • @thomyorke7622
    @thomyorke7622 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent interviewer

  • @maltesetony9030
    @maltesetony9030 Před 2 lety

    Never been keen on his music, but he talks sense.

  • @dragvandile
    @dragvandile Před 2 lety +2

    what a great interview

  • @aintnobodygottime4dat
    @aintnobodygottime4dat Před 2 lety +1

    "...that's true of all glaciers....."....IS IT Damon!?!@!?

  • @nati.sio7
    @nati.sio7 Před 5 měsíci

    te amo hermoso

  • @superbobbytaylor6072
    @superbobbytaylor6072 Před 2 lety +2

    Yeah, we can still go to France and Poland, you know.

  • @majortom3450
    @majortom3450 Před rokem

    3voor12, why are valid comments being removed? Am I allowed to state that Damon's hallowed Iceland is not an EU member and then ask the following question? Why is it not okay for Britain to be a non-EU member?

  • @saschastarseed3401
    @saschastarseed3401 Před 2 lety

    jeez were we close

  • @vacationrichard974
    @vacationrichard974 Před rokem

    Does he think glaciers are supposed to be static....or grow infinitely large?
    Put your thinking cap on and realize that receding glaciers are part of the oscillations. Oscillations.

  • @jamesadcock5235
    @jamesadcock5235 Před rokem

    3.29 😂

  • @bryanmckinney1098
    @bryanmckinney1098 Před 2 lety +9

    Wow.... My trees have all there leaves off. Just the same as every year I've been alive for nearly 38 years. Also the beach front I live by... It's water level is exactly the same. Except hight and low tide. Fascinating. ffs I'm all for taking care of the environment but how about go bark up BP and Exxon Mobiles tree before you start shaming the average citizen. Amazing how the Roberbaron families have always managed profit off dumping chemicals ect. into the rivers and such but now the Duponts and Rockefellers now want to blame all of us for ruining the planet. As they take their G5 jets to their "Climate summits" when they could have used Zoom. And some of them are taking trips to lower earth orbit for literally for no other reason than a " joy ride." Sounds a lot like "Rules for me but not for thee." And if they're so detached they can't see the GLARING hypocrisy perhaps we should do then a favor and "correct them" Jack Torrance style.....

    • @em-jp4xt
      @em-jp4xt Před 2 lety +6

      Bryan thank you so much for your sane comment! It may also help considerably if they stopped geo engineering . It is indeed the same people pushing responsibility on us that are involved in the most environmentally destructive practices.

    • @canthandleit101
      @canthandleit101 Před rokem

      The whole thing is designed to shame the avarage citizen into submission to a totalitarian technocracy so its irrelevant to go speak to some mega corporation about climate change.
      The whole thing is just a vehicle being used to control peoples every move and the people who are going along with the climate change agenda are just useful idiots.
      Rockefeller etc dont actually give a damn about climate change these elites just want to control the whole world and "climate change" is the perfect excuse.
      I'm sure you know all this already. Club of Rome and all that jazz.

  • @user-kl4bh4lq6r
    @user-kl4bh4lq6r Před rokem +1

    Why is he living in Iceland.

    • @mattikolb
      @mattikolb Před 8 měsíci +2

      Been here long enough to get citizenship so I guess he likes it in Iceland 🇮🇸 n that's why.. 🤔🤷

  • @riddellthomas6954
    @riddellthomas6954 Před rokem

    It's a rock star privilege

  • @krystsource8473
    @krystsource8473 Před 2 lety +7

    He has started to look like Elton John.

  • @user-kl4bh4lq6r
    @user-kl4bh4lq6r Před rokem +2

    He dresses like a 50yr old teenager what a boring interview

  • @trogman43988
    @trogman43988 Před 2 lety +1

    this interviewer was kinda annoying

  • @WestCoastCultured
    @WestCoastCultured Před rokem +1

    Interviewer is cringe

  • @anthonyabdorab
    @anthonyabdorab Před rokem +1

    bollocks

  • @stephentruthershields3615

    Iceland is not melting

    • @theprogrammerrolandmc3039
      @theprogrammerrolandmc3039 Před 2 lety

      He is full of shit he is so boring he has got to come up with a topic that he thinks will sell his music. Global warming is not as important than things like jeffery epstein but he is not singing about that ha ha

    • @ab8jeh
      @ab8jeh Před 2 lety +2

      @@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 short term thinking is what humans do best I guess. You are guilty of that.

    • @theprogrammerrolandmc3039
      @theprogrammerrolandmc3039 Před 2 lety

      @@ab8jeh ..said the one that insults people on line

    • @ab8jeh
      @ab8jeh Před 2 lety +2

      @@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 who have I insulted?

  • @somedood6621
    @somedood6621 Před rokem

    Then stop making nfts

  • @WilliamLithgowGuitars
    @WilliamLithgowGuitars Před 2 lety +2

    Maybe he moved to Iceland to Bang or Work with Bjork?

  • @theprogrammerrolandmc3039

    Someone that has had a huge carbon footprint in their lifetime should be ashamed to use global warming to sell his music. Why does he not donate all his money to science

    • @rolfwenigmann717
      @rolfwenigmann717 Před 2 lety +12

      We`re all part of the system. If you read comments you should have recognized that he could help a lot of people mentally/spiritually by doing his thing. How about you?

    • @user-kl4bh4lq6r
      @user-kl4bh4lq6r Před rokem +1

      He fly's all over the world 🌍 the cheeky boy he does my head in

  • @brideshead78
    @brideshead78 Před 2 lety +1

    He’s really not very bright. Amazing how ineloquent he is considering he’s a supposed lyricist.

    • @ryanstark2350
      @ryanstark2350 Před 2 lety

      The interview was incredibly boring as well.

    • @rockitabnormal
      @rockitabnormal Před rokem +6

      You saying he’s not very bright tells everyone everything they should know about you.

    • @user-kl4bh4lq6r
      @user-kl4bh4lq6r Před rokem

      He looks knackered here he needs more sleep here