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Damon Albarn criticized the current musicians and called them “selfie generation”

The lead singer of popular British band Blur and founder of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, told the Sunday Times that modern pop stars “talk about themselves, not what is happening out there” and called “the selfie generation, in every sense of the word.”

Updated: April 19, 2015 | By: Writing 180

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To Albarn, the current generation of pop musicians not challenge the establishment or discuss politics because they are part of” selfie generation. “

 
 

“Look at today’s music. Does it say anything? Young artists talk about themselves, not what is happening out there. Is selfie generation, “Albarn said the Sunday Times, adding that commonly fall into cliches.

 
 

Albarn, 47, said he did not manage to listen to anything other than “this is how I feel” part of today’s musicians. “That’s an important part of writing songs but I mean we are in the context of an election, and they have nothing to do with it,” he said.

 
 

Blur is prepared to release their eighth studio album, called “The magic whip”, the first since 2003.