"I write all of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and so damaging."
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1485714265675812866
She then added: "PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering."
Albarn subsequently issued an apology to the popstar on Twitter, saying: "I totally agree with you. I had a conversation about songwriting and sadly it was reduced to clickbait. I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally. The last thing I would want to do is discredit your songwriting. I hope you understand."
As Albarn's comments made headlines, a number of people jumped to Taylor's defence.
Her long-term producer Jack Antonoff wrote: "I've never met damon albarn and he's never been to my studio but apparently he knows more than the rest of us about all those songs taylor writes and brings in."