Blur’s Alex James reveals on Radio X why the band got back together

Blur joined The Radio X Evening Show with Dan O’Connell last night ahead of the release of their first album in eight years.

The Ballad of Darren is due for release on 21 July and the first song from it, The Narcissist, has been released.

Answering Dan’s question whether it’s difficult to be famous and do all the things they have to do, Alex James said that it’s difficult to evolve. Graham Cox added that there are much harder things to have to deal with in life.

Alex then admitted they got back together just to see if they could still do it and do some live shows. He also said: “The fact that we’ve made a record is a surprise to me looking back, you know, probably is what we actually do.”

The band also talked about their song The Narcissist, with Damon Albarn explaining more about it:

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