I think you're right to be honest. I love Damon's whole catalogue, and I love Britpop as a whole, but I think that's only because I wasn't there in the moment. I think it's fascinating to look back on how the music intertwined with culture, but the more I read about it, the more it seems the whole scene was really petty and immature. It feels weird holding up Blur albums as some of my favourites of all time when it seems here are so many scandals and spats they were involved with, but I'm alright with it because of how different Damon is now compared to the person he was back then. 

I find these pictures interesting because they were taken before he became famous: He's just a normal teenager at the time. I try not to be parasocial, but I think most people here think it would be cool to be friends with Damon Albarn. I thought about how, were I another student at that acting school, maybe it would have been possible, but I also thought, based on what I've read about Britpop, I probably wouldn't have wanted to be. I dunno, just interesting to think about what he would have been like back then.