A strange tidbit in an interview about a chance encounter between a British musician and a Thai princess in 1997 has inspired a guessing game over who he wrote a song about.
Damon Albarn, the front man for famous Britpop band Blur and virtual band Gorillaz, revealed last year that he was writing a song – since released in November – inspired by a rambunctious princess who made a big impression on him in 1997.
When told by a reporter that his band Blur was turning 25, the singer gave a non-sequitur responses and talked about a princess who stage-dived while they were playing one of their best-known singles, Song 2, at a 1997 concert in Bangkok.
“I’m writing and recording a song about an incident when I was in Thailand and met the crown princess,” the 54-year-old musician said. “This was November ’97. She was only 14 at the time, and she came to see us,…
