Damon Albarn thinks society is in a "transitional moment" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Damon Albarn
The 52-year-old musician will play a streamed concert with his animated band Gorillaz this weekend, but he hopes music fans don't stop attending live gigs once the global health crisis has eased.
Damon said: "In a way I hope it isn't too successful. It will just encourage everyone not to travel or do anything anymore.
"It's like we're in a very delicate transitional moment culturally, where there is the potential for so much withdrawal and introspection. I think we've got to be really careful."
Damon formed the band with Jamie Hewlett in 1998, and thinks the pandemic almost mirrors their apocalypse-like vibe.
He explained: "There has always been a touch of the apocalypse about Gorillaz. It was ever thus really. Our sense of humour is towards the dark. I don't know why it gravitated toward the kind of imagery but from the outset it was very much our signature.
"So something like (coronavirus), even though it was not something anyone would wish on anybody, it's kind of a natural fit to our world."
Sir Elton John makes an appearance on Gorillaz's latest album, 'Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez', and Damon relished working with the music legend.
He told the BBC: "He's so lovely. He's seen and done it basically. He's a man who's experienced ecstatic highs and profound lows in his life. He's such a totem of positivity and boundless energy."
Meanwhile, Damon previously admitted to building a studio in a barn as soon as lockdown struck.
Speaking about his makeshift studio, he shared: "It was enough to keep on working."
The music star also discussed the challenges of lockdown.
He said: "I’ve really got my head round it as a way of existing, and it has its pitfalls, like any other form of existence. But if you have a bit of self-discipline, you can be incredibly productive."
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