Damon Albarn has spoken about the time he warned Paul McCartney not to work with Kanye West.

The Blur and Gorillaz creative went further in his damning review of Kanye’s working process by claiming McCartney was trapped in the collaborative project with the rapper.

The much debated and somewhat controversial project at the heart of this conversation dates back to 2015 single ‘FourFiveSeconds’ between the former Beatle, Kanye and Rihanna. While Macca’s inclusion came as a surprise to many, the interesting point came when people attempted to understand what he contributed to the song as his vocals could not be heard.

In a new interview with French publication L’obs, Albarn was asked about Kanye’s process of samples for his music to which Albarn responds abruptly: “I do not sample, I create music.” Delving deeper yet, Albarn added: “Do not get me started on Kanye West,” before bringing up McCartney: “Kanye West trapped Paul McCartney.”

The discussion turned directly to the removal of McCartney’s vocals from ‘FourFiveSeconds’ when Albarn stated: “It’s rude. I have a problem with this abusive collaboration: we’re talking about Paul McCartney, anyway! Kanye West thinks only of Kanye West, using a name to make headlines, saying ‘McCartney is in my song.’ In addition, he puts McCartney in the video of the song, but not in the song itself.”

“Kanye West is one of those people who feed on other people,” Albarn added before explaining how he tried to warn McCartney about Kanye: “Before he decided to work with Kanye West, I sent a text message to McCartney saying, ‘beware,’ but he ignored it.

“He does what he wants, it’s Paul McCartney.”

According to Macca himself, the experience of working with Kanye opened up a new style of working: “We ended up just talking a lot,” McCartney told DIY. “I played a few little things and one of them ended up as ‘FourFiveSeconds’ with Rihanna. It’s more a question of me feeling lucky that these people are interested [in working with me] and think that I can bring something to it. For me, I feel great. I like diversity.”