British actor Damian Lewis, known for his roles in shows like 'Band of Brothers', 'Homeland', and 'Billions', found himself in an awkward situation on BBC Radio 2. Traffic presenter Sally Boazman, better known as Sally Traffic, criticized his new song live on air, unaware that Lewis himself was present in the studio for an interview. The incident occurred during Romesh Ranganathan's show, where Lewis was promoting his upcoming album, 'Sweet Chaos'.

Traffic, upon hearing the song, asked: 'What is this dirge?'. Lewis, surprised, replied: 'This is my record'. The studio erupted in laughter and surprise, with Ranganathan seizing the opportunity to question Traffic about her comment. Traffic, realizing her mistake, attempted to rectify it, praising Lewis' talent and versatility as an artist.

Lewis, who released his first album three years ago, has been pursuing his passion for music. In the interview, Lewis explained that he started taking his music 'a bit more seriously' in recent years. 'The truth is, you do just respond in the moment to what's in front of you and if it excites you, you go and do it,' he said about his dedication to music. His second album, 'Sweet Chaos', is set to be released on June 5th and, according to Lewis, will be 'a bit angrier' than his first work.

The album also features a duet with his partner Alison Mosshart, the lead singer of The Kills. Although a full tour has yet to be announced, Lewis will perform a series of intimate in-store performances across the UK in June, in cities like Leeds, Liverpool, Marlborough, London, and Kingston.

In an interview with Metro when his first album was released three years ago, Damian was asked whether people were surprised when they heard he had been working on music. 'Er, yes… is the short answer. My close friends and people I’ve grown up with know that I play the guitar and sing,' he said.

Lewis also detailed that he had attempted to write songs when he was younger. However, he said they were 'frankly appalling and none of them have seen the light of day. Maybe that was a confidence thing, or maybe I was right and they were just rubbish'. The performer was also asked how daughter Manon, 19, and son Gulliver, 17, who he welcomed with his late wife Helen McCrory, felt about him taking up music.

'The first thing to say when you’re a performer is they much prefer you just being dad. They don’t particularly want to watch me on TV and there was quite a lot of teasing when I first said I was going to start writing songs and make an album and be in a band,' he said. 'But now they can see that I’m taking it seriously they’ve been very supportive. Scepticism and outright mockery has turned to something a little more sweetly supportive'.