In the same Q and A tour Nick Cave spoke out against “woke” and “cancel culture”.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nick-cave-talks-cancel-culture-political-correctness-has-grown-to-become-the-unhappiest-religion/
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nick-cave-talks-wokeness-antifa-the-far-right-religion-and-more/

Considering that he is quite aware that his lyrics could be considered something worthy of being cancelled with people directly asking whether he should change his lyrics when performing his song live. Perhaps this is out of his own self interest
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nick-cave-talks-about-whether-he-feels-the-need-to-change-problematic-lyrics-live/