Kate Bush has had a big presence these past couple years, between the resurgence of “Running Up That Hill,” her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and more, but something she hasn’t done since 2011 is release new music. In a new interview with the BBC’s Today Podcast, she said that’s changing soon.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space,” she said. “It’s been a long time.”
“And I’m very keen to start working on a new album when I’ve got this finished. I’ve got lots of ideas and I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it’s been a long time.”
“Particularly [in] the last year, I’ve felt really ready to start doing something new,” she added. Listen to the full interview here.
Kate Bush’s last album is 2011’s 50 Words for Snow, which followed that same year’s Director’s Cut (featuring new versions of old material). Those were her first releases since 2005’s Aerial, which was her first album since 1993’s The Red Shoes.
Kate also released a new video for “Snowflake” from 50 Words For Snow, and she put up a lengthy blog post about the video’s anti-war theme:
In 2022, with war breaking out in Ukraine, I decided I wanted to make an anti-war animation. In particular, I hoped to draw attention to the children caught up in war.
I based the storyboard around the song, Snowflake, which was sung by my son when he was a child. I think his performance is extremely moving and although I‘d originally written the song to capture his beautiful descant voice before he entered adolescence, it has taken on a haunting new meaning within the context of this animation.
The original track runs for over seven minutes, but as animations take a long time to make, it made a lot of sense to shorten it to three or four minutes. I was concerned that the song might lose something by being edited so intensely but actually it’s held up pretty well.
Read the rest of her statement here and watch the video below.
As for the new music, we’ll update you when we learn more, and needless to say, the prospect of new Kate Bush music is very exciting!