Kate Bush, who returned to number one with her classic song Running Up That Hill in 2022, has told the BBC she is “very keen” to start working on new music.
Bush, whose last album 50 Words for Snow was released in 2011, said there are “lots of ideas” she wants to pursue, telling Emma Barnett at BBC Radio 4: “I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it’s been a long time.”
Bush gave a rare interview to the presenter as she launched a new short film, Little Shrew, she has written and directed to raise money for children affected by war.
The black-and-white, four-minute animation is set to her 2011 track Snowflake and aims to raise money and awareness for the charity War Child.
Asked whether she was currently working on new material, Bush said: “Not at the moment, but I’ve been caught up doing a lot of archive work over the last few years, redesigning our website, putting a lyric book together.
“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.”
When asked if it was something she had been hoping to do for a while, Bush replied: “Yes it is, really. Particularly [in] the last year, I’ve felt really ready to start doing something new.”
But when Barnett drew attention to a recent interview with David Gilmour, in which the Pink Floyd star said he’d tried to persuade Bush to perform live again, the singer joked: “I’m not there yet.”
The four-minute, black-and-white animation is soundtracked by Bush’s 2011 song Snowflake
Little Shrew is released on Bush’s official website on Friday. It is free to watch, but encourages viewers to support War Child.