Kate Bush advertising her cd ‘Hounds of Love’ at London Planetarium,Sept 9, 1985. Dave Hogan/ GI
Kate Bush is reflecting on the ups and also downs of 2022.
In a bittersweet message labelled “Merry Christmas” on her website, the 64-year-old U.K. pop symbol assesses the discomforts of the the previous year, consisting of the battle in Ukraine and also death of Queen Elizabeth II, however likewise shares many thanks for the restored success of her traditional 1985 tune “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” and also reveals expect a brighter 2023.
“I don’t think any of us have ever known a year like this one,” Bush starts her note. “Life became incredibly frightening in the pandemic, but just as we think it might be over soon, it seems to keep going. It’s a bombardment — the horrific war in Ukraine, the famines, the droughts, the floods… and we lost our Queen.”
The singer-songwriter after that relies on an extra uplifting subject: the revival of “Running Up That Hill” on the Billboard graphes, many thanks to a top-level synch in the 4th period of the 1980s-set sci-fi Netflix collectionStranger Things
“It’s been a crazy, roller coaster year for me,” Bush proceeds. “I still reel from the success of [Running Up That Hill], being the No 1 track of this summer. What an honour!”
After being included in the program, “Running Up That Hill”– the lead solitary from Bush’s 1985 cd, Hounds of Love— increased toNo 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also went back to the leading 10 of the Alternative Airplay graph after a document 28-year lack. The tune likewise really felt success on a worldwide degree, covering graphes in the U.K. and also Australia.
“It was such a great feeling to see so many of the younger generation enjoying the song,” she creates. “It seems that quite a lot of them thought I was a new artist! I love that! Again, thank you so much to everyone who supported the track and made it a hit.”
Bush shuts her message, that includes a picture of a little robin, on a favorable note by sharing some confident words from poet Emily Dickinson.
“I used a little robin in some of my Christmas gifts to friends this year. I felt that this humble little bird, which symbolises Christmas could also symbolise hope in the context of Emily Dickinson’s beautiful words: Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul,” Bush creates. “I‘d like to think that this Christmas when joy is so hard to find, hope will perch in all our souls. Merry Christmas!”
Source: billboard.com
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