The singer who famously stepped away from the music industry, was recently interviewed ahead of the release of her short film, 'Little Shrew', which she wrote and directed.
'Little Shrew', which is set to her 2011 'Snowflake', seeks to raise money for charity, War Child. The film is free to watch on Kate Bush's website, encouraging fans to support organisations to help children who are affected by such conflicts.
“I started working on it [with illustrator Jim Kay] a couple of years ago, it was not long after the Ukrainian war broke out, and I think it was such a shock for all of us", Bush said of the film. “It’s been such a long period of peace we’d all been living through. And I just felt I wanted to make a little animation that would feature, originally, a little girl. It was really the idea of children caught up in war. I wanted to draw attention to how horrific it is for children".
Bush also remarked that war is "horrific for everyone", but it must be particularly frightening for children.
“I think we’ve all been through very difficult times. These are dark times that we’re living in and I think, to a certain extent, everyone is just worn out", she said.
“We went through the pandemic, that was a huge shock, and I think we felt that, once that was over, that we would be able to get on with some kind of normal life. But in fact it just seems to be going from one situation to another, and more wars seem to be breaking out all the time".
While she stated that it is something which she is not currently pursuing, Kate Bush explained: “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".
Asked if this was something she has been hoping to do for a while, Bush added: “Yes it is, really. Particularly the last year, I’ve felt really ready to start doing something new".
