Kate Bush plans to trade in her quiet South Oxfordshire life to record a new album, saying she’s ‘very keen’ to make new music.

In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour to promote a new short film the 66-year-old singer wrote and directed, Mrs Bush explained that though it’s been a long time, she’s ready to get more creative again.

The Wuthering Heights singer reportedly lives in a Victorian manor house near Abingdon with her son Bertie McIntosh who attended private school in the county.

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She said: “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 the last year I’ve felt really ready to start doing something new.”

Mrs Bush has enjoyed a revival in recent years after her song Running Up That Hill was featured in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things.

She’s thrilled that a new generation are enjoying her music: “I thought that the track would get some attention, but I never imagined that it would be anything like this.

“It's so exciting, but it’s quite shocking really, isn't it? I mean, the whole world's gone mad.

“What’s really wonderful is this is a whole new audience who, in a lot of cases, have never heard of me and I love that.

“The thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it… I think it's very special.”

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in June 2022, remaining number one for three weeks.

The rare interview with the spotlight-shy star came as Mrs Bush’s new film is released online, free to view on the singer’s website.

It features illustrated animals in a four-minute animation, titled Little Shrew, to raise awareness and funds for children affected by war.

Set to her track Snowflake, Mrs Bush was inspired to create the work not long after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out.

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“I just thought that I really wanted to make a little animation that would feature… originally a little girl, it was really the idea of a child and children who are caught up in war, I wanted to draw attention to how horrific it is for children,” she said.

“So I came up with this idea for a little storyboard”.

The film encourages viewers to donate to international charity War Child, which protects the rights of children in war zones.

Mrs Bush’s last album, 50 Words for Snow, came out 13 years ago.

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