Bic Runga: Kiwi singer-songwriter on her new album 'Red Sunset' and upcoming tour

One of the country’s most famous singer-songwriters is back with an entirely new album. 

It’s a new chapter for Bic Runga, who’s sixth studio album, ‘Red Sunset’, is releasing in February next year, with a tour following in March. 

It’s her first album in 15 years to feature all-original material. 

“It’s a bit of a reinvention,” Runga told Mike Hosking. 

“That’s never easy to do, but it’s either reinvent or just repeat yourself, so, y’know, I really kind of wanted to try something else.” 

The album was recorded in an Airbnb in Paris earlier this year, where Runga and her family were holidaying.  

“We rented a house with a piano, and really knocked the record out.” 

“I wanted it to have some of that vibe and just remembering my life before, y’know, the kids and stuff,” she told Hosking. 

“It was just sort of a nostalgic trip, I suppose.”  

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