Kate Bush Pens Heartfelt Christmas Message For Ukraine Conflict, Queen Elizabeth Death

Thanks to "Stranger Things" Season 4, Kate Bush became one of the biggest stars to emerge again this year.

Her song, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)," enjoyed a massive resurgence in the charts and sales and created a whole new impact for a different generation.

The song was prominently featured on the nail-biting penultimate season of the Netflix hit. The song, along with Kate Bush, catapulted atop the charts in the United States and other parts of the world after the show was aired.

Now, in a special Christmas message, Bush touched on different topics other than thanking her old and new fans for the renewed support.

"Every year seems to fly by a little faster. They say this happens as you get older, but there's no doubt that the speed of life is accelerating at a greater rate than ever," she said in a message posted on her website. "I don't think any of us have ever known a year like this one. Life became incredibly frightening during the pandemic, but just as we think it might be over soon, it seems to keep going.

In her long message, Bush, who had been very vocal on different social issues in the past years, touched on some sensitive topics that took the world by storm this year - the tragic war between Russia and Ukraine and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II:

"It's a bombardment - the horrific war in Ukraine, the famines, the droughts, the floods... and we lost our Queen. Many of my friends were surprised at how upset they were at her death especially as we aren't royalists, but I think her passing became a focus for grief, for unexpressed loss that so many people had felt during the pandemic."

For Bush, 2022 became a "crazy roller coaster," still basking on the success of "Running Up That Hill," the singer described the whole feat to be an "honour."

Later in the message, Bush was quite hopeful and curious about what the next year would be like for her.

"Let's all hope that next year will be better than this one. I keep thinking about hope and how it was the last to fly out of Pandora's box. Sometimes it's all that seems to glow in the dark times we find ourselves in right now," she furthered.

With the success of her iconic track, fans on social media have been suggesting that Bush should make a stage comeback at the Glastonbury Festival 2023. However, as of this writing, the Glastonbury lineup has not yet been revealed.

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