As a longtimeKate Bushfan,Taika Waititiis “really annoyed” about her sudden popularity due toStranger Things.
In an interview withNME, theThor: Love and Thunderdirector jokes theNetflixseries “ruined Kate Bush,” adding, “I love that show, but as someone who feels a real ownership of Kate Bush music … I’m really annoyed!”
Waititi, 46, said before Bush’s 1985 song"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" blew updue to it being featured on the recently dropped fourth season ofStranger Things, “there were a bunch of Kate Bush songs I wanted to have in"Love and Thunder.
“We were gonna have ‘This Woman’s Work,’ which was gonna be great for [a scene with]Natalie Portman’s character,” he said.
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Taika Waititi; Sadie Sink onStranger Things; Kate Bush.Rachel Luna/Getty; Netflix; Dave Hogan/Getty
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God),” which came out in 1985 on Bush’s albumHounds of Love, is prominently featured in a standout season 4 episode ofStranger Things, which premiered in late May.
In the weeks since, the song topped the U.K. charts and hit No. 4 on theBillboardHot 100, giving Bush, 63, her first Top 10 hit in the United States (the song originally peaked at No. 30).
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The singer-songwriter reflected on her career resurgence in an interview withBBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hourlast month, and said she finds her renewed popularity thanks to the show’s use of her song “extraordinary.”
“I thought that the track would get some attention, but I justnever imagined that it would be anything like this,” she said. “It’s so exciting, but it’s quite shocking, really, isn’t it? The whole world’s gone mad.”
“What’s really wonderful, I think, is that this is a whole new audience who, in a lot of cases, they’d never heard of me and I love that,” Bush told the BBC. “The thought of all these really young people hearing the song for the first time and discovering it is, well, I think it’s very special.”
Meanwhile,Love and Thunder— the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’sThorseries — hits theaters Friday, and sees starChris Hemsworthreunite with Portman, 41, from the first two films. (She also had a cameo inAvengers: Endgame.)
The new film follows Thor after the events of the latter movie as he sets on a quest for “inner peace,” per the official logline from Marvel.
The film also starsChristian Baleas Gorr the God Butcher,a galactic killerwho poses a threat for Thor and his friends, among other famous faces likeRussell CroweandChris Pratt.
Thor: Love and Thunderis in theaters now.
source: people.com
