She wasn’t a force for change at all, some suggested – she was just a regular Tory.ĭiehard fans who had spent years diligently listening to her progressive, challenging music were confused – but there was elation when she clarified three years after the event that she was not a Tory after all. The world was whipped into a frenzy when she made some surprisingly kind comments about Theresa May in an interview with Canadian magazine Maclean’s, and as is often the way with the internet, Bush’s reputation was rapidly reevaluated.
It’s fair to say that Kate Bush isn’t exactly what you’d think of as conservative – which is probably why fans were so perplexed when she appeared to out herself as a Tory in 2016. Her most recent album, 50 Words For Snow, included a 13-minute track about an unnamed figure who has a love affair with a snowman, only to find he has melted all over the sheets the next morning.
This is the singer that sang about the feeling of “sticky love inside” post-sex on her debut album, recorded and released when she was still just a teenager. In the decades since, Bush has repeatedly challenged the status quo in her music, singing about everything from nuclear fallout to murderous brides – but for many fans, she will always be adored for the way she explores sexuality.
