Red Sunset

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Red Sunset
Red Sunset by Bic Runga.png
Studio album by
Bic Runga
Released13 February 2026
Label Bic Runga
Bic Runga chronology
The Very Best of Bic Runga
(2017)		Red Sunset
(2026)
Singles from Red Sunset
  1. "It's Like Summertime"
    Released: 3 October 2025 [1]
  2. "Paris in the Rain"
    Released: 7 November 2025 [2]
  3. "Red Sunset"
    Released: 21 November 2025 [3]

Red Sunset is the sixth studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Bic Runga. The album was announced in September 2025 and scheduled for release on 13 February 2026. [4] [5]

Contents

Runga will tour New Zealand and Australia across March and April 2026 in support of the album. [6] [4]

Background and release

Runga's last album of original material was 2011's Belle and in 2025 got out of her self-described "professional slumber" and flew to Paris telling The Post "I really wanted to bookend the parenthood years with getting back to Paris and seeing it through their eyes, which I did. And I can die happy now, it's sort of all I wanted to do." In Paris, Runga rented an Airbnb with a grand piano and commenced the album, saying "Kody [Nielson] and I just took some recording gear and recorded a lot of the piano tracks in Paris, and took them back home and finished them." The recordings include fragments of ideas that had been living in her brain since she was 20. [5]

In September 2025, Runga performed at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on invitation from Auckland Philharmonia, where she performed three songs from the album. [5]

The lead single "It's Like Summertime" was released on 3 October 2025, which Runga recalled her carefree past while looking towards a hopeful future. saying "I wanted to offer comfort in a time where everyone needs it. The world feels so different now and familiarity provides care and love." [3]

The second single, “Paris in the Rain” was inspired by Runga watching the Louvre Pyramid be battered by torrential rain. Its sound was captured on a historic 1807 French Pleyel piano. [3]

The title track was released on 21 November 2025 and has been described as "a powerful torch song of longing and desire" which "evokes the tumultuous emotions of being the one left behind". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Glass Atrium"
  2. "Red Sunset"
  3. "Ghost in Your Bed"
  4. "Paris in the Rain"
  5. "It's Like Summertime"
  6. "Escape from Planet Earth"
  7. "You’re Never Really Here (Are You Baby?)"
  8. "Won't You Come Home"
  9. "Hey Little One"
  10. "Home Run"

References

  1. ↑ "Rolling Stone Icon Bic Runga Is Back with New Music". Rolling Stone Australia . 3 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "TEARAWAY WEEKLY MUSIC HAUL – 7 NOVEMBER 2025". TEARAWAY. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "WATCH: Bic Runga Shares Stunning Music Video for New Single "Red Sunset"". Rolling Stone Australia . 21 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Bic Runga Returns to Australia With First New Album in 15 Years & Massive National Tour". Music Feeds . 31 December 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Fenwick, George (21 September 2025). "Bic Runga's new dawn: Motherhood, returning to Paris, and her first album in a decade". The Post . Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bic Runga – Australian Tour 2026". Australian Music Scene. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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