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Suddenly Strange

Bic Runga , Music Video – 1997

from the album Drive (1997)

One of seven singles from Bic Runga's mega-selling debut album Drive, 'Suddenly Strange' is about calling time on a relationship. Runga's bittersweet lyric is a declaration of independence that never quite becomes unequivocal. Nominated for Best Video at the 1998 NZ Music Awards, the stylishly colourful clip finds her inside a cube in various locations around Auckland — enclosed while life carries on around her, at least until the hopeful final shot. Director and graphic designer Wayne Conway (partner of Kate Sylvester) also designed the cover of the Drive album.

It’s all a bit Doctor Who. Maybe the cube is Bic’s TARDIS, but rather than fighting aliens, instead she travels around Auckland, singing songs.
– Writer Robyn Gallagher on this video, on her website 5000 Ways to Love You, 7 June 2012

Key Cast & Crew

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Wayne Conway

Director

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Pete Rive

Editor

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Darryl Ward

Cinematographer