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‘It’s so politically loaded’: Marlon Williams on ‘finding the gall’ to write an album entirely in Māori
Te Whare Tīwekaweka is being released at a tumultuous time for te reo and race relations in Aotearoa
In May, he will play Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Live, followed by shows in New York, Los Angeles and London, before returning to Australia for Melbourne’s Rising festival. A documentary covering the making of his latest album, Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds, opens in New Zealand in May before hitting Australian cinemas. Photograph: Patrick CallowAmong the album’s other collaborations is a duet with Lorde, on the track Kāhore He Manu E. The singer had been doing her own studies of te reo.
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