{"id":2356375,"date":"2026-04-03T03:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2356375"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:15:34","slug":"bret-mckenzie-talks-flight-of-the-conchords-reunion-on-rolling-stone-uncut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bret-mckenzie-talks-flight-of-the-conchords-reunion-on-rolling-stone-uncut\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret McKenzie Talks Flight of the Conchords Reunion on &#8216;Rolling Stone Uncut&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week\u2019s episode of the\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone Uncut<\/em> podcast is joined by New Zealand musician and comedian, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/t\/bret-mckenzie\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bret McKenzie<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>While in Sydney on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bret-mckenzie-australia-new-zealand-tour-tickets-89691\/l\/bret-mckenzie-2026-australia-and-new-zealand-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian tour<\/a>, McKenzie sat down with Editor-in-Chief Neil Griffiths to talk all about the run, his latest album, <em>Freak Out City<\/em>, and a potential third record.<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie also discussed the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/flight-of-the-conchords-netflix-comedy-festival-89992\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming Flight of the Conchords reunion<\/a>, how it came about and what\u2019s next for the iconic duo.<\/p>\n<p>Watch and or listen to the full episode below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Bret McKenzie\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1S0V7ReVa6pzVxHaQKrX1Z\/video?si=e0608ec63d194c8e&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><strong>Reaction to the new album and Australia tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">\u201cIt\u2019s really fun to play live, this record\u2026 and the audience I think gets it live. I think people\u2026 they still come to the shows [and are] kind of like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s the guy from the Conchords\u2019. I\u2019m so famous for Conchords and so it\u2019s still a bit of a stepping stone for them to go, \u2018What is this other stuff?\u2019 Or some people show up, and they\u2019re <i data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"586\">Muppets<\/i> fans, from doing the songs from <i data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"636\">The Muppets<\/i>. Like, someone came to Brisbane and brought their Kermit the Frog puppet with them!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rolling Stone Uncut: Bret McKenzie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adQWsC3dlHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\"><b>Almost working with Tom Cruise<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"69\">\u201c<em>Bob<\/em><i data-path-to-node=\"69\" data-index-in-node=\"210\"> the Musical<\/i> is this famous Hollywood film that\u2019s never been made. It\u2019s been written like 20 times, and everyone in L.A. who works in music and film has had a turn at it. Me and a team had a turn at it. We\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019ve got it,\u2019 and we\u2019re like, \u2018Tom Cruise is going to be the main guy\u2019. We needed him to tap dance\u2026 I didn\u2019t talk to him, but the director talked to him, and he said, \u2018Yep, Tom\u2019s going to start training to be a tap dancer. And he\u2019s going to be the best tap dancer ever.\u2019 He trains like crazy. I think he was going to train for a year so that he could do this movie, and just like nail the tap dancing. It would have been so cool. And he would have as well, by the way.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"69\">\u201cOne funny thing about actors is they think they can act their way through any job. Like they come in and they\u2019ve got to sing a song, and they think if they act like a singer, they\u2019ll be able to sing. It sort of works like that. There\u2019s also a natural ability to sing notes. But it\u2019s amazing watching them sing, and I remember one actress, we\u2019re like, \u2018Wow, that was amazing.\u2019 And everyone was just like, \u2018Nailed it,\u2019 and the film executives were like, \u2018Oh, they were amazing\u2019. And they left, and then next day we\u2019re listening back, like, \u2018Ugh, completely out of tune.\u2019 No one noticed because they were in there just being so charismatic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"116\"><strong>Surprise Flight of the Conchords shows this year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">\u201cThere\u2019s always offers simmering around, but we haven\u2019t done anything for a while. But we had been jamming a little bit last year, just trying to write some new ideas and with no intention of booking a tour or anything, but just for fun. We\u2019ve got a great booking agent, Nick, and he said, \u2018Oh guys, there\u2019s this offer. It\u2019s in LA. What do you think?\u2019 And it just sort of was the right type of gig for us. Like it\u2019s not too big\u2026 we\u2019re not going on the road for six months. I think it was just one gig and then they added a second show. So we were committing to one gig. And so we were like, we can manage one gig!<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got a song called \u2018Jenny\u2019 which is about two people. The song\u2019s about a guy and a woman, Jenny. Anyway, we were like, \u2018Let\u2019s just have a go, see how much we can remember.\u2019 And the song is about him struggling to remember, and both of us are just struggling to remember! And we got halfway through the song like, \u2018I don\u2019t know what happens\u2026 I mean, I know there\u2019s a baby, but I don\u2019t know how we get to that bit about the baby.\u2019 And so then we just have to pull up the recording, and you can actually just Google our own lyrics\u2026 and then we were laughing at jokes that we\u2019d forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of the\u00a0Rolling Stone Uncut podcast is joined by New Zealand musician and comedian, Bret McKenzie! While in Sydney on his Australian tour, McKenzie sat down with Editor-in-Chief Neil Griffiths to talk all about the run, his latest album, Freak Out City, and a potential third record. 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