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The band split after a worldwide tour in 2010 and vocalist
Morten Harket, keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul
Waaktaar-Savoy went on to pursue solo projects.
The trio are now back together for a two-year reunion to write
new material. Their 10th studio album, "Cast In Steel", is out
Sept. 4 and a European tour will follow next year. A-ha will
first perform at the Rock in Rio music festival this month.
"It's incredible how quickly you fall back into where you left
off," Harket told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
"One of the good things about being away is to digest things and
maybe learn from things and see if there are better ways to get
to where you want to be."
A-ha formed in 1982 and this year marks 30 years since the
release of their debut album "Hunting High and Low", which has
sold more than 10 million copies.
"For us you have to make peace with that song because it's
stronger than you in a way. It's not going away," Harket said
when asked about the continued popularity of "Take On Me".
"We played it to death ... but the public don't get sick of it
somehow."
Harket said the band now are getting to grips with the
popularity of social media -- especially within the music
industry -- a big change from when they started out.
"I have always been a recluse really and to bring me out in the
open like that is not easy," he said. "I think it has a lot of
good things to it."
(Reporting by Jane Witherspoon; Writing by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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