Love in Motion tour
Concert by Anika Moa
A promotional poster for the tour
Location	New Zealand
Associated album	Love in Motion
Start date	27 May 2010 (2010-05-27)
End date	5 June 2010 (2010-06-05)
No. of shows	6

Love in Motion
Review scores
Source	Rating
Amplifier	(favourable)
The Dominion Post
Elsewhere	(mixed)
The Nelson Mail
The New Zealand Herald
North & South	(favourable)
Otago Daily Times
The Press	(favourable)
Waikato Times

Love in Motion is the fourth studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Anika Moa. The album's underlying theme is love. Moa's civil partner, Azaria Universe, was her biggest influence when writing the album. With Love in Motion, Moa moved from the folk and country pop influences of In Swings the Tide to a pop rock sound. The album was released by EMI Records internationally on 12 March 2010, with releases in Moa's home country and Australia following on 5 April and 10 September, respectively. Moa toured Westfield malls the week of the album's release, and a concert tour followed in May and June 2010.

Critical reviews for the album have been mostly positive, with Moa's lyrical writing received well. It debuted and peaked on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number four. "Running Through the Fire (Storm)" served as the album's lead single, which peaked at number thirty-eight on the New Zealand Singles Chart. "Blame It on the Rain", the second single, did not appear on any record chart. Love in Motion Covers was released in October 2011; it comprises covers of the songs from Love in Motion by other musicians.

Moa has said that her partner, burlesque dancer Azaria Universe, with whom she entered into a civil union in February 2010, was a major inspiration for the album.Love in Motion is dedicated to Universe, with the CD liner bearing the message, "For Azaria, let it be you, I fall into".

When writing the album, Moa wanted to put the word "love" into the title of every song. Ultimately, four of the ten track titles contain "love" or "loves", and every song has the word in its lyrics. In interviews, Moa has revealed the inspiration and circumstances around many of its songs. She said that "I Am the Woman Who Loves You" is about when she and Universe first met and that "Love Me Again" is about "taking the piss out of [her] love for Azaria", calling the latter "a real Anika Moa song." According to Moa, "Two Hearts" and "Secrets and Lies" were inspired by people who "fucked [her] off". "Secrets and Lies" was written while Moa says she was "in a really bad mood", however she asserts that it is her favourite track on the album. Moa said that "Blame It On the Rain" is about a person who Moa "will never ever name because they will be really, really sad if they knew". "In the Air" is about Moa's fear of flying, and "Running Through the Fire (Storm)", originally simply called "Storm", was prompted by the death of Moa's father.

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