was released on Beluga Records. The album entered the Official Top 20 NZ Albums Chart at number 3 and the Independent Music New Zealand Top 20 Chart at number one. Watson toured New Zealand with the album band in support of the new album from 3–26 May 2018. On September 25, 2020 Watson released his seventh solo album Getting Sober For The End Of The World. The album was widely praised in New Zealand with critic Simon Sweetman opining "This is Darren's finest set of recordings." The album debuted at #23 on the NZ Official Top 40 Album Chart. It also charted at #6 on the Official Top 20 NZ Albums Chart. The album was recorded, mixed, and produced by Watson, and included several guest artists including longtime Mavis Staples musical director Rick Holmstrom on guitar on the track Alison Jane. On December 17, 2020 Recorded Music New Zealand announced that Getting Sober For The End Of The World was a finalist for the Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist award at the 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards. "Planet Key" In August 2014, Watson released the single "Planet Key", which satirised the New Zealand prime minister John Key. As the song had been released in the run-up to the 2014 general election, the Electoral Commission advised that the song would be viewed as an electoral programme and therefore could not be played on New Zealand television or radio, nor could it be sold unless it was labelled as an election advertisement. Watson chose to remove the song from the iTunes Store, claiming the commission's advice was censorship. John Key commented that the song and its music video was, "quite professionally done. It was anti-us but as a parody it was okay." In September, before the general election, Watson took the Electoral Commission to the New Zealand High Court to challenge their advice. Justice Denis Clifford reserved his decision, saying the issues were complex. On 2 April, in a landmark 76-page judgment, Justice Denis Clifford ruled comprehensively in favour of Watson and Jones. Significantly, he held that the Electoral Commission's interpretation of the legislation "would impose limits on the right of freedom of expression of the plaintiffs and New Zealand citizens more generally in a manner which... cannot be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." The Electoral Commission immediately appealed Justice Clifford's ruling, and on 20 October 2016