![]() Not just in terms of ownership of my creations, but because it gives me a better understanding of what I’m doing and how I can explore my voice and my relationship with a microphone. It’s the opposite of glamorous, but it’s something I love doing on my own now. ![]() I do a lot of recording on my own at home, in hotels, on coffee tables where I plug in cables, crawling around and trying not to make any mistakes. I’m very open to that modus operando – if there’s a good song out there, give it to me! But I also love being in the studio and creating songs from scratch.Ĭould you tell us more about the recording process? I got closer to writers and received several demos, like Padam Padam, Green Light, or 10 out of 10. Three months later, I felt I was ready for a new project. It was just a couple of sessions from time to time and seeing what happened. I wasn’t going to the studio every single day. We started our creative collaboration years ago and our songs are still relevant today. I started working on Tension with my long-time producer Richard ‘Biff’ Frederick Stannard, who produced so many amazing songs for the Spice Girls, among others. What was your mindset during the process of recording your album? “I don’t like to be called a perfectionist or a control freak, even though I know I tend to be like that,” Kylie Minogue I think people could feel it thanks to that cover, especially when they know how diamonds are made, which is under duress. The diamond is a subliminal image – that of creating beautiful things under pressure. I like the song Tension because it can hold several meanings. He said to me: “ I don’t know why, but I picture you holding that diamond”. He was the one who came up with the idea of the diamond. What he then captures with his camera looks like the original sketch. The photographer, Haris Nukem, would usually make a sketch of each snapshot before the shooting. People have been really looking forward to an album called Tension.” As for the cover, we had chosen it before we knew the record was going to be called Tension. But once we made that decision, I was really surprised to see how well it was received by the public. On the news, the word is used in a negative way. There was a moment when I said to myself: “ I hope it doesn’t sound too depressing. We first considered Vegas High as a title for the album, which is one of the tracks on the record and alludes to my future residency in Las Vegas, which starts in November 2023. The people I met there contributed a lot to my personal life and career. That’s not the case everywhere around the world (laughs). Kylie Minogue: I couldn’t see anything, but I hope you had a good time! I think it would be nice to have karaoke at these listening parties, so that people can listen but also know what I’m singing about.įrom the very first time I came to France, I have always been welcomed with open arms, whether I was Paris or other cities. Numéro: Just before we met, you were attending your album listening party in Paris and you danced among a crowd of journalists. Interview with singer Kylie Minogue, who released her album Tension. That closeness to her fans and the media still contributes to build her legendary character. Generous, engaging, and authentic, the 55-year-old singer, songwriter and actress is anything but a diva, despite her numerous hits, millions of views, and idol status. Instead of staying close to the DJ who played her brand new, deceptively hedonistic songs – they have that melancholic undertone – Kylie Minogue mingled with over a hundred journalists to sing and party, barefoot… She got rid of her Jimmy Choo shoes on the spur of the moment. It was the day after we danced with her to the sounds her new tracks at the Silencio, in Paris. It includes the summer hit Padam Padam, which was so astoundingly successful that it entered a digital dictionary, was quoted by a MP at the British Parliament, and became a TikTok trend, as well as the Pride Months’ anthem.Ī few days before the release of her sixteenth album, Numéro met her in a classy hotel. ![]() After a country music album and a disco one, she released Tension on Friday 22nd of September 2023, a dance, house, synthpop, and electro opus tinged with the muggy atmosphere of nightclubs. The flamboyant 55-year-old Kylie Minogue may be one of the greatest musical icons of the last three decades, with 80 million records sold, yet the Australian singer never stops reinventing herself.
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