TOP 4O kylie COLLABORATIONS

WELCOME

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HOT PROPERTY

FITTINGLY FOR THE MOST HOTLY-ANTICIPATED POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR, THE BULK OF KYLIE MINOGUE’S TENSION WAS RECORDED DURING A THERMOMETER-MELTING, RECORD-BREAKING SUMMER. WE MEET TWO OF THE LP’S KEY COLLABORATORS, RICHARD ‘BIFF’ STANNARD AND DUCK BLACKWELL, TO HEAR HOW THEY KEPT THEIR COOL DURING THE MAKING OF A REMARKABLE GENRE-SPANNING RECORD.

Q+A LOSTBOY

IN AN EXCLUSIVE CLASSIC POP INTERVIEW, PRODUCER LOSTBOY REVEALS THE STORY BEHIND TIKTOK SENSATION PADAM PADAM, KYLIE’S UNSTOPPABLE LEAD SINGLE FROM HER NEW ALBUM TENSION…

Q+A OLIVER HELDENS

OLIVER HELDENS IS THE SUPERSTAR DJ AND PRODUCER BEHIND 10 OUT OF 10, ONE OF THE STANDOUT MOMENTS FROM THE NEW KYLIE ALBUM, TENSION. HERE, HE GIVES A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO ONE OF THE BEST KYLIE TRACKS EVER. WELL IT DOES SCORE 10 OUT OF 10…

Q+A MIKE STOCK

HE WAS ONE THIRD OF THE MIGHTY PRODUCTION TEAM THAT HELPED TRANSFORM KYLIE FROM SOAP ACTRESS TO CHART-TOPPING POP STAR WITH SEEMINGLY LITTLE EFFORT AT ALL. MUSICAL MAESTRO MIKE STOCK TAKES A STEP BACK IN TIME TO RELIVE THE KYLIE YEARS.

HEARD IT ALL BEFORE?

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Red Blooded Woman

UNTOUCHABLE BUT UNFULFILLED, BY 1990, KYLIE’S SUCCESS HAD LOST ITS SHEEN, FORCING THE STAR TO TAKE CONTROL AND EXPRESS HERSELF, TRANSFORMING THE GIRL-NEXT-DOOR TO CHART VIXEN, PULLING OFF ONE OF THE GREATEST POP REINVENTIONS OF ALL TIME. SEXKYLIE WILL SEE YOU NOW…

YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU

An Oral History

MILES’ MEMORIES

WE HAD TO STEAL CAN’T GET YOU OUT

Q+A EMILÍANA TORRINI

NOW WRITING AND PERFORMING CHAMBER POP WITH THE COLORIST ORCHESTRA, ICELANDIC MUSICIAN EMILÍANA TORRINI FOUND SUCCESS WITH 90S ELECTRONIC GROUP GUSGUS AND AS A SOLO ARTIST, BEFORE CO-WRITING KYLIE’S OWN FAVOURITE KYLIE SONG…

ALBUM INDISHT X

KYLIE MINOGUE

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

THE SONGS

1 2 HEARTS X opens with a sleazy

THE INNER CIRCLE

FROM SONGWRITERS AND PRODUCERS TO CHOREOGRAPHERS AND CREATIVE VISIONARIES, KYLIE HAS WORKED WTH SOME OF THE BEST. WE EXAMINE SOME OF THE KEY PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE CAREER OF THE PRINCESS OF POP

TOP 20 Kylie DEEP CUTS

BEYOND THE BIG HITS AND DANCEFLOOR FILLERS THERE ARE PLENTY OF HIDDEN DELIGHTS TO BE FOUND IN KYLIE’S DIVERSE BACK CATALOGUE. THIS IS CLASSIC POP’S PICK OF THE BEST OF THE CROP…

KYLIE LIGHTS UP THE BRITS

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ENJOY YOURSELF

KYLIE MINOGUE

THE SONGS

1 HAND ON YOUR HEART Enjoy Yourself’s lead

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THE VIDEOS

LET’S GET TO IT

KYLIE MINOGUE

THE SONGS

1 WORD IS OUT Let’s Get To It’s

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

KYLIE MINOGUE

KYLIE MINOGUE

THE SONGS

1 CONFIDE IN ME Evidently, an indie label

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

BODY LANGUAGE

KYLIE MINOGUE

THE SONGS

1 SLOW One of the singer’s most compelling

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS SLOW Dir: Baillie Walsh Kylie heads

KISS ME ONCE

WITH A MOUNTAIN OF MATERIAL TO WHITTLE DOWN TO A COHERENT SET, KYLIE EMPLOYED A FELLOW AUSSIE SUPERSTAR TO HELP NAVIGATE A PATH. RADIATING SEX, LOVE AND DANCING, AND WITH THE STAR IN A STATE OF FLUX, MINOGUE’S 12TH ALBUM RAN HOT AND COLD…

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

GOLDEN

WE’D HAD INDIEKYLIE, SEXKYLIE, CUTEKYLIE AND DANCEKYLIE… WELL, IN 2018 IT WAS THE TURN OF COUNTRYKYLIE, AS THE PRINCESS OF POP EMBRACED THE SOUNDS OF NASHVILLE – AND SOUNDTRACKED A BREAK-UP

DISCO

KYLIE’S ‘PANDEMIC ALBUM’ TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF HER MOST CONSISTENT AS SHE RETURNED FROM HER SOJOURN TO NASHVILLE AND LAUNCHED INTO FULL-ON OUTER SPACE D.I.S.C.O MODE

THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

SPINNING AROUND

“I HAVE SO MANY CHARACTERS LURKING AROUND MY BODY – I’M POSSESSED!” AND WITH OVER FIVE DECADES OF HITS, KYLIE HAS EXPLORED MANY OF THEM VIA SOME OF THE MOST ERA-DEFINING SINGLES IN POP. WE TRACE THE PIVOTAL MOMENTS – THE SONGS, THE CHARACTERS AND THE MOTIVATIONS – AND DISCOVER HOW SHE AND THOSE AROUND HER CREATED SUCH MILESTONE EVENTS.

Deconstructing Kylie

CRAVING CONTROL AND FEELING THE URGE TO EXPERIMENT, KYLIE DECONSTRUCTED HER IMMACULATELY CURATED POP PERSONA, TRADING COMMERCIAL SUCCESS FOR CREATIVE STIMULATION, RESULTING IN SOME OF HER MOST DYNAMIC AND DARING WORK

THE SHOWGIRL MUST GO ON

FROM THE HITMAN ROADSHOW TO HEADLINING GLASTONBURY, KYLIE’S METAMORPHOSIS FROM ‘SINGING BUDGIE’ TO FEATHER-FESTOONED SHOWGIRL HAS MADE HER ONE OF POP’S BIGGEST LIVE DRAWS. CLASSIC POP HAS BEEN ON THE JOURNEY WITH HER FROM THE BEGINNING.

Turn it into love

KYLIE HAS LONG BEEN ADOPTED BY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AS ONE OF THEIR OWN. WITH THE HELP OF PETE WATERMAN AND G-A-Y’S JEREMY JOSEPH, CLASSIC POP EXAMINES HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GAY CULTURE…

Love At First Sight: Kylie At G-A-Y

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Come Into My World

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A MASTERCLASS IN POP

PRODUCTION WHIZZ ASH HOWES HAS WORKED WITH KYLIE FOR OVER TWO DECADES ON SOME OF HER BIGGEST RECORDS. HE TELLS CLASSIC POP HOW HE WENT FROM A BRIGHTON GOTH TO A POP JUGGERNAUT – AND WHAT IT’S REALLY LIKE WORKING WITH ONE OF POP’S BIGGEST STARS…

THE POP FORMULA AND THE DEEP FAKE DRAKE

AI is going to become increasing important in

WHAT’S KEEPING ASH HOWES BUSY?

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THE BIG PICTURE

THE VIDEOS

WOULD KYLIE HAVE BROKEN THROUGH HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GUIDING HAND OF STOCK, AITKEN AND WATERMAN?

Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, aka

ALL THE LOVERS

Jason Donovan and Michael Hutchence remain the

A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME

AUSSIE PODCAST DUO GAVIN SCOTT AND MATTHEW DENBY REFLECT ON WHY THEY CAN’T GET PWL’S GLORIOUS KYLIE YEARS OUT OF THEIR HEADS

KEY EPISODES

EPISODE 31 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY In