Kylie Minogue’s red-hot second isn’t cooling off anytime quickly.
Australia’s “princess of pop” began her week in Singapore, the place she carried out for the crowds gathered for the Formulation 1 Grand Prix, and fulfilled a lifelong dream when she waved the chequered flag.
Then, on Thursday, Kylie’s identify was referred to as out — 5 instances — when the nominations for the 2024 ARIA Awards had been introduced. Solely Royel Otis (with eight) and Dom Dolla (six) collected extra nods.
Subsequent month, the Melbourne-raised pop veteran releases Rigidity II, Kylie’s seventeenth studio album and the sequel to her 2023 hit Rigidity, which led the nationwide charts in the UK and Australia, and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200.
Rigidity II is scheduled to reach Oct. 18, and is led by “Lights Digicam Motion,” the lead single due out this Friday, Sept. 27.
There’s no slowing down for Kylie who, within the early months of 2025, embarks on a world tour.
Selecting which songs to stack in her setlist is a “juggling act,” she tells ABC Breakfast in her homeland. It’s “the toughest a part of each tour.”
In fact, Kylie will ship “the largest hits and go away some area for some oddities. Not simply the identical previous songs you’ve heard time and time once more on excursions,” she admits.
The worldwide success of Rigidity hit “Padam Padam” was each “mind-blowing” and “life-changing,” says Kylie. “I didn’t set out to try this. I simply constantly labored and constantly attempt to maintain attaining.”
Rigidity II has “the same vibe” to its predecessor, Minogue confesses, and options “a couple of random collaborations which I’ve actually loved,” with The Blessed Madonna, Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha, Tove Lo, and fellow Aussie Sia amongst them. “You’re feeling like a few of the strain’s off you whenever you share the load.”
Kylie can apparently do no incorrect. Earlier within the 12 months, she scooped the World Icon Award on the BRIT Awards, changing into simply the second lady to win it following Taylor Swift in 2021, and went on to win the Billboard Ladies in Music Icon Award.
Kylie landed a Grammy Award (finest pop dance recording) for “Padam Padam,” accomplished her inaugural Las Vegas Residency, and signed with United Expertise Company (UTA) for reside illustration within the U.S. and Canada and appearing roles worldwide.
The Rigidity Tour 2025 is scheduled to kick off Feb. 15 at RAC Area in Perth, Australia, following by pan-Asian dates in March, and a trek by way of the U.Okay. and Europe in Might.
