Kylie Minogue tells Hey! about her “wild journey” of a yr as she prepares to have a good time her 56th anniversaryth Rejoice a birthday with a number of glasses of Prosecco.
Not solely has the Australian pop star been named World Icon on the Brit Awards, however together with her six-month residency in Las Vegas wrapping up, her dream of transatlantic success has moved a step nearer as she has been listed in Time journal's 100 most influential folks of 2024 – an “extraordinary” honour which she mentioned “might need knocked me off my chair”. Final yr's primary album Stress additional cemented her place as a world celebrity, together with her hit single Padam PadamFor which he obtained the Grammy Award for Greatest Pop Dance Recording.
“The final twelve months have been so thrilling,” Kylie mentioned on this unique interview. “I'm so grateful for the alternatives which have come my manner and I'm totally conscious that it's an unimaginable time. I'm working onerous nevertheless it's actually rewarding. I like sharing this new period with previous followers and it's actually superb to be launched to a brand new era of followers. I imply, wow!”
She is already set to return to the British Summertime Pageant in London's Hyde Park in July – her first efficiency in 9 years – and can head to Budapest in August to headline Europe's greatest music pageant, the Sziget Pageant. Within the meantime she is claimed to be busy recording her seventeenth album.th Studio album.
“My residency in Vegas has been a lot enjoyable,” she says. “The exhibits and the audiences simply stored getting funnier and the power within the room was unimaginable. I’ll miss the exhibits, however I hope to come back again once I can. Within the meantime I’ve so many different locations to go to. I all the time love performing in Hyde Park. There's a particular magic within the air and there's a lot love between the stage and the gang. I can't wait to share this second with everybody and sure, I might need a shock in retailer!”
Kylie, who joined Madonna on stage in the course of the Celebration Tour, says she is overjoyed – and a little bit shocked – by Madonna's world success. Padam Padam,
“I believed it had the potential to be successful, however I by no means imagined it will turn into a viral sensation and a popular culture second,” she says. “It was so enjoyable to look at it develop day after day after it was launched after which, whereas I used to be in the midst of the craziness, I additionally felt like I used to be on the skin trying in as a result of it gave the impression to be additional and additional propelling itself into the world.”
© Getty PhotographsIn the meantime, she is celebrating the fourth anniversary – and her birthday – of her premium wine model Kylie Minogue Wines by launching a brand new DOC Prosecco together with her companions, family-owned Italian winery Zonin 1812, at Annabel’s nightclub in London.
“I began this enterprise with a improbable staff who shared my imaginative and prescient of delivering scrumptious wines with stunning design,” says Kylie. “The model was developed with a whole lot of coronary heart and we've all the time wished to shock, delight and ship on high quality. It's been a improbable journey of discovery about wine and I'm so impressed that so many individuals have loved what we've developed. As Kylie Minogue Wines launched on my birthday, 28 Couldth Will probably be a double celebration.”
For the total interview, see this week's HELLO! journal, which publishes on Monday 27 Could.
