Australia's reigning Queen of Pop discusses her relationships with Nick Cave and the late Michael Hutchence, and being tapped to headline the AFL grand final's pre-game entertainment.
She has reigned as certified Australian pop royalty across five decades, rising from homegrown TV sensation to worldwide chart domination. As with any storied superstar, however, the dazzling professional highs inevitably come with some squirming middles and difficult lows.
And Minogue's career is no exception.
"It was all of that and everything in between," Minogue tells ABC News Breakfast on the eve of a career-spanning documentary. Titled simply KYLIE and landing in three parts on Netflix this week, the docuseries delves deep, with Minogue herself opening up her own photos and home movie archives to filmmakers.
"Just saying yes to the entire project and then having to sit through … some of it," she confesses. "But I think it's a good representation of everything that's transpired. " From recording in the studio to her iconic music videos and performing to epic crowds at arenas and Glastonbury festival, the docuseries features plenty of Minogue's triumphant milestones.
Continually reinventing herself and producing numerous hits that have made her Australia's highest-selling female artist, KYLIE aims to celebrate its namesake's enduring influence and popularity. But it does not shy away from the tougher stuff, either. Minogue was the subject of intense scrutiny from the beginning, facing down vicious media headlines dismissing her as "talentless" and "the singing budgie" during her transition from playing 'Charlene' on TV series Neighbours to a career in music.
In the trailer, she speaks candidly of her frustrations with media backlash and feeling "removed" from her body in the wake of being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.
"We didn't know if she was ever going to be well again," her sister, Dannii Minogue, remarks in one clip. "I just wanted to be with my sister … music kept us going. "Dannii is far from the only celebrity talking head to appear.
Neighbours co-star and collaborator Jason Donovan, Peter Waterman of '80s hit-making songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman, andShe says Cave's "incredible" influence on her career is "beautifully portrayed in the documentary" as "someone that just saw something else in me that allowed me to have the kind of faith, I guess".
"To have someone that's there by your side … Knowing that he's there and knowing that I could call him for advice is amazing. "Another major influence on Minogue's career was her relationship with late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, whose impact she still reflects fondly on. "I'm sure he lights up everybody in a similar way. But for me, I was 21, 22 years old, when we met and when we started dating.
What an age, what a time.
"Minogue says the frontman introduced her to "the greater world" of art, literature and rock star lifestyle. "He taught me about being a person: about looking for and appreciating more in life and the finer things in life. He's quite epicurean, so well versed, he was like a Byron. He was that kind of type.
"I talk in the documentary about him teaching me that it's OK to be still. I was doing cartwheels and all sorts. I had no lessons. I basically learned like 'You're on the stage.
Go!
' I still have a glow talking about him. " Hutchence was a major catalyse for Minogue's creativity, emboldening her to shed her clean-cut pop persona and embrace her artistry, exploring more sophisticated topics and more varied sounds. Kylie Minogue retains the title of our nation's highest-selling female artist, with five consecutive number one albums to her name.
She holds the rare distinction of being one of only four Australian artists to achieve Top 10 albums across five consecutive decades . In a sign of her enduring popularity, Minogue's iconic 2001 hit Can't Get You Out Of My Head was voted in at #27 in thecame in at #101, while her 1997 Impossible Princess stand-out Did It Again became Paul Kelly's muse for hisHelmed by Emmy and BAFTA winning director Michael Harte and John Battske's Ventureland productions, the same team behind Netflix's recent docuseries on footballing legend David Beckham, KYLIE arrives ahead of Minogue returning home to headline the AFL grand final's pre-game entertainment in September.
"That big moment coming? Brace, breathe," she responds in mock panic.
"It's soon! I'm like, 'May, June, July, August, September'… uh-huh!
" We can expect plenty of the hits that have made her Australia's highest-selling female artist, naturally, but there's still details to be finalised. "It obviously is an event and a performance that's … really loaded with challenges. " But she's currently a healthy mix of nerves and fevered anticipation.
"As a Melburnian, even when we went to do the promo and I teed out to the middle of the MCG in full latex and high heels, which took a minute; there was no one at the MCG, and yet you feel the energy. "It'll be that day only, it's not like a show that you can develop, and it can find its way. That will be it. So, I'm super excited.
And of course there's a lot to do.
" Kylie will stream on Netflix from Wednesday May 20. Kylie Minogue headlines the AFL grand final pre-game entertainment on Saturday, September 26.
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