The Australian star’s modesty, likeability and vulnerability have aided her enduring appeal, and now, 36 years after I Should Be So Lucky, the pop princess has won over the TikTok generation
ne of the great unwritten rules of showbusiness could be: never write off La Minogue. As she turns 55,is back at the top of the charts with the single Padam Padam, inspired by the 1951 Édith Piaf song of the same name. It has topped the UK Big Top 40, becoming Minogue’s highest-charting single since 2014’s Into the Blue.
This, then, is the nature of modern, app-driven fame: TikTok catches on to something – or someone – it likes and it all erupts in volcanic cross-generational lava.How interesting to see Minogue organically triumph in a medium she – a creature of pre-social media fame – freely admits to initially finding “a little tricky”.
With huge, sincere eyes, and cropped, Jean Seberg-style hair, she talked of how she often thought of herself as a “show pony”, and of emotional turbulence, artistic drive, and working, working, working ... For someone whose career has been steeped in glamour, Minogue also has a gift for normality. She is perceived as down to earth and humorous: brief as it was, she appeared to have a hoot returning for last year’s. She also exudes good attitude, pluck and the ability to be a hoofer and trouper – this pop princess may be dinky, but she is tough.
For all that, in contrast to the likes of Madonna – almost 10 years older and way ahead in pop years – Minogue has somehow managed to swerve at least some of the industrial-levels of sexist, misogynistic flak that comes with the older female artist territory. While Minogue was being self-deprecating, was there also a powerplay lurking in there? As in: “I just turned 55. I’m top of the charts. I survived a terrifying bout of cancer. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pretend to be a day younger than I actually am.”
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