{"id":92717,"date":"2024-07-06T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=92717"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:19:00","slug":"kylie-minogue-forever-grazia-gazette-hamptons-fourth-of-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kylie-minogue-forever-grazia-gazette-hamptons-fourth-of-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kylie Minogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Words by Fiona McCarthy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Photography by Christian Vermaak, <\/strong><\/em>Styling by Frank Strachan\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As summer heats up, you can bet Kylie Minogue will be toasting not only its arrival, but the stellar 12 months she\u2019s just had \u2013 with a glass of her own ros\u00e9. \u201cIt has been a trip,\u201d she beams. There was her sold-out residency at The Venetian\u2019s new Voltaire club in Las Vegas<\/a>. The viral sensation of \u201cPadam Padam,\u201d and the Grammy win that followed (her first in 20 years). Her inclusion in Time magazine\u2019s feted \u201c100 most influential people of 2024\u201d list.<\/p>\n

Dua Lipa declared her<\/a> \u201cone of the greatest pop legends in the world\u201d presenting her with the Global Icon award at this year\u2019s Brit Awards. It takes Minogue, 56, a while to put her feelings about all the accolades and praise into words. \u201cOf course, there have been waves of things happening for the first time throughout my career, but it feels like it is from a different \u2018camera angle\u2019 now,\u201d she says. \u201cOn one hand, it doesn\u2019t change anything and, on the other, it changes a lot. It\u2019s hard for me to unpack, let\u2019s put it that way. But there has definitely been a part of me that has tried to relax into it and appreciate the recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n

She certainly didn\u2019t see the sensation of \u201cPadam Padam\u201d coming. Fans of all ages and nationalities took to TikTok to recreate the dance moves in the song\u2019s video; in February, it won the Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording. Minogue loves that it has taken on a life of its own, becoming part of the cultural vernacular \u201cas a noun, a verb, an adjective, even used as a greeting or farewell,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s so joyful. It feels like it\u2019s not my song any more. When I\u2019m singing along, it\u2019s like it\u2019s everyone\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

We caught up just before the Met Gala \u2013 where she wore a custom gown by Diesel\u2019s creative director Glenn Martens and danced until dawn at the Loewe after-party with Jonathan Bailey and Andrew Scott \u2013 shortly before her Vegas residency closed. \u201cIt was a unique experience,\u201d she says. \u201cNot so much adapting what I do as a performer, but adapting to how I felt about it. It was intense.\u201d The intimacy of a venue like Voltaire meant the crowd of 1,000 were incredibly close, at a mere arm\u2019s length away. \u201cIt all added to the experience for the people in the room and the shows got wilder and wilder but, full disclosure, day one, I was thinking, \u2018Oh my god, what have I done?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The impact of Minogue\u2019s 35-year-and-counting career in music cannot be underestimated: over 80 million records sold and 5 billion streams worldwide, she is the only female artist to score a number one album in five consecutive decades in the U.K. (Her 16th album Tension flew straight to the top of the charts in September.)<\/p>\n

Her longevity owes not so much to reinvention, she reflects, but to being \u201cnaturally, happily malleable, happy to shapeshift, it suits me.\u201d Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin, penning a heartfelt dedication to her in Time, puts it down to the fact that \u201cKylie always seems to be 10 years ahead of everyone else, and she\u2019s an artist who knows how to be of service, making songs that fans go on to love for years.\u201d Indeed, when Minogue made a guest appearance at one of Madonna\u2019s concerts in L.A. earlier this year, to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day, it was a performance of two legends in their own right.<\/p>\n

\u201cSinging with her felt weirdly natural. There\u2019s an unspoken bond between artists, which I hold very dear. I respect how she has forged her own path and continues to do things her way,\u201d says Minogue. As a teenager, she had \u201cthe cut-off lace gloves and sang along to her songs in my bedroom, being my best Madonna,\u201d she remembers. \u201cThen later, in the early \u201990s, I would stay up till midnight to see the first play of her new video<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their duet was poignant. \u201cShe wanted us to cover \u2018I Will Survive\u2019 for various reasons\u2026 she lost her mother to breast cancer and she knows of my history with it [Minogue was diagnosed in 2005, declared cancer-free a year later]; and we have both survived the ups and downs of being a woman in the industry,\u201d Minogue says. \u201cThere was much that didn\u2019t need to be said or explained to the audience, but it was understood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kylie with her ros\u00e9 prosecco. Alberta Ferretti dress, albertaferretti.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minogue likens her 35-year survival in music to surfing. \u201cA long time ago I was in Costa Rica on a longboard \u2013 which makes me sound like I can surf, which I can\u2019t \u2013 but I clearly remember paddling out, missing, paddling out, missing, paddling out, missing\u2026 And then when I finally got up on a wave, I felt weightless and euphoric,\u201d she recalls. \u201cThat is kind of the motto of my life. If you don\u2019t keep paddling, you\u2019re never going to catch a wave. So I just keep paddling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, has the mental toll of fame ever been too much? \u201cI remember many, many years ago, I was really getting it from the press and I just couldn\u2019t understand how it was possible to be so untrue or so mean,\u201d she says. \u201cThere was no name behind the article or the untruth, so there was no way of responding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things are different these days, she says, \u201cand I am happy that mental health is a conversation for everyone, including those within my industry. People generally understand that there are highs and lows of performing and putting yourself out there, but it is obviously much more complex and nuanced than that and, of course, different for every individual. Has it ever got too much for me that I\u2019ve had to walk away? No. But it has definitely challenged me at times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome days it feels like doing Pilates on a wobble board in midair\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Minogue\u2019s empire<\/a> now includes helming one of the fastest growing global wine brands, Kylie Minogue Wines, selling over 15 million bottles since it launched in May 2020. This summer she\u2019s added a Vin de Provence ros\u00e9 and a new premium DOC Prosecco \u2013 in case \u201cyou don\u2019t want to lean into pink.\u201d Entering the wine business has been a steep learning curve for the singer, she admits, but \u201cwe set it up with such good intentions and I think people know they can trust the brand, they can trust what\u2019s in the bottle. The heart\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is she not exhausted? \u201cSome days I feel like I can do it all and then, on others, it feels like doing Pilates on a wobble board in midair and I\u2019m wrecked. One of the guys I work with a lot says, \u2018You\u2019re like an amusement park \u2013 some days the rides are just shut; and other days it is like whee! Everything\u2019s open, the bells are going and the big dipper is on.\u2019 There are certain moments where I think, oh, god, how to keep it up? But for the most part it\u2019s giving energy to create energy. I just have to color the hair more often!\u201d<\/p>\n

Minogue is pleased to be part of a raft of inspiring women \u2013 Jennifer Aniston, J-Lo, and Gillian Anderson among them \u2013 who are redefining what a woman\u2019s 50s \u2018should\u2019 look like. The invisibility that used to befall women in the public eye when they tripped over the 50 mark is, thankfully, a thing of the past. \u201cBut I hope I won\u2019t always be talking about [age] and there is a moment where we can just be \u2013 knowing that there\u2019s support around and we are never alone \u2013 because it is wonderfully freeing and liberating not to be boxed in by boundaries of \u2018you can do this\u2019 and \u2018you can\u2019t do that\u2019,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel like this ship can sail a bit easier and function better without all that drag on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discourse about women\u2019s lives and its milestones has expanded \u2013 and she has benefited from that, she says. \u201cThe conversations about menopause, friendship, motherhood, not-motherhood are great and it does make me feel a little sad for generations past where there was less understanding about what a woman goes through,\u201d she says. \u201cBeing a person and a woman is complex, so I think we take the win where we can and move with the times, but I think if we get obsessed with putting an age on everything, it\u2019s just taking it from another angle rather than moving past it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mentally, Minogue says she feels good right now. \u201cI\u2019m a bit more settled within myself.\u201d As for what\u2019s next, she has a dozen things under wraps but she\u2019s also fantasizing about what might happen if she simply took six months off \u201cto concentrate on health and mindfulness and all that good stuff,\u201d she muses. \u2018But then I realize that work keeps me active and keeps my mind stimulated. It keeps this Gemini brain of mine going. I\u2019m not ready to hit the pause button just yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read GRAZIA USA’<\/em>s Hamptons 4th of July Gazette<\/a>:<\/h4>\n
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