Fire engine red. A seductive sway of hips. The earworm that took over TikTok last year, ‘Padam Padam’ happened to be the tipping point for Kylie Minogue’s definitive return to the global stage.
Could we call it a comeback though? After all, the Australian pop icon has been relentless in her craft through the decades; of studio albums and various accolades. She’s long proven her longevity in the music industry but given her recent success for her 16th studio album Tension , with ‘Padam Padam’ clinching a Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording and an epic tour on the horizon, this year feels very much like hers. Sitting across from me in a room in Shangri-La Singapore just a day before her headlining act at the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the pop icon contemplates and acknowledges her recent ascend to global awareness.
“You know, you’re going to have songs, which I have had, songs that do well. And amongst your fanbase, they love them. But to have one that really does the job, those are really special moments.
I feel like the longer I’ve done this, the more I appreciate those moments and to have it be cross-generational, I think it’s just incredible,” concurs Minogue. It’s this juncture where the virality of ‘Padam Padam’ on TikTok comes up, as Minogue laughs and confesses her inept ability at using the social media platform herself prior to the hit single being a phenomenon on everyone’s FYPs. She expresses: “‘Padam Padam’ was this portal of understa.