Kiss Me Once

I have all the reason to shout for joy and celebrate at the moment.

I know I am a few days late.

And I am aware the tracks were made available/leaked online,

but I made it a point not to listen to anything except the first single 

until the actual album is in stores and I have it in my hands.

Which I did last night. 

So after her release of The Abbey Road Sessons in 2012,

Kiss Me Once was born on 14th March 2014.

The album saw Kylie worked with a bunch of people whom she hasn't worked with before,

namely Pharrell Williams who wrote and co-produced a track called "I Was Gonna Cancel",

duetted with Enrique Iglesias for a beautiful ballad named "Beautiful",

and Sia Furler who collaborated on the album as co-executive producer

as well as writer for the songs "Kiss Me Once" and "Sexercize".

Ms. Minogue even got to remake a song that was originally titled Indiana by Tom Aspaul,

and renamed the track as "Feels So Good".

Overall, the album has a fair bit of something old and something new, something borrowed and
hey.....something BLUE!

There are a couple of tracks that screams Kylie signature,

and a few that still has Kylie written all over it but with a fresh twist.

First single "Into The Blue" has all the makings of a Kylie pop track.

Rather reminiscent to her previous hit "All The Lovers" from her Aphrodite album,

this wonderful piece is made up of pure eletropop perfection with accompanying strings on the background.

The music video was shot by Dawn Shadforth who previously worked with Kylie on Spinning Around and the iconic Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

And then we have this rather interesting music video she made and released recently

for Sexercize.

To be honest with you, I wasn't keen on the track when I first listened to it last night,

but the promotional video shot for it gave it a new light to me.

And we get to see that famous Minogue bum once again!

All in all, I am pretty impressed with the album as a whole.

And I have been listening to it non-stop at the office since this morning.

It's shaping up to be a great day so far.

Good job Minogue!

XOXO

Happy Birthday Kylie Minogue!

Kylie has always been one of my biggest icon growing up.

I was introduced to her and her music since 1988 when I first heard I Should Be So Lucky on the radio. Of course I didn't know she was then, and didn't know how I could find a way to listen to that song again as I was so little and my parents knew absolutely nothing about pop culture in the 80s. 

I didn't get to know who Kylie was until I was re-introduced to her again by my cousin Anthony who was a couple years older than I was and had already started getting into pop music. My first music purchase wasn't Kylie though. I remember getting my father to purchase Madonna's Like A Prayer and Pepsi & Shirlie's All Right Now on cassette! But I have a pretty strong feeling Kylie's cassingle (cassette single) for Hand On Your Heart was my 3rd music purchase at the time, which lead to owning the Enjoy Yourself album. And the list when on from there.

Kylie has always been a source of fashion inspiration for me even during my teen years. Growing up, I wanted to have Kylie's black brows from the What Do I Have To Do video, which sort of lead to the slimmer brows she had for her DeCon years when she first released her Kylie Minogue (1994) album. I think I was perhaps the only one in school who was into Ms Minogue's music and persona at the time. Growing up, I have always marched to a different beat all my own, so it didn't bother me that whatever I liked doing or whatever music I was into at the time were not what my friends at school were interested in. Even during my college years, I wanted Kylie's glossy lips from her Impossible Princess days (LOL). I even had a short stint wearing REALLY short denim shorts prancing all over town when her Spinning Around gold hotpants were the subject of discussion all over the world! When she got her hair cut into a Bardot-like fringed look, I did the same. And then of course, being an asian with really black hair, I decided to go blond. Like REALLY blond. All because of Kylie.

In 2010, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to see Kylie promoting her Aphrodite album on tour in Singapore. That was perhaps THE highlight of my life so far. My friends and I screamed the whole night until we lost our voices. And it was money well spent. Just knowing that being in the same 'room' as your icon just took my breath away.

So basically throughout the vast majority of my entire life up till now, Kylie's music has always been part of me since 1988. Ever single track I listen to, whether from her albums, B-sides, remixes, live tracks, or unreleased materials have a significant meaning that also comes with pleasant memories. I guess I can say that Kylie has helped shaped my life in so many ways. Without her, my world would be a very black & white existence.

And to celebrate her birthday in my own way, I am listening to ALL Kylie's albums :-

Kylie

Hand On Your Heart

Rhythm Of Love

Let's Get To It

Kylie Minogue

Impossible Princess

Light Years

Fever

Body Language

X

Aphrodite

The Abbey Road Sessions

(and everything else in between).

Happy Birthday Ms. Kylie Minogue.

 

 Thank you for everything.

XOXO

Happy 23rd Birthday Blonde Ambition

23 years ago, Blonde Ambition was unleashed and shocked the whole world. 

Even the Pope believed Satan was released into the world the 2nd time.

All of a sudden, the world started to pay more attention to Madonna. I believe she was crowned Queen because of this world tour. It was ground-breaking. 

And let's not forget the breath-taking Gaultier costumes.

And the iconic ponytail.

Thank you for showing the world  and changing how live performances are done.

I'm so excited.....I just can't hide it!

I'm super excited about this. 

Goddess Kylie Minogue has tweeted that a number of the new tracks she recorded

 for her upcoming album would be great for the treadmill. Which means one thing :- A lot of upbeat tracks going on. And that's always good news to majority of Kylie fans ie. moi.

I am getting really excited about this new era. Especially now that she's signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation. Fingers crossed good things will come.

XOXO

Smell like Madonna.

I am aware I'm a little late with this even though I knew about it a while ago.

But I'm still sharing it anyway.

Kylie's little Christmas card.

Kylie Minogue was gracious enough to send a personalized Christmas card to Perez Hilton recently.

How gorgeous.

Dolly's Xmas Tune : Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

I bring to you a Christmas video full of  iconic mullets, cool fashion, and Bananarama.

Let's all take a little moment to remember those who are less fortunate than we are.

Peace & Love

XOXO

Dolly's Xmas Tune : Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

It's the season to dress up and be merry.

Here is my very first video post.

And why not?

Annie Lennox is one of my utmost fashion icon!

Tidings of comfort and joy.

XOXO

Icon Appreciation :- Julie Newmar

My first tribute to an icon. 

The original Catwoman.

Meow......

(I told you I love the 60s)