GRAMMYs 2024: Kylie Minogue

Rolling Stone

Kylie Minogue talks with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon at the 2024 GRAMMYs

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00:00 Okay, so we obviously have to talk about this historic win that you just came home with.

00:06 Talk about being nominated in this category, this new category, and then also being able

00:11 to take home the Nice Little Trophy.

00:13 I mean, it feels poetic, honestly.

00:17 When I'm asked what kind of music I make, I meet someone that has no clue.

00:23 Like, "Oh, what do you do, dear?"

00:25 I'm like, "I make music."

00:27 "Oh, what kind of music?"

00:29 "Oh, I make pop dance."

00:31 So, yes, to win with the inaugural category of pop dance, it's what I've done for such

00:37 a long time, and I'm super happy and proud.

00:40 And, I mean, it's 20 years since your first win.

00:44 So, you talked about being poetic.

00:46 That's poetic, right, in and of itself.

00:49 Winning it then, 20 years later, I mean, have you even had a second to reflect on how big

00:55 that is as you've been preparing for tonight?

00:58 To be honest, win or no win, it was already momentous for me that it's 20 years since

01:08 the other...

01:09 I've got to sit now.

01:10 I'm going to start collecting.

01:13 Yeah, I'm just...

01:15 I'm so moved by representing longevity and that you can adapt and evolve.

01:24 Maybe evolve is an even better word than longevity.

01:28 I've never stopped working, and to have these little peaks is so helpful.

01:34 I'm in the studio next week.

01:37 I'm so inspired with music right now.

01:39 You're in the studio next week.

01:40 What's inspiring you right now?

01:42 Everything.

01:43 Pudim, People's Response, Tension, Vegas.

01:47 I mean, I don't have room for more songs in my show, but I will make room.

01:51 Okay, I think we need to make room because you're in the studio.

01:54 We need it immediately because it's got this energy that we have, especially coming off

01:58 of this huge win.

01:59 Yeah, well, I feel like I use a surfing analogy a lot, which as a surfer, I am not, but you

02:06 paddle.

02:07 You're never going to catch a wave unless you're paddling, and I paddle.

02:13 This currently, it's a wave, so I just want to ride it, like ride it hard.

02:20 Catch the view from time to time, like look up and be aware that this is, which I'm very

02:24 much aware this is a great moment.

02:26 I'm very thankful for it, and yeah, I'm thinking about what's next.

02:32 We're always thinking about what's next while also staying present.

02:35 That's a lesson that I am going to take from you today, especially in evolution because

02:40 I'm trying to be on your wave.

02:42 I'm really trying to be on your wave.

02:43 Jump on, jump on.

02:45 Let's do it.

02:46 Let's go, let's ride.

02:47 Let's ride.

02:49 So before we get out of here, I think it's really interesting to think about this concept

02:53 of never not working.

02:55 I think that's something that I am trying to fuel me as I continue to step into my career.

03:02 Can you talk a bit about how you maintain being a student and never getting settled

03:09 in that feeling?

03:10 I think I'm naturally always a student.

03:12 It's nice when you have moments where I'll just know stuff that I didn't know 10, 15,

03:18 20, 30 years ago, and to say it.

03:23 I would maybe think stuff years ago, and now I just say it.

03:28 If I say it, I'm normally right.

03:31 It's gone through the, it's like a streamlined process.

03:36 But yeah, I always think what I, you know, there's so much more to learn.

03:41 I've always felt like that.

03:42 So I'm excited for you.

03:45 That this is, you know, just to be cognizant of that is, you're already ahead.

03:50 Look, she said it, not me.

03:52 That's right.

03:53 Now before we get you out of here for our last question, I need to know what makes a

03:57 perfect pop song, because you are the one who knows.

04:00 I mean, you just keep sifting, keep digging.

04:05 Look, there's plenty of people you could ask down this red carpet tonight.

04:10 I don't think anyone knows what perfect is, but I really enjoy the challenge and

04:18 the puzzle of it.

04:20 It's a puzzle.

04:21 I think more than in the past I think of it that way, like the sections and what

04:27 journey is it taking you on, what's the emotion, what's the unexpected, and what

04:34 is like, you don't have to think, you're in.

04:37 Right.

04:38 Yeah.

04:39 So it's probably not very helpful.

04:40 No, it's helpful to me.

04:41 I don't know what the answer is.

04:42 It's helpful to me.

04:43 You need hooks.

04:44 You got one.

04:45 Hooks and intrigue, and that's a good start.

04:49 Yeah.

04:50 I mean, ba-dum, ba-dum, I hear it and I know.

04:53 That's the hook.

04:54 Look at us fusing, phasing together.

04:57 I wish you all the best.

04:59 Thank you so much.

05:00 You're winning already, and have a great Grammys night.

05:03 See you soon.

05:04 Thank you.

05:05 Thank you, Rolling Stone.

05:06 (whooshing)

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