Kylie Minogue Makes The Mainstream Go Upside Down With Her New Sex-Positive Hit
Kylie Minogue’s Padam Padam has turned into an obsession for electropop lovers. Released on 18th May 2023, this song is Kylie’s “highest-charting hit” after her 2010 hit, “All the Lovers.”
The 55-year diva and pop star is thwarting (for the lack of a better word) the ideal of a female pop star. At the same time, she is reverberating when frivolity seems to take over the mainstream culture.
Social media has been of great help in making this song such a huge hit. Unlike entities like Radio 1, which she accused of being ageist, she finds the younger generation very refreshing. She says, “What’s interesting is it’s the younger generation.” She further adds, “They are not ageist, they don’t care, which is so refreshing: we love that song, it’s a banger, they’re in!”
Padam Padam’s success lies in its lyrics that prophecies how nothing can stand between a person and their true infatuation. Further, this song impresses her LGBTQ+ fans, who have always reciprocated positively toward her music.
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Kylie’s success lies in how she continuously reinvents herself and how she makes a comeback when everyone perceives her to be obsolete. Everyone wrote her off when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2005. However, by overcoming many tough times, Kylie Minogue has created her own divadom where her “promise of liberation” gets realized.
Her “sex-positive” number narrates how a 55-year-old woman wants to go back home and make love with a stranger. The song, penned by Peter Rycroft and Ina Wroldsen, is about real pleasure and excitement. Through the song, Kylie asks everyone to live in the moment and creates a moment of escape for the ones that need it.
The beauty of the song lies in how it’s layered with deepness without losing the easy form of a pop song. You can interpret it in your own way. It can be about your affirmation, insanity, euphemism, or anything.
So, post the pandemic era, Kylie’s song has really struck the chord with some “Padam-ic” vibes. As just said, this song conveys a profound message without losing apparent frivolity or breeziness, ruling the popular culture of the post-covid world.
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