As Kylie Minogue fans will know, it's the year of K25. Just in case you're not a fan, K25 is simply a celebration of Kylie's 25th year in the music industry...I know, I can't believe it either!
As part of K25 Kylie uploads a new video of some sort every 25th of the month. These have included videos from her Abbey Road Sessions; these being quite different to Kylie's 'normal' upbeat pop songs. She has taken some of her most famous hits and added an orchestral element. Although orchestral and pop are not really two genres you would put together, the production, direction and vocal arrangements work swimmingly and the recordings are outstanding.
Kylie has also posted a video of I Don't Need Anyone taken from her Anti Tour rehearsals. Along with this also came a clip of Cherry Bomb from the opening night of the Anti Tour. The Anti Tour itself was based around b-sides, demos and rare tracks and was limited to only 7 shows; starting on 18 March in Melbourne and ending in London on 3 April.
However, the biggest surprise came in May when Kylie posted a brand new song. It had been known for a while that Kylie had recorded a video, but what for, nobody knew. Kylie continued to tease her fans with hints about what the surprise was. This included a countdown on her website which simply said #tickticktick. The song does not appear on any new album, it was very spontaneous and Kylie just wanted to share something new with her fans in this very special year. Kylie wanted to surprise us and it was all very hush hush, even close friends including Jake Shears had no idea this was happening.
We all had to tweet "#KylieTimebomb" 25,000 times to unlock the brand new song. It only took 43 minutes and there were a record amount of people logging on to Kylie's website to see the Timebomb go off!!!
Kylie shot the video on a very typical British day... it was freezing and raining!! But this didn't stop her strutting her stuff down Old Compton Street, Soho, in her Dolce and Gabbana hotpants, heels and a Moschino Peace and Love biker jacket. Timebomb (produced by Paul Harris and Matt Schwartz and written by Karen Poole) is an amazing mix of pop and dance and instantly makes you want to get up, in your hotpants and shimmy. The song is very energetic and Kylie asks the question "Do you wanna, wanna dance, like it was the last dance?" after listening to the song and watching the video (directed by Christian Larson) you will most certainly be taking her up on her offer!!!
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