{"id":339352,"date":"2025-12-12T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/339352\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:04:09","slug":"kylie-minogue-talks-kylie-christmas-re-release-her-big-year-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/339352\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue Talks ‘Kylie Christmas’ Re-Release, Her Big Year & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs we rapidly approach the end of 2025, Kylie Minogue<\/a> is finally slowing down for just long enough to look around.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYeah, I am at the tail end of what has been a mahoosive year,\u201d she tells Billboard, as she lets out a much-needed exhale. \u201cI cannot really believe what a ride I\u2019ve been on, and I don\u2019t know how I did it, either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the better part of 2025, Minogue was on the road with the Tension Tour<\/a>, her biggest global arena trek since 2011\u2019s Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour. The 2025 shows \u2014 in celebration of her spotlight-reclaiming albums Tension and Tension II \u2014 saw the pop phenom make a triumphant return not only to live stages, but to a level of broad cultural recognition.<\/p>\n

\n\tYet even after a career-spanning, globe-trotting tour, Minogue still wasn\u2019t quite ready to settle down. So, over the course of a few studio sessions, the singer crafted Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)<\/a>, the 10th anniversary reissue of her 2015 holiday<\/a> album. On the latest version of the project, the singer offers four brand-new original holiday offerings, while still managing to keep both the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of Tension in the balance.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs she looks at how the project came together, Minogue is still in a state of disbelief. \u201cIt\u2019s something of a Christmas miracle that that we got this done, if I\u2019m being realistic with myself; I went in three different sessions in three gaps of three days each in London, in varying states within a world tour,\u201d she says. \u201cYou know, sometimes you don\u2019t want to take your foot off the pedal too much anyway, and this all felt like icing on top of the cake.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe new tracks see Minogue weaving in sounds and colors she didn\u2019t have the chance to feature on her 2015 album \u2014 \u201cHot in December\u201d brings sharp electropop synths to the table, while \u201cOffice Party\u201d gives fans a taste of jazz laced with tongue-in-cheek, HR-compliant innuendos (\u201cI\u2019ve never had a traditional job in an office, so I\u2019m full of wonder about the office parties,\u201d she laughs). <\/p>\n

\n\tThe idea, Minogue explains, was to try and blend her own sonic palette with classic Christmas fare without watering down either sound. \u201cWe were in kind of tension headspace, and it felt like too much of a jump to go from the world that I\u2019d been inhabiting for this year to fluffy Christmas music,\u201d she says. \u201cSo I was like, \u2018What\u2019s a latex Christmas like? How do we do a slight power merge of these two worlds?’\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe track that unlocked that sound is \u201cXMAS<\/a>,\u201d Minogue\u2019s Amazon original, turbo-pop dance anthem that\u2019s equal parts \u201cYMCA\u201d and \u201cHot to Go.\u201d Ever since releasing Kylie Christmas a decade ago, Minogue says that she\u2019s had the chorus of her new holiday anthem rattling around her head, and the 10th anniversary of the project finally gave her an opportunity to \u201cexorcise\u201d the melody from her mind. \u201cI just got to the point where I was like, \u2018this cannot live in my head for another ten years,’\u201d Minogue says. \u201cWhether it\u2019s good or bad or whatever, I needed it out.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWorking with her longtime guitarist Luke Fitton, Minogue began ironing out the melody of the verses in the late 2010s via voice notes the two would send back and forth. Finally booking a studio time together amid her Tension Tour, the pair worked alongside Richard Stannard and Duck Blackwell to finally bring the song to life in a single session. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI guess I\u2019m very thankful for that experience now, because [working with] those guys meant I would just say stuff that I might have only thought before,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I could say, \u2018This is something, this verse has something missing,\u2019 and they\u2019d just get it. It was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe timing for Minogue\u2019s re-release feels particularly apt, as holiday music surges back<\/a> onto the Billboard charts in time for the end of the year. With Christmas music becoming such an integral part of our annual cultural consumption, especially in recent years, Minogue understands the appeal of a familiar cadre of sentimental songs becoming undeniable hits each year: \u201cI mean, it\u2019s dark at 4:00 p.m., so I get wanting a little more light!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut when it comes to reinterpreting long-standing classics \u2014 as she did on her original Kylie Christmas album with tracks like \u201cSanta Baby,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year\u201d and others \u2014 Minogue says the annual holiday resurgence provides a unique test for artists looking to leave their mark on the holiday season. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow true to the song do you stay, and where\u2019s the wriggle room to make it your own?\u201d she asks. \u201cAnd it\u2019s the same for artists and musicians and vocalists interpreting classics, whether it\u2019s holiday songs or standards or show tunes; it\u2019s an interesting and healthy challenge you get to attempt.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Minogue is never one to shy away from a good challenge, the singer says that with her Tension era neatly wrapped up and her Christmas album finally out, she\u2019s \u201cdefinitely taking a break\u201d for the first time in a few years. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s nothing spectacularly wild, but I definitely will be taking stock at the end of this year; I have a feeling I\u2019m gonna be an emotional wreck come New Year\u2019s Eve, in a good way,\u201d she says. \u201cBut already, I\u2019m starting to think, \u2018What comes next?\u2019 Because you know that there\u2019s always going to be a \u2018what\u2019s next.’\u201d <\/p>\n


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