Kylie Minogue has revealed she is “riding the wave” after her smash hit Padam Padam, which earned the singer her first Grammy in almost two decades.
Following the release of the song last year, the iconic artist, 56, released number one album Tension, a string of follow-up songs and has now announced Tension II and a world tour.
Kylie spoke on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 breakfast show to promote her new single Lights Camera Action which debuted on Friday, along with a sexy video.
She said: “This year has been absolutely crazy, I’m incredibly grateful and motivated and I don’t know, we’re all still working.”
“You work, you work, you work, and sometimes you kind of peak, and it’s been fun riding the wave.”
Kylie Minogue, 56, has revealed she is “riding the wave” after her smash hit Padam Padam, which earned the singer her first Grammy in almost two decades.
Following the release of the song last year, the iconic artist released the number one album Tension, a series of follow-up songs and has now announced Tension II and a world tour.
Kylie appears in the Padam Padam video which was released in May 2023
Host Zoe then told the singer that listeners were convinced she was currently making the best music of her career.
To which Kylie responded, “It feels good, I love music more, my appreciation and all the nuances and everything that goes into it, I just love it.” I love doing it, I love interpreting it and connecting with people is the best.”
Padam Padam received praise from music critics, with many praising its appeal and hook.
It won the inaugural award for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in February.
Lights Camera Action is the lead single taken from their 17th album, a sequel to Tension, titled Tension II, which will be released on October 18.
The accompanying video shows Kylie looking sensational in a series of skimpy outfits as she plays characters in front of and behind the camera.
She unveiled her album news with a short photo montage on Instagram of herself in a flowing white dress on a beach with a funky beat in the background.
Kylie joked in the caption: ‘LOVERS…. TENSION II… The sequel with NINE new songs will be yours on October 18!
Kylie spoke on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 breakfast show to promote her new single Lights Camera Action which debuted on Friday, along with a sexy video (pictured).
Kylie said: “You work, work, work and sometimes you kind of peak, and it’s been fun riding the wave.”
For the radio appearance, Kylie looked chic in a sleek black ensemble.
Despite the early hour, he appeared in a very good mood and greeted the fans.
She completed the look with an oversized jacket that slid to her shoulders.
‘Get ready for your close-up… The lead single arrives on September 27th… LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION But wait! There’s more…’
Additionally, she announced a world tour that will see her perform in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom, sharing: “I am beyond excited to announce the TENSION TOUR 2025.
‘I can’t wait to share wild, beautiful moments with fans around the world, celebrating the Tension era and more!
‘It’s been an exciting ride so far and now, get ready for the close-up because I’m calling Lights, Camera, Action… and there will be a lot of Padaming!’
Tickets for the UK dates went on general sale at 10am on Friday 27 September. Visit Kylie.com for more information on Tension Tour tickets.
Kylie released Tension a year ago, so her more than three million followers were delighted to have a brand new body of work so soon after.
Flooding the comments section, they wrote: ‘It’s giving “Aphrodite and light years”‘; “This is the creativity we needed, a touch of Aphrodite with a Light Years feel.”
Aphrodite is a 2010 album by Kylie while she was releasing Light Years in 2000.
Fans continued: ‘I love that intro, I have goosebumps and I love the cover’; ‘I can’t stand how excited I am’;
‘HURRAH! I love this dreamy ethereal piece of art – dress me in it soon!’; ‘Tour announcement pleasezzzzzzzzzzz’;
‘My beautiful muse, what an incredible surprise, I can’t wait!! LOVE (sic)’; ‘just in time for my birthday, thank you’;
‘I hope those 9 ‘new’ tracks include the various collaborations from last year!’;
Padam Padam received praise from music critics, with many praising its appeal and hook.
It won the inaugural award for Best Pop Dance Recording at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in February.
Host Zoe then told the singer that listeners were convinced she was currently making the best music of her career.
To which Kylie responded: “It feels good, I love music more, my appreciation and all the nuances and everything that goes into it, I just love it.”
‘Oh God, this is so beautiful, thank you Kylie Minogue for continuing the journey, I’m already looking forward to “Tension II”.’
One superfan observed: ‘Okay this is awesome but PLEASE recognize that TODAY is the 30th anniversary of KYLIE MINOGUE 1994.
The lead single from the new collection, Lights Camera Action, will be released on September 27 and is available to pre-save now.
Tension II hopes to replicate the success of Tension, which sold more than all the top 20 UK charts combined, became her ninth number one album and earned Kylie her second Grammy.
Tension II will be released. on October 18.
Tickets for the UK dates are on sale now. Visit Kylie.com for more information on Tension Tour tickets.
