The Kylie Times #38 • April 2019

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new songs and a best-of on its way ? ridiculous rumors about kylie

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Give me just a little more time... the story of the track !

Karl Lagerfeld focus on his career and his friendship with kylie !

I’m either sleeping or I’m performing. They’re my two favourite things. One extreme or the other.

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E SUM UP 4. Throwback Calendar 8. GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME 18. Rumors around Kylie...

20. Everything about Karl Lagerfeld and Kylie Minogue 34. News 36. Fashion 38. Throwback on some interviews 42. Meanwhile, on the social medias 44. KYLIE REACTIONS

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Hiiiiiiiii lovers !

And here we go, a new issue of the Kylie Times! This month has been really quiet, but one thing is certain: the next one will be hectic! Kylie has a countdown up on her website and her social networks and a surprise will be revealed on May 3rd. This is most likely the first single from her best-of album « The Greatest Hits » which will be released later this year. Count on us to keep you informed and make a special focus on it next month!

But for now, let’s focus on the news of this month, April, where we essentially focused on Karl Lagerfeld and the rumors around Kylie following the announcement of a surprise that never happened. Isa tells you everything about another track of the singer’s discography : « Give Me A Little More Time », and you can find the latest news, the next media appearances of the singer as well as the funniest tweets and the Kylie Reactions ! Enjoy ! xx Laeti and Isa (With the help of En)

THROwback CALENDAR aPRil 1987 - 2019

Let’s have a look back at the most important events in Kylie’s career through the years and that took place in april.

1986

April 17th: Kylie’s first appearance in Neighbours! She plays Charlene Mitchell in the series, which is a focus on the lives of several families in a suburb of Melbourne on Ramsay Street. Kylie’s character is one of the characters created by the series to attract younger viewers and the actress was supposed to be on the screen for twelve weeks. However, her character became very popular and her appearances were renewed several times until she became a permanent resident of Ramsay Street for over two and a half years.

1987

April 3rd : Kylie becomes the youngest actress to win a Silver Logie for the most popular actress in Australia.

The demo of « The Loco-Motion » is chosen by Mushroom Records and they decide to sign Kylie with the intention of releasing this track as a single, renamed simply « Locomotion ».

......Music video of « Got To Be Certain » (1990) Kylie and Jason singing « Especially For You » during the Children’s Royal Variety (1988)

1988

April 2nd: Kylie is interviewed by Going Live! in England.

April 17th: « I Should Be So Lucky » ranks in many top 10 in various European countries and holds first place in Germany, Finland, Israel, Switzerland and Hong Kong. In the United States, the track enters the Billboard Hot 100 a week after its release.

April 30th: In Melbourne, Kylie filmed the video of her third single, « Got To Be Certain ». It shows the singer walking in the city, being in a restaurant or doing the armoury.

1989

April 14th: Kylie and Jason sang « Especially For You » together at the Children’s Royal Variety. The performance took place with the presence of her Royal Highness Princess Margaret. Kylie also sang « Hand On Your Heart ».

April 15th: « Especially For You » reaches the 12th position in Austria. Kylie and Jason are interviewed by Going Live! before the singer flew to Australia to begin rehearsals for her first film, « The Delinquents ».

April 24th: « Hand On Your Heart » comes out in England and enters directly to the second place of the Kylie first steps in charts. Kylie could have made it to first place but PWL the soap « Neighbours » (1986) pulled out a tape whose the price was lower than the price indicated by the regulations which made the sales of this format became null and did not count. HoweKylie at the Logie Awards (1987) ver, sales of the 12’’ vinyl format allowed the single to Her dress was voted as one of be ranked first in the Twelve Inch Singles chart. the best dresses of the evening.

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1990

April 4th: Kylie shot the video of « Better The Devil You Know » in a little black dress with a pretty short red wig.

The video shows the evolution of the singer who decides to take control of her career and she shows us her self-confidence and the fact that she wants to take control of the design of her videos, her covers of singles and albums and her image in general.

April 17th: The European tour of the « Enjoy Yourself Tour » begins in England. The singer will perform 19 concerts in Europe, including France, Ireland, Germany and Belgium.

Some critics in the press reported that Kylie was a little too sexy in the show that would not be suitable for young children but the audience didn’t seem to mind, concerts being added because of the strong public demand.

In April we also have the birth of « Kylie On The Go - Live In Japan Tour » with footage of the concerts « Disco In Dream » and « Hitman Roadshow » filmed last autumn.

Kylie Minogue in the movie « Bio-Dome » (1995)

1991

April 25th: Kylie filmed the video of « Shocked » at Pinewood Studios, the fourth single from her album « Rhythm Of Love ».

1992

April 3rd: A new single, « Finer Feelings » is unveiled. The song was remixed by the Brothers In Rhythm duet and is accompanied by a black and white video recorded in Paris and directed by Dave Hogan. The track ranked 11th in England.

April 16th: Dressed in a vintage blue dress found in a Parisian store, Kylie sang « Finer Feelings » live at the Top Of The Pops.

1993

Kylie records new tracks with her new label, including a cover of Saint Etienne, « Nothing Can Stop Us », and their new track « When Are You Coming Home? ». She also recorded many songs with Italian house producers The Rapino Brothers, known for the song of Take That : « Could It Be Magic? ».

1995

April 21st: Kylie sings « Confide In Me » in France, on the set of Coucou C’est Nous.

April 29th: The song is climbing in the charts and enters the top 10, making this song the first in the top 10 in the country since « Hand On Your Heart » in 1989.

Kylie spends time in Los Angeles filming Bio-Dome alongside Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin. I think we’ve talked enough about this movie in our previous Kylie Times, so you know the story now :)

The singer during her tour : « Enjoy Yourself Tour » (1990)

1998

April 23rd: Kylie makes an appearance in the « Ben Elton Show » where she sings « Breathe » and a cover of The Clash: « Should I Stay Or Should I Go ».

1999

The singer travels to New York to record a track with the Australian Ben Lee: it is a cover of the song of Duran Duran: « The Reflex », for the album tribute to the group, which was supposed to be released in Australia.

2001

Kylie is on tour with the « On A Night Like This Tour » that goes through Australia. Sydney dates are sold-out, more concerts have to be added at the Sydney Entertainment Center for a total of nine dates in the city, beating the record of shows made by the same artist on the same tour at one place held at the time by AC / DC with eight concerts. Kylie become the most successful female artist in Australia having performed in front of about 250,000 people.

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Throwback Calendar • April

2002

April 26th: The Australian launches one of her biggest projects, the « KylieFever2002 » tour held in Cardiff. The theme of science fiction was chosen, with an introduction where the singer arrives on stage in a robot outfit, the KyBorg - which when it opens, reveals Kylie in a shiny top, with a mini skirt and silver boots.

2003

Kylie appears in an exclusive version of the Australian magazine Vogue with on the cover, a special « Vogue » logo that is sparkling.

2004

April 10th: The singer performs « Red Blooded Woman » and « Slow » at the TMF Awards in Rotterdam. Kylie also wins the Best Video Award for « Slow ».

April 28th: The Phonographic Performance Ltd in England confirms that Kylie is the most played artist on English radios and the fourth most played artist in the world.

2006

April 12th : On Kylie’s website, we find the singer’s first picture since her treatment for breast cancer, a event described as « the moment we were all waited for ». We see the singer quite relaxed and happy, with her short hair that we see for the first time in public. The photos were taken in Portofino, Italy, by her boyfriend at the moment, OIivier Martinez.

She also began working on her new album by spending time in New York and writing alongside Scissor Sisters.

Kylie Minogue during the launch of her collection with H&M in Shanghai (2007)

2007

April 11th: The singer launches her beach collection created with H&M in Shanghai. For the occasion, she performs at the Museum of Science and Technology on a construction specially created for performance. Accompanied by 28 dancers and a chorus of 300 people, Kylie performed « Come Into My World » in the Fisherspooner’s remix version, « Spinning Around » and « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ».

2008

April 1st: « X » comes out in the United States. Kylie appeared on the set of « Dancing With The Stars » to sing her new single « All I See » and the classic « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ».

April 2nd: In full promotion for her album, she went to Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show where she sang « All I See ».

2009

April 5th: The singer appeared on a television show for children with The Wiggles. They recorded a cover of the track « Monkey Man » and Kylie became the fifth member of the group, with the nickname « Pink Wiggle » in a video shot especially to accompany the track.

April 7th: She did a small appearance in a sketch of Horne and Corden, co-presenters of the Brit Awards that year with our Australian.

2011

April 9th: Kylie is nominated for an Ivor Novello Award with « All The Lovers ».

April 28th: Following the earthquake in Japan, the singer decided to help the people there with DJ Verbal and release a special duet on « We Are One » whose profits will help the victims of this disaster.

2012 Kylie Minogue at the TMF Awards - Rotterdam (2004)

April 1st: Kylie begins her special tour in England, the « Anti-Tour », an intimate tour with b-side dedicated especially to her biggest fans. The first date is in Manchester and includes tracks such as « Paper Dolls », « Cherry Bomb » and

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« It’s No Secret ».

April 3rd: After two dates in Manchester, it is already time to close up this mini-tour, with a date in London at the Hammersmith Apollo. The singer gave a performance of « Give Me Just A Little More Time » which she has repeated a few hours before going on stage.

April 20th: Jack And Diane is screened for the first time at the Tribeca Film Festival, with Kylie appearing as Tara, the owner of a tattoo parlor. She also lent her voice to the film’s soundtrack with a track called « Whistle ».

2013

April 13th: Kylie went to Logo Tv’s NewNowNext Awards where she received the « Dance Floor Hero Award ».

April 18th: The singer appears alongside Peter Serafinowicz and Matt Horne in the series Hey Diddly Dee, a drama comedy directed by Marc Warren. She plays the role of Bibbi, an ambitious actress. Kylie said that as soon as she received the script, she read it and she knew she wanted to be part of this project.

2014

April 5th: Kylie joins the other coaches for the final of The Voice UK and sings the track of Primal Scream, « Rocks ».

She also duets with her team’s finalist, Jamie Johnson, the Eurythmics’ song - « There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) ».

April 12th: In the United States, « Into The Blue » ranks first in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs in the charts.

April 26th: Kylie sings at a private concert for iHeartRadio in Melbourne.

April 27th: The singer offers a performance of « I Was Gonna Cancel » at the Logie Awards.

2015

April 9th: Kylie unveils a photo of her on her social networks where she is barely recognizable: the singer has been transformed for the Sorbet Magazine as Marlene Dietrich. The magazine was released a few months later with an exclusive photoshoot.

April 23rd : Kylie launches a lingerie collection in Berlin in collaboration with Sloggi. She becomes the face of the brand and gives a press conference in the afternoon before going to the private party where she introduced her collection.

April 29th: The singer is back this time in another role she knows well, as an actress in the American series « Young And Hungry ». She plays the character of Shauna and appears in two episodes of the series.

2016

We got to know in April that Kylie was going to film Stephan Elliott’s « Flammable Children » and be back on the screen with Guy Pearce at her side, 30 years after shooting together in the series « Neighbours ».

Kylie and Prince Philip during the ceremony of the Britain-Australia Society Award (2017)

After the death of Prince, Kylie posted a message on her social medias reminding that the artist was one of her idols. She had written a song called « Baby Doll » and Prince has done the music of the song and sent a tape to the singer, singing Kylie’s words. They never recorded the track properly, Kylie never posted anything else about it and nothing leaked on the internet.

2017

April 4th : Kylie accepted (from the hands of Prince Philip) the prestigious Britain-Australia Society Award. This award is only given to individuals who maintain a special relationship between Great Britain and Australia. The singer then went to celebrate this award in town.

2018

April 6th: « Golden », the new album of Kylie is finally available. This is her first album signed under contract with her new record label BMG and it was recorded largely in Nashville, USA, following an idea from her artistic director.

On the night of April 5th to 6th, a signing session was held in London with 300 fans having won their invitation by buying the album of the singer. Everyone could have spent a little time at her side on Oxford Street at the HMV store.

April 21st : The singer is invited to celebrate the 92 years of the Queen of England with a special concert with the presence of many artists such as Sting and Shaggy, Shawn Mendes or Craig David. She performed « Stop Me From Falling » and « What A Wonderful World » with all the artists in a long golden dress.

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give me just a little more time

After a three-week holiday to celebrate Christmas 1991 and the new year with her family and friends in Australia, Kylie was back to work in the UK. Her first single of 1992, « Give Me Just A Little More Time », was released on January 13th in the UK, a little less than three months after her previous single « If You Were With Me Now », the duet with Keith Washington.

The single, previously a hit for the seventies band Chairmen of the Board was the third cover song of Kylie’s career (after « Loco-Motion » and « Tears On My Pillow »). It was also one of the last tracks to be recorded for her « Let’s Get To It » album (released three months before this song became a single).

It was Pete Waterman’s idea, he said it himself and Kylie confirmed.

One night, he was in bed, thinking of all these records that he had in his life... « I was going through the library mentally thinking ‘What song would she never have done that we could do, that was just a great song?’. And one of my favourite songs was Chairmen of the Board’s « Give Me Just a Little More Time » ».

He ran downstairs to his record label to find the track in the middle of the night, and he played it to Kylie the next morning.

« Pete Waterman came up with the idea of making this cover song. He charged into the studio and said ‘I’ve got an idea!’ I had never heard of the song. In 1970 I was two years old so I think I’m excused for that. He played it to me and I had to agree with him, it was a great song to cover. And it’s turned out to be successful so I’m really happy ». « Give Me Just A Little More Time », third single to be taken out of the album « Let’s Get To It » was recorded in London’s PWL studios and produced by Stock and Waterman (who else?). The whole recording and production of this track was a treasured 8 www.kylie-world.com

moment for all involved.

Kylie’s version sticks faithfully to the original single’s spontaneous feel. She really doesn’t try to complicate the simplicity of the original arrangement; she even replicates the fantastic and distinctive tongue-rolling « brrrrrrr ».

Chairmen Of The Board Isa, April 2K19

It’s also funny to note that Kylie’s version did better than the original version in the United Kingdom: it managed to reach number two whereas the Chairmen of the Board’s version reached number three.

Regarding this single Kylie said : « It’s not like anything that I’ve released before. When I released « If You Were With Me Now » I was supposed to be releasing another ballad called « Finer Feelings » but because there was so much fuss about the duet with Keith Washington, we released that one instead. It seemed like a bad idea to put out two ballads in a row so « Give Me Just A Little More Time » was next in line ».

The lyrics of the song are basically a begging letter that a girl or boy could have written to his/her lover, to beg him/her to wait a bit, to give him/her

more time because it’s worth the wait.

However, Kylie manages to make this song a little bit more cheeky and ‘sexy’ (the sexy side is emphasized once you’ve seen the video), and we could wonder if she’s not begging her lover not to rush intimacy « We both want the sweetness in life / But these things don’t come overnight ».

lot!), Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Bono, Nelson Mandela, John Lee Hooker, Ice-T, Stevie Wonder, and the list goes on and on... Most of his pictures are black and white. If you have a few minutes, honestly go and check his Instagram account, mastersteverapport, it’s really impressive.

The photo which was used for the sleeves of the physical releases was taken by Steve Rapport (during the shooting of the video) who had also taken some of the promo pics during the « What Do I Have To Do » video shooting.

Steve was born in Stepney, in the heart of London’s old East End. His photography career spanned the years 1981 to 1995, during which he was fortunate enough to work with many great musicians, bands and people: Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lenox (he photographed Eurythmics a

Steve Rapport

He moved to California in the summer of 1992, quit his full-time photography three years later, and in 2000 began teaching Tae Kwon Do and kickboxing at his own martial arts’ school in San Francisco.

On his Facebook page, it then states « After buying an incredible Leica digital camera early in 2004 Steve finally found his muse again and began shooting pictures of the world around him » (I wonder who the muse is…). *** As you already know, if you’ve read the last editions of the Kylie Times, Kylie’s relationship Stock and Waterman was really growing tiresome by now. Their sound had dominated for a number of years pretty much everywhere in the world, but Kylie’s 4th album was selling disappointingly. Kylie was liked as a public figure but her musical output was not perceived as hip.

On a more personal level, Kylie was still dating Zane O’Donnell, but not for much longer.

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Focus • Give Me Just A Little More Time

THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE SONG « Give Me Just A Little More Time » was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., and Ron Dunbar. The trio credited themselves with the pseudonym « Edythe Wayne » for this song and many other early releases.

The song was the debut single and biggest commercial success of Chairman of the Board, a soul group fronted by ex gospel singer General Norman Johnson. The hit reached number 3 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1970.

• In 1982, American R&B singer Angela Clemmons made a disco cover of the song and it peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. It features on her « Angela Clemmons - Expanded Edition » album.

She also did a 12” version that is on the same album, as a bonus track.

• In 2015, the UK based vocal harmony group ‘The Overtones’ made a Jazz, Funk / Soul cover of the song.

And, just because it’s fun, we wanted to let you know that these guys were discovered by a Warner Bros Record’s talent scout while working as decorators in a shop near Oxford Street, they were singing during their tea break!

The song is on their album called « Sweet Soul Music ».

CRITICS • Joe Sweeney from Pop Matters:

« Give Me Just a Little More Time », backed with « Since the Days of Pigtails And Fairytales », peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the best-performing of the Chairmen’s singles, and the first of the Chairmen’s four Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 pop hits. The single also peaked at number-eight on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.

It reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1970, having already sold more than one million copies in the US. The first Chairmen of the Board LP, a self-titled release, included the single and after the single’s success, the Chairmen of the Board album was reissued as « Give Me Just a Little More Time ».

OTHER COVERS

« « Let’s Get to It » was Kylie’s final PWL release, and while its awkward takes on New Jack Swing, Disney duet balladry and Jock Jams make it sound more dated by half than Rhythm of Love, it’s a confident work marked by Minogue’s first official stabs at songwriting… her cover of Chairmen of the Board’s « Give Me Just a Little More Time » complements this early ‘90s collage way better than you’d think. ».

• Nick Levine from Digital Spy called it a standout track: « It’s not our favourite track on the album, but Kylie’s chirpy cover of Chairmen of the Board’s « Give Me Just A Little Time » is probably its most obvious hit ».

• A lot of people mentioned that on this song, Kylie’s voice sounded like Sonia’s.

CHARTS The song had a rather moderate success compared to her previous hits, including her latest single.

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• UK: The single didn’t manage to reach the top spot, it was held by Wet Wet Wet with their song « Goodnight Girl », however it did peak at number 2 for one week (making it her fifteenth UK Top 5 hit). 325,000 copies of the single were sold there.

• Ireland: It peaked at 6 and stayed 5 weeks in the charts.

• Belgium: It peaked at 13 for one week, and stayed 10 weeks in total in the charts.

• Australia: The single entered at number 40 and only managed to peak at 24 (and only during one week). It stayed 6 weeks in total in the charts.

• Germany: It only managed to peak at number 51.

• Netherlands: It entered at 81 and only managed to peak at 60 (during one week) And although I don’t have actual numbers or anything, I heard the song was a HUGE hit in South Africa.

LIVE AND TV PERFORMANCES Kylie promoted the track by performing it on the following TV shows:

For this performance, Kylie was wearing an orange dress… does it ring a bell? Yep it’s the dress that she’s also wearing on the photo used on the back sleeve of her 1992 Greatest Hits album (pic by Grant Matthews).

• Showgirl • Showgirl Homecoming • For You, For Me, between the performances of « Shocked » and « What Do I Have to Do ».

However, Kylie did sing it during her Anti Tour date in London, at the Hammersmith Apollo, on 3 April 2012. But guess what? During the performance she forgot the lyrics, so the fans saved her and sang the song with her.

• El Programa de Hermida - Antena 3 TV, Spain (with a tiny sleeveless denim jacket that Kylie obviously LOVED as you’ll see further on in this article).

Metro wrote an article about this:

• The O-Zone, UK • Wetten, Dass.. ?, Germany • Going Live!, UK • Countdown, UK • Top of The Pops, UK • Motormouth, UK (pic below)

• In July 1992, Kylie and Dannii headlined the Cesme Music Festival In Turkey (it was the first time the Minogue sisters appeared on the same bill since they turned professional). Kylie performed « Give Me Just A Little More Time », « Step Back In Time », « Shocked », « I Guess I Like It Like It Like That », « What Do I Have To Do » and « Better The Devil You Know ».

ON TOUR Kylie never sang the whole song during any of her “big” tours. Excerpts of the song were used during the medleys in :

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« In her defence, it had been 20 years since she had sung the song. The 43-year-old Minogue had a lyric sheet to help her but she tore it up and hurled it in the crowd after her deafening audience stepped in and helped out by filling in the blanks. « I just murdered that song », she giggled, burying her face as the crowd cheered on her honesty » ».

« « Thank you for helping me out. It has been a while since I sang that song but you sounded incredible! ». That night, Kylie dedicated the song to Pete Waterman, who was watching from the gallery ».

Isa, Avril 2K19

Focus • Give Me Just A Little More Time

THE VIDEO The promo video was directed by Gregg Masuak (who also directed the « If You Were With Me Now » clip), and filmed in a London studio one cold day of November 1991 (although it really doesn’t look like it was cold, more like the opposite). It was the first ever Kylie video to be shot completely in monochrome/sepia tone, like if it was sun-bleached.

Two years later, the group Take That made a virtually identical video for their single « Everything changes », and the director of the video was no other than... Gregg Masuak! But don’t get it wrong lovers, the video is not a copy. It’s a tribute. Indeed, Take That were big Kylie fans and they talked about the fact that they had been inspired by her video to make theirs a few times during interviews. The videos were shot in the same location, both in sepia tone. Honestly, if you didn’t know about this, have a look and judge by yourselves.

Swiss actor and dancer Jake Canuso, best known for his role in the British TV series « Benidorm », in which he plays barman Mateo Castellanos, is one of those people dancing with Kylie.

The video caused some controversy (as always!), but as William Baker said in Lalala Book : « « I would rather be a little bit vulgar than be boring – especially to myself », the great architect Sir Clough Williams-Elis once said, and in Kylie’s butterfly life we see this same fear of dreariness which informs all great modern careers ».

« It’s got a very ‘New Orleans’ feel to it. It’s a load of kids just hanging out in a warehouse on a sunny day. There’s a lot of people in the video. A lot more than I usually have in them.

Although I haven’t seen the finished product, I know that it should look pretty colourful (well erm… not really Kylie…) and happy ».

And indeed, Kylie is in a playful mood in this simple, yet entertaining video. She’s singing and dancing around the warehouse, with lots of people dancing with her and around her, actually they’re all men.

When I watch that video, the first words that come to my mind are: boobs (yes must admit there’s been a change there) and sexy (nearly erotic). I mean Kylie’s so HOT that she needs a fan to cool down at some point. I even saw this comment on YouTube that made me laugh : « Gangbang starts after the video lol » (sorry Kylie it’s not from me)…

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INTERVIEW EXCERPTS FROM THAT TIME « I’ve only done two adverts.

The Accurist one, which I don’t even appear in, and an Australian advert for Coca-Cola that was never shown in England. I don’t see anything wrong with stars promoting products. I think that it would be wrong to promote a product that, for some reason, you were opposed to just because they were going to pay you a lot of money. You’ve got to stick by your principles ». « Growing up anyway is very difficult so doing it in public is two, three, four or five times more difficult but also trying to grow up and mature as an artist and bring that through in my music and my image was quite difficult. There are so many people around me who were solely interested in being commercial and selling as many records as possible and I think for them the idea of change is frightening ».

« I don’t like the amount of interest in my private life. It can be stressful on a relationship, but there are ways of dealing with that. I am much better at coping with it all these days, although I don’t think I will ever get used to it – nor do I want to! I am becoming more and more protective of my private life ». « I love change I think it’s exciting and important and when I started I was 17 years old so obviously a lot’s happened since then ».

« Each time I get fed up with what I’m doing or I’m just stressed out or whatever it might be, I think that’s it I’m giving up, I’m quitting and then I think to myself well god I’m just starting to get good at it and to understand what I’m doing so it’s impossible for me to stop right now, because I just want to make it a bit better, I’m continually trying to improve ».

« I don’t mind ‘good photographers’ because when you say ‘enough’ then they’ll respect that but there’s a lot of the younger ones, less experienced photographers, who will just keep going. I try to control myself because if you do get angry or upset they’ve got even better photographs ».

« I usually can spot a photographer at a hundred yards, and if I can’t I get really angry at myself, if something comes out a day or two afterwards and I think ‘My god I had no idea’ because as I say normally you can sense that someone’s around or whatever. Paparazzi I think they’re in a world of their own, it’s great if you’re somewhere where you expect it, but I really disagree with it when it’s your personal space. If I’m on holiday or something like that and all of a sudden there are photographers with massive zoom lenses outside the house it’s similar to coming home and feeling as though your house had been robbed ».

Isa, April 2K19

Focus • Give Me Just A Little More Time

DID YOU KNOW? / MISCELLANEOUS • Surprisingly, « Give Me Just a Little More Time » is the only single from « Let’s Get To It » to be included on the Ultimate Kylie CD and DVD. • One week after the release of this single, Kylie was on this now-super-famous cover of Smash Hits (I know you all love it, so here it is!). Kylie herself reposted this pic on Instagram on 14 March this year. In that edition, James from the band Manic Street Preachers said that Kylie was « the most beautiful woman alive ».

• « Is that a Wonderbra you’re wearing in the video / have you had a boob job? ». That sums up what people kept asking her during interviews after having watched the video.

This was Kylie’s answer:

A few months later, the magazine TV week made an article about this (again) and called it « STORM IN A D-CUP: What’s all the fuss about Kylie’s curves? » after Kylie had been photographed at the opening of the Gianni Versace’s London Store and at the party afterwards. She was wearing sexy black leather jeans and a clingy low-cut bustier which emphasized her curves (especially the top curves let’s say). Kylie denied (again) having gone under the knife and admitted wearing a wonderbra to give her assets an extra lift (so all that fuss for... a Wonderbra…).

Big! Magazine Photoshoot

*** • We can tell you that the sleeveless denim jacket that Kylie wore to perform this single at El Programa de Hermida was defo one of her fave pieces of clothing around that time.

See below, she’s worn it on many occasions (especially during the Paris Fashion week in 1992)

« « That raised some controversy but no..., but I can’t give away all my secrets ». Of course the press posted some before/after shots but Kylie still denied: « No I haven’t had a boob job but it does amuse me slightly » ».

A German article was even entitled « Kylie was so super-busty ».

March - Paris

• Kylie’s version of the song was featured in a TV commercial for Accurist watches. Kylie mentioned that the people from Accurist were trying to get the original version of the song on the advert and then they’d discovered that she’d done a version of it so they thought « great, let’s get the new one ». Kylie thought the advert was quite stylish.

• Here’s more info about Chairmen of The Board:

March - Paris

June - Monte Carlo

With a friend

With JP Gaultier

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- Formed in Detroit, the Chairmen of the Board, were one of the first acts signed by songwriting and production team Holland / Dozier/Holland for their Invictus label (the trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s). During their tenure at Motown from 1962 to 1967, Dozier and Brian Holland were the composers and producers for each song, and Eddie Holland wrote the lyrics and arranged the vocals.

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- « Give Me Just a Little More Time » was their debut single and was released in January 1970. It was the foundation of the group’s excellent debut album, which also featured the infectious « You’ve Got Me Dangling on a String ».

- Over the years, the Chairmen of the Board were among Soul Music’s most consistent hit-makers, scoring big with « Everything’s Tuesday », « Pay to the Piper », « Finders Keepers » and many other songs.

- Group leader General Johnson died on 13th October 2010, at the age of 67. At the request of General Johnson to keep the group’s legacy strong, 38 year member Ken Knox continues to lead the group touring with members Thomas Hunter and Brandon Stevens and six musicians.

- The Chairmen of the Board were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

LYRICS Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow x 2

Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow Baby please baby x 2

Life’s too short to make a mistake Let’s think of each other and hesitate Young and impatient we may be There’s no need to act foolishly If we part our hearts won’t forget it Years from now we’ll surely regret it

Love is that mountain we must climb Let’s climb it together your hand in mine We haven’t known each other too long But the feeling I have is oh so strong I know we can make it there’s no doubt We owe it to ourselves to find it out

Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow x 2 You’re young and you’re in a hurry You’re eager for love but don’t you worry We both want the sweetness in life But these things don’t come overnight Don’t give up ‘cause love’s been slow Boy, we’re gonna succeed with another blow

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Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow x 2 Give me just a little more time And our love will surely grow Baby, please baby x 2

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Focus • Give Me Just A Little More Time

RELEASE INFORMATION (per tracklist)

The front covers

The back covers look more or less like this

(except for the UK Woolworth promo cassette)

It’s a turquoise circle containing the info from the physical support and mentions the single is from the « Let’s Get To It » album.

UK CD Front Cover

UK CD Back Cover

UK CD - Disc

Japan CD Front Cover

Japan CD - Disc

Australian Picture CD

Tracklist : • « Give Me Just A Little More Time » • « Do You Dare? » - NRG Edit Tracklist applicable to all existing 7” vinyls and cassettes.

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UK Cassette Cover

UK Cassette

OZ Cassette Cover

OZ Cassette

OZ 12” vinyl

Spanish 12” vinyl

Tracklist : • « Give Me Just A Little More Time » - Extended Version • « Do You Dare? » - NRG Mix • « Do You Dare? » - New Rave Mix Tracklist applicable to all existing 12” vinyls.

PROMOTIONAL SUPPORTS

Japan Promo CD Front

Japan Promo CD Back

Philippines 7” Promo vinyl

UK cassette (Exclusive support for Woolworth supermarkets)

« Hand On Your Heart » / « Give Me Just A Little More Time »

UK ITUNES BUNDLE Give Me Just A Little More Time

Do You Dare ?

• « Give Me Just A Little More Time » • « Give Me Just A Little More Time » - Extended Version • « Give Me Just A Little More Time » - Instrumental • « Give Me Just A Little More Time » - Backing Track

• « Do You Dare? » - NRG Mix • « Do You Dare? » - New Rave Mix • « Do You Dare? » - Italia 12’’ Mix • « Do You Dare? » - NRG Edit • « Do You Dare? » - New Rave - Instrumental Sources: personal collection and mixkylie.com

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Focus • Rumors around Kylie

Rumors around kylie

all those things we’ve heard about but never happened This month, a rumor spread out and had every Kylie fan online super excited: Kylie was going to make a special announcement at midnight on Friday. Of course, nothing happened. The rumor was launched by a fan who in the end, was aware of nothing. The craziest rumors were already running: she will release a surprise album at night, a duet with Dolly, a new tour... We saw everything ! So we thought, let’s have a look back at some ridiculous and funny rumors we have seen on the internet and in the press - after all, there has been so many of them!

Kylie will be on stage with Madonna

At her « Tears of a Clown show » in Melbourne, several rumors appeared on the internet about Kylie being invited to the super intimate and special show - Madonna’s first apperance in Australia since the 90s. These speculations led Madonna to actually invite Kylie, not for « Tears of a Clown » but her full tour night anywhere in Aus. She posted Kylie/Madonna photo-montage on her instagram, and the pop fans were thinking and hoping Kylie would take part in « Bitch I’m Madonna », a song during which Madge took either fans or famous co-workers up on stage.

Kylie also happened to be down under at that time AND papped sitting in a café with Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager. That was as close to a pop history being made as we got though. Kylie “declined” the invitation of the queen of pop, re-posting the photo-montage Madonna had shared, and captioned it saying she’d be there in spirit. Madonna then sung a bit of « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head » on stage during one of her dates in Kylie’s home country, but messed it up and sang « Na na na » instead (we still stan, though... but we might unstan both of them if they don’t get their **** together and finally collaborate soon, or at least before we die).

City Games album

Before the release of « Body Language », a fake tracklisting was released on the internet with the album name « City Games ». The credits for each track were mentioned and even if most of them were wrong, some tracks were the correct ones: « Slow », which was released on the album « Body Language », « City Games », which was

suddenly chosen as a b-side for the track « Chocolate » and « You Make Me Feel », released exclusively in Japan.

In the credits of the songs mentioned in the false tracklisting, we can find Pharrell Williams or her sister, Dannii.

The existence of these songs would however be denied later, and nobody really knows if these tracks exist or not ...

New concerts at Christmas

After two years in a row of Christmas concerts (in 2015 and 2016), many rumors announced the return of Kylie at the Royal Albert Hall for new dates in 2017 - and not just a few, a whole week! These shows never happened because the singer didn’t do any new Christmas songs and so it was not really interesting for her to perform again to sing festive tracks, although we all know that Kylie would have sold out the arena just like every time before !

Kylie and the men...

Whenever the singer end up in a picture with a man, it is suggested that she is in a relationship with him. It works for Chris Martin, for Prince and recent rumors before she got into a relationship with Paul Solomons: Kylie is with Prince Andrew. This information was launched by the magazine New Idea who said that the singer and the Prince had been dating for several weeks and that they were inseparable since they had spent several nights together.

Kylie went to Windsor Castle that same year to receive the Britain-Australia Society Award from Prince Philippe, and many people were whispering about them. In the end, a few weeks later, the rumor had been denied by Kylie’s team.

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The singer is anorexic

From the beginning of her career, many rumors ran about the fact that Kylie was anorexic and she was not eating. In several interviews, the singer had confirmed that she ate well and had to justify herself every time. In an article published by the English Telegraph in 1997, our Australian is interviewed at the restaurant and came back on this fact by stating that she had never been anorexic. « I have never been anorexic. I was just thin for a while and I wasn’t happy being that thin. I was stressed, making the album, and if I lose six pounds it’s going to show. I haven’t actually eaten anything, I’m just pushing it around ».

Cosmetic surgery for Kylie

Kylie has injected botox, this is no longer a secret because the singer revealed it herself in many interviews. Isa talks about it in her focus this month on « Give Me Just A Little More Time »: in the 90s and for this song, many considered that the singer had got lips fillers, but it is not everything: she would have had recourse to cosmetic surgery to get her breast done, because ok, it’s true that it looks like it’s a bit bigger in the video. However, the singer later confessed that she had never done cosmetic surgery and that if her breasts were larger, it’s simply because she had to use a wonderbra. Magical !

« I Should Be So Lucky » is a track of Rick Astley with his voice in accelerated

Another rumor this time from the beginning of Kylie’s career, for her song « I Should Be So Lucky ». As you know, the singer was signed under PWL with as producers the SAW trio, just like Rick Astley. At that time they were leaders in the commercial pop market and produced many hits. For the song « I Should Be So Lucky », the rumor was that it did not even include the voice of Kylie but it was actually the voice of Rick Astley, accelerated so that could sounds feminine. You think that’s all ? Well no ! By looking on the internet, I realized that another rumor was also launched: some said that on the song « Never Gonna Give You Up »

by Rick Astley and this time according to the rumors it is Kylie’s voice, slow motion! After the two artists performed these two track last September in Hyde Park, it’s pretty funny to read this rumor!

The photoshop of the calendar 2018

This rumor will probably remind you some memories because it had caused a real drama in the fanbase: Kylie would have photoshop her buttocks on the cover of the calendar 2018. Remember: we saw a wall a little crooked with a wave created by the shadow,

as well as a piece of chair without knowing where it really came from. With a first look, it is true that we might think that a little photoshop action was done, but really badly done, because of the twisted wall.

The singer had to be forced to deny the rumor on social medias with another photo of the shooting, which shows that the wall is indeed crooked (or that the shadow created by it gives us a twisted effect). Namely we had the chance to attend Sloggi’s press conference a few years back, where the singer’s press photos were in panties and the people working for the brand had told us that the Kylie’s buttocks had not been touched up and it was really like that in real life!

The singles releases

Another subject that we could greatly talk about is the singles releases. Many rumors run each time on the next excerpt from the singer’s album, without anything being confirmed. In the end, most of the time, many launch rumors of releases of songs while the exploitation of the album is over. We had the example recently with a lot of rumors around the release of the track « Sincerely Yours » with a dedicated video and in the end, we are still waiting...

Kylie will participate as judge on this TV show, or will make a special appearance...

It can go hand in hand with rumors about singles releases: Kylie’s appearances on TV shows as a singer or judge. We remember in particular in 2012 that many rumors evoked the fact that the singer would join the judges of X Factor in England, which never happened, that Kylie would come back as a coach in The Voice while at the end she just made an appearance alongside Tom Jones, that the singer was going to launch her single during the new season of Rupaul Drag Race because people had seen her behind the scenes and so on...

At each tour, rumors

And let’s finish this article with rumors about the singer’s tours. With each new tour, we have new twists, whether on the dates, the setlist or the composition of the stage. According to some, the « Golden Tour » should have gone to the United States, others claimed that Kylie had confirmed to them that « Kiss Me Once Tour » would go through Latin America, that « Sincerely Yours » would be in the setlist, that we would have a catwalk for the tour in Europe and so on.

Every time, many rumors are going on and on, but the best before commenting is to wait a little and seek information by yourself!

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Karl & Kylie

It will now be two months since Karl Lagerfeld passed away. Pretty close to Kylie’s career - like many fashion designers - but we decided to show our respect, even a bit late, and look back on his career, his relationship with Kylie, whom he had also welcomed in his holiday house when she recovered from the treatment she had had for breast cancer, and all those times Kylie wore Chanel.

Monsieur

Lagerfeld

In 1983, Karl Lagerfeld became the Artistic Director for CHANEL’s Haute Couture, Ready-toWear and accessories. By this point he already had a strong background in fashion design, having worked for Couture and Ready-to-Wear Houses such as Balmain, Patou, Chloé and Fendi – for whom he was the Artistic Director since 1965. He has also created his own brand, KARL LAGERFELD. But his work extends to other creative domains that include first and foremost photography, but also design, decoration, press illustration and publishing.

THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE, READY-TO-WEAR AND ACCESSORIES Appointed in 1982, Karl Lagerfeld produced his first CHANEL creations for the Spring-Summer 1983 Haute Couture collection. Since then, he has not ceased to renew the style established by Gabrielle Chanel, first by affirming her « immediate identification element », as he calls them, by which he means the jacket, the bag, the two-tone shoes, the chains, the buttons, the camellia and the costume jewelry, often with humoristic undertones. He has modernised the figure, revolutionized the outlines and constantly worked with new materials for the Haute Couture collections. He has broadened the scope of historical and cultural references with the 18th and 19th centuries, Korea, Japan, Pop Art... to name but a few. He has dreamt up refined and spectacular settings for the fashion shows, which imbue the collections with a nuance either of poetry or of current affairs. He has developed the Cruise collections and taken them to the four corners of the world. He has also invented new collections, such as the Métiers d’art in 2002. He has launched accessory ranges, sports articles and products that have become iconic, such as the Boy CHANEL bag in 2011. In 2016 he created the CHANEL’s Gabrielle bag.

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Focus • Monsieur Lagerfeld the areas that he has always been passionate about: history, architecture, music and above all Art Deco and the French 18th century. When Ready-to-Wear acquired its own identity at the beginning of the 1960s, he launched a career as an independent stylist in France, Italy, England and Germany. He has produced designs for everything that revolves around fashion: clothes, fabrics and accessories. From 1963 to 1983, he designed the Readyto-Wear and accessories for Chloé.

In 1965, the House of Fendi called on him to modernise the concept of fur and turn it into a fashionable item of clothing.

In 1984 he created his own line, KARL LAGERFELD, whilst main-

taining his collaboration with the House of CHANEL as Artistic Director (which began in 1983) as well as with Fendi and Chloé – whose collections he would once again sign between 1992 and 1997. In 2004, Karl Lagerfeld signed a collection of 30 looks for the multinational company H&M under the label Karl Lagerfeld for H&M, which met with phenomenal success. In 2010 he received the Couture Council Fashion Visionary Award, awarded by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York. In 2015, the Bonn Kunsthalle produced a retrospective conceived by Amanda Harlech devoted to the entirety of his fashion work and entitled: Karl Lagerfeld, Modemethode.

peror’s New Clothes by H.C. Anderson; a 1996 edition of Paul Morand’s book devoted to Gabrielle Chanel: L’Allure de Chanel, [ « The Allure of Chanel », tr. Euan CamePassionate about drawing and ron, 2008]; and an edition of Jusillustration ever since his child- tine Picardie’s book devoted to hood, Karl Lagerfeld has illustrated Gabrielle Chanel: Chanel, sa vie, several books, including: The Em- [ « Chanel, her Life», tr. 2011] in

2010. He contributes regularly to the F.A.Z. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), for which he produces his « Karlikatur », caricatures linked to current affairs. He has created opera costumes for the Scala Opera House in Milan, the Florence Opera House, the Vienna Burgtheater, the Salzburg fes-

FASHION ABOVE ALL Born in Hamburg, Karl Lagerfeld came to Paris to finish his studies thanks to his cosmopolitan education and his knowledge of languages. In 1954, he won the first prize in the International Wool Secretariat’s International Woolmark Prize. Pierre Balmain executed the coat designed by the young prizewinner, who became the great fashion designer’s assistant.

He remained there three years before becoming the Artistic Director of Jean Patou. The five years he spent there were happy ones, if slightly idle for his taste... This relative freedom allowed him to further develop his knowledge in

DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PUBLISHING

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tival and the Monte-Carlo ballets. In 1987, Karl Lagerfeld decided to go behind the camera lens and signed his first CHANEL press release. Since then he has produced all the press releases and advertising campaigns for the brands for which he designs.

This passion for photography has resulted in several books published by Steidl and countless photo shoots for the most prestigious fashion magazines.

The Maison européenne de la photographie devoted a restrospective to him in 2010 and the Pinacothèque de Paris followed suit in 2015. In 2012, Karl Lagerfeld launched a photography project entitled: La Petite Veste Noire, Un Classique de CHANEL revisité [The Little Black Jacket : CHANEL’s Classic Revisited]. He produced photographic por-

traits of around one hundred famous figures, artists, actors, models and singers, all wearing the same black jacket. In other words, he executed the portrait of the little black jacket through one hundred VIPs. These photographs travelled the world in 2012 and 2013, stopping off in sixteen cities (Tokyo, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Sydney, Paris, Berlin, Seoul, Milan, Dubai, Beijing, Shanghai, São Paulo and Singapore). The project is accompanied by a book that brings all the portraits together. November 1999 saw the birth of the 7L Paris bookshop, located 7 rue de Lille. This was followed in 2000 by the 7L publishing company.

Henceforth Karl Lagerfeld is also known as a bookseller and publisher.

autres, and again in: The Tale of a Fairy, in 2011. Keira Knightley took on the role of the young Gabrielle Chanel in her boutique in DeauIn 2007, the Producer Rodolphe ville in 1913 for Karl Lagerfeld’s Marconi consecrated a film docufilm: Once Upon a Time, broadcast mentary which was revealed dubefore the 2013 Singapore Cruise ring the Berlin International FestiCollection. This was followed by val and released in cinemas under four films featuring Geraldine Chathe title: Lagerfeld confidentiel plin in the role of Mademoiselle [ « Lagerfeld confidential »]. He Chanel during the ‘50s and ‘60s: has been the subject of two other The Return in 2013, (broadcast bedocumentaries: one produced by fore the Paris-Dallas Métiers d’art Thierry Demaizière in 2008 entitfashion show); Reincarnation in led: Karl Lagerfeld : un roi seul, 2014 with Cara Delevingne and [ « Karl Lagerfeld, a lonely King »] Pharrell Williams (broadcast beand in 2013, Karl Lagerfeld se desfore the « Paris-Salzburg » Métiers sine, [ « Karl Lagerfeld sketches his d’art fashion show); Once And Folife »] produced by Loïc Prigent. In rever, with Kristen Stewart playing 2008, Karl Lagerfeld began directhe role of the young Gabrielle ting films and made a short film Chanel (broadcast before the screened before the « Paris-Mos« Paris-Rome » Métiers d’art cow » Métiers d’art fashion show fashion show); and Visite Nocat the Théâtre du Ranelagh in Paturne in 2015, which featured a ris. Numerous films have since foldialogue between Karl Lagerfeld lowed, featuring the ambassadors and Mademoiselle Chanel for the and friends of the House of CHAMademoiselle Privé exhibition in NEL. He filmed Anna Mouglalis in London.

2009 in: Sergei Misia Coco et les

FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES

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CHANEL Press Release

Paris, 19 February, 2019

HOUSE OF CHANEL ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF MR. KARL LAGERFELD It is with deep sadness that the House of CHANEL announces the passing of Karl Lagerfeld, the Creative Director for the CHANEL Fashion House since 1983.

An extraordinary creative individual, Karl Lagerfeld reinvented the brand’s codes created

by Gabrielle Chanel: the CHANEL jacket and suit, the little black dress, the precious tweeds, the two-tone shoes, the quilted handbags, the pearls and costume jewelry.

Regarding Gabrielle Chanel, he said, “My job is not to do what she did, but what she would have done. The good thing about Chanel is it is an idea you can adapt to many things.”

A prolific creative mind with endless imagination, Karl Lagerfeld explored many artistic horizons, including photography and short films. The House of CHANEL benefited from his talent for all the branding campaigns related to Fashion since 1987. Finally, one cannot refer to Karl Lagerfeld without mentioning his innate sense of repartee and self-mockery.

Alain Wertheimer, CEO of CHANEL, said: “Thanks to his creative genius, generosity and exceptional intuition, Karl Lagerfeld was ahead of his time, which widely contributed to the House of CHANEL’s success throughout the world. Today, not only have I lost a friend, but we have all lost an extraordinary creative mind to whom I gave carte blanche in the early 1980s to reinvent the brand.”

Bruno Pavlovsky, President of Fashion at CHANEL, said: “Fashion show after fashion show, collection after collection, Karl Lagerfeld left his mark on the legend of Gabrielle Chanel and the history of the House of CHANEL. He steadfastly promoted the talent and expertise of CHANEL’s ateliers and Métiers d’Art, allowing this exceptional know-how to shine throughout the world. The greatest tribute we can pay today is to continue to follow the path he traced by – to quote Karl – ‘continuing to embrace the present and invent the future’.”

Virginie Viard, Director of CHANEL’s Fashion Creation Studio and Karl Lagerfeld’s closest collaborator for more than 30 years, has been entrusted by Alain Wertheimer with the creative work for the collections, so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on.

The House of CHANEL offers his family, relatives and friends its deepest condolences.

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Kylie is like a small doll with a perfect body. She has a strong, interesting personality. I really love her! I love the way she wears clothes; she is stylish, and I love the way she wears Chanel – very personal, so sexy and rock ‘n’ roll.

Karl Lagerfeld, 2004 Karl worked with Kylie several times, from photoshoots to costume designs, but it’s also important to note that K&K were really great friends. We have often seen Kylie attend Chanel Couture Fashion Shows and/or Chanel parties at the arm of the world’s most famous designer.

The first time that Karl worked on a photoshoot with Kylie was for the December 2003 issue of the Vogue Australia Magazine. Karl was that month the Special Guest Editor of the whole magazine. Kylie was not on the cover (it was Eva Herzigova who was also captured

by Karl), but the pictures he took of her are amazing.

In 2004 they worked together again for her « Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour » which kicked off in March 2005 in Glasgow. Karl designed her dress for the fifth act called « Dreams » (you know the act where Kylie starts by singing « Over the Rainbow », coming down sitting on a giant glitter moon). The dress is a pale pink chiffon, fitted dress with Swarovski crystal covered shoe string straps and V-shaped insert. Trimmed with clusters of clear glass beads, Swarovski crystals and ostrich feathers.

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Pics from the ‘Kylie Fashion’ book

In 2006, Karl designed the red dress for Kylie’s « Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour » which started on 11th November in Sydney. It was once again a dress for the fifth act of the concert (still called « Dreams »).

When asked what inspired him that dress, Karl answered : « It’s a dress with a lot of energy, in red, the colour of life, inspired by Kylie’s state of mind now ».

In December 2006, Kylie was on the cover of both the ELLE UK and the Australian VOGUE magazines, and for both these issues, she worked with Karl.

In ELLE UK, there is an amazing 13-page Kylie picture portfolio (all pictures are shot by Karl) and an interview called « Loving Kylie » where Kylie talks openly about love and life to friend and author Kathy Lette.

The inspiration for the photos was Jean Seberg in the film « A bout de Souffle » and the photoshoot took place in Paris.

Focus • Monsieur Lagerfeld

In the Australian VOGUE, Kylie is the guest editor this time and the cover picture was taken by Karl Lagerfeld (William Baker did the photoshoot of all pics inside). In the magazine, Kylie talks to us about working on a new album, preparing for her « Showgirl Homecoming Tour », photo shoots, video shoots, book signing, creating Love Kylie etc…

In the pics, Kylie wears a lot of Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Moschino, Chanel, and shows us what her fave outfits are. There are A LOT of Kylie pics in it, so if you don’t have this magazine Lovers, it’s never too late to find one, it really is a beautiful collector’s item.

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On 19th February 2019, Kylie posted this pic on Instagram and wrote « I loved working with you. Unique, masterful, funny and generous. RIP <3 ».

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Focus â&#x20AC;˘ Monsieur Lagerfeld And here are some more pictures of Karl and Kylie at different events. RIP Karl.

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KYLIE and paul in los angeles

urrently on a break after touring Australia, Kylie and Paul went to Los Angeles either for a vacation or to follow Paul who may have been working there, or maybe just because Kylie wanted to record some new tracks. Anyway Kylie and Paul were in Los Angeles. A short video of the two lovers arriving at the airport has been published on the internet if you want to see it!

The singer also took the opportunity to attend the inauguration of the new Diamond Foundry collection at Dover Street Market.

a documentary on michael hutchence with kylie’s footage

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documentary with videos filmed by Kylie Minogue of her ex-boyfriend Michael Hutchence will be released. The leader of the INXS group killed himself in his hotel room in Sydney in 1997, at the age of 37. This documentary, entitled « Mystify », owes its name to one of his band’s songs and is produced by the BBC. It’s described as an « intimate portrait that uncovers the secret and mysterious side » of Hutchence.

The singer shared personal footage for the film, none of which has ever been shown.

This includes a trip with Hutchence aboard the Orient Express, a few days in the south of France and moments during tours at different times of their relationship. No release date is known at the moment.

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a letter to kylie

rish Prime Minister Leo Varadkra wrote a letter to Kylie Minogue before her concert in Dublin, as revealed by several celebrity magazines. The letter was published on the internet despite the fact that his office allegedly tried to prevent this publication twice. Here’s what’s written on it :

« Dear Kylie, Just wanted to drop you a short note in advance of the concert in Dublin. I am really looking forward to it. I am a huge fan! I understand you are staying in the Merrion Hotel which is just across the street from my office in Government Buildings. If you like, I’d love to welcome you to Ireland personally ».

Several comments appeared on the internet saying that the Prime Minister was making the Irish people extremely uncomfortable. Leo Varadkra met Kylie during her concert in Dublin.

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Classic pop magazine - Kylie

he Classic Pop magazine features a special Kylie edition, with a decade-in-decade focus, all memorable moments from Kylie’s early 80’s career alongside Stock Aitken and Waterman, all of which evoke that period to her last album. They offer a focus on the classics like « Kylie », « Rhythm Of Love », « Impossible Princess », « Fever », « Light Years » and « Aphrodite », with many polls and Kylie’s top 40 tracks according to them.

new tracks are coming !

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e all know it, Kylie Minogue will release new tracks that will probably be included in her best-of. The information was given mid-April, the tracks having been filed for the rights with the names of the people who worked on them. Four new songs have appeared : • Rose Is A Rose - Steven McEwan, Kylie Minogue, Francis White • To Be Honest - Nathan Chapman, Steven McEwan, Kylie Minogue • What Do You Know - Peter Hammerton, Steven McEwan, Kylie Minogue • World’s Greatest Lover - Steven McEwan, Kylie Minogue, Lindsay Rimes If these names are not unknown to you, it’s totally alright since most of these people worked with the singer when she was in full composition of her album « Golden ». We will probably discover tracks that have probably not been selected either because they were not considered good enough to appear on the album, or because they were not kept following the change of direction chosen by the artistic director of the singer. Note the presence of the track composed

by Peter Hammerton and Steven McEwan, « What Do You Know »: as a reminder, a photo of the artists all together was posted on social networks, stating that they were working on new songs. The release of the first single that will launch the promotion of the bestof Kylie should be soon (friday, we are guessing) !

These new tracks should be performed during the singer’s summer concerts, according to a source who told to the Sun: « Kylie’s been writing and recording new music for a while and its likely fans will hear some of the material when she plays Glastonbury in June.

She’s just registered a song called ‘A Rose Is A Rose’ which she wrote with producer EG White.

He worked with Kylie on her most recent album and has written songs for big-name artists including Adele and Celine Dion ».

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another version of one last kiss

ichard Biff published on his Instagram account the first version of the song « One Last Kiss » from the last album « Golden » by Kylie. The version is quite similar to the one we know but has some more disco touches. This is the track before the change of direction chosen by the artistic director of Kylie. You can listen to it on the producer’s Instagram: @thebiffcotheque RUMorS

• A rumor launched on social medias (again): Kylie Greatest Hits tour for the fall of 2019 or maybe the beginning of 2020, following the release of her new opus « Greatest Hits »... This seems a little weird, especially since that Kylie’s current tours are already best-of of her best tracks with some recent songs... But we will see!

• We were talking about rumors, here is a new one! The singer would have been approached to sing a track for a Bollywood film, ten years after « Chiggy Wiggy ». According to the Times Of India website, Kylie would sing a song composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy alongside Indian actor Prabhas for a film named « Saaho » that will be released later this year (it is expected for August 15th).

The action film was shot in several cities: Hyderabad, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Romania and other parts of Europe. Directed by Sujeeth Reddy, the film also includes Shraddha Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Arun Vijay, Mandira Bedi, Chunky Pandey, Jackie Schroff and many others. Let’s see if it’s true or not !

in the medias...

• May 3rd: Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 2) • May 3rd : The Graham Norton Show - No Performance Announced (BBC One)

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Kylie in the press (Throwback) • April

kylie minogue : her ten best songs ! tetu.com Because we loved the original style of this article on tetu.com (although it’s from October 2018), we thought we would share it with you. We guarantee you it will make you smile.

On the occasion of her visit to Paris, at the Seine Musicale, on November 9th, TÊTU decided to set fire to its editorial staff by establishing the ranking of the top 10 songs by Kylie Minogue. A totally arbitrary choice. And therefore unquestionable! - By Romain Burrel on October 26th 2018

10 - SPINNING AROUND

This is the single that put the Australian back on the saddle. Golden shorts, a sexiness that she handles well at 40 years old. Kylie succeeds the turn of the 2000s at the top of the charts with an unstoppable hit, co-written by Paula Abdul. « Spinning Around », it’s us on the dance floor, when the sound takes our body.

MOVE OUT OF MY WAY!

9 - I should be so lucky

At the end of the 80s, the world discovers a little permed Australian, so-called star of a soap we have never heard of (Neighbours), with this haunting song, perfect mix between Hi-NRG and the Motown blues. At the head of this, the trio of English hitmakers Stock Aitken Waterman, who will make the candid singer their « creature ». Lucky girl!

7 - can’t get you out of my head

2001. Kylie Minogue is sitting on the top of the world. Her album « Light Years » sold really well, like a lollipop truck would. The singer must strike while the iron is still hot, a year later, she returns with a new record, « Fever », and a solid gold tube based on la-lala’s. Helped by a clip where the singer wears a simple gown that seems sewn onto her skin, the song will creep into all heads and stay there for the next two decades.

Five years after Madonna, Kylie recycles the producer of Les Rythmes Digitales, Stuart Price, and the members of the Scissor Sisters to produce a dance album under the sign of Love. The singer, who survived breast cancer, returns for a kitsch tour assumed and a new package of songs including this one, dedicated to all lovers. Ever since then, the « lovers » is how she calls her fans.

6 - all the lovers

8 - in denial

In 1999, Kylie Minogue is invited to sing a duet with pop’s professors, the Pet Shop Boys. The result is a mini musical of 3min 20. An argument, no chorus, between a daughter trying to push her father who is « in denial » to make his coming-out. A brilliant idea coming from Craig Armstrong who had not yet started to self-caricature.

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5 - KIDS

With this duet with Robbie Williams, built around a sample of Sisters Love’s « Give Me Your Love », Kylie unleashes the horses and plays her all-rounder. It was then Robbiemania in England, so they loved it. And we did too. « Kids » is a sheer song. A stadium anthem that the singer will even perform live in duet with Bono of U2!

4 - SLOW

The body as a language. Sex as a second language. In 2003, Kylie Minogue returns in blonde for an album placed under the sign of the debauchery. The Australian slows down the pulse with this sweet and sexy piece. The « Slow » video is at the same time a tanning scene and an orgy. We had not seen so many guys in Speedo since Falcon porn movies!

Make love, okay. But gently.

3 - confide in me

While England succumbs to the trip-hop fever, Kylie Minogue touches perfection with this amazing single from her fifth album. An arabian guitar kind-of sound and violins sliding like soaps. After passing through the expert hands of Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, the nice little singer had turned into SexyKylie. But under the sensual features, « Confide in Me » is a serious song evoking the weight of love and miscommunication in relationships. Yeah, that’s right.

2 - where the wild roses grow

A murderous and heady ballad.

A perfect song. Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue embark on a perfectly unhealthy duet reminiscent of the big-

gest songs by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. With this sublime track, the story of a man who kills the woman he is in love with, the Australian rocker offers his compatriot a depth that no one had suspected so far. In 1995, the date of its release, the song will be a massive hit. And not only where the wild roses grow.

1 - better the devil you know She admitted it herself, it’s thanks to this song that the Australian became a gay icon. Maybe because this song speaks with honesty of loyalty and forgiveness? Who knows? Still, « Better the Devil You Know » is an irresistible pop song. Perhaps one of the most touching of Kylie’s catalogue.

« I make thousands by impersonating Kylie Minogue » liverpoolecho.co.uk Mum spills ‘lucrative’ career secrets. Tracci Ierston says she was the first ever Kylie lookalike in 1988.

- By Sophie McCoid on Sept 28th, 2018

In 1988 Tracci Ierston was just your normal Scouse teenager.

Aged 15 and living in West Derby, Tracci had never heard of Australian Kylie Minogue - but all that changed when Kylie’s catchy debut single « Locomotion » was released in the summer of ‘88 and her life was transformed.

Soon Tracci was being stopped on the street and asked for autographs as people confused her with the superstar from Down Under.

The 45-year-old explained:

« It was so strange, after « Locomotion » came out I had people singing it down the street at me, or running after me thinking I was Kylie.

I was in Penny Lane Records and someone came up to me with the « Locomotion » single wanting me to sign it.

The same thing happened in the HMV in Manchester, it made me laugh but then someone said I should start doing lookalike work »…

Tracci left Liverpool to study at the Royal Ballet in London but when Kylie came to her home town in 1989 the ECHO asked Tracci to return, so the pair could meet.

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Kylie in the press (Throwback) • April Mum-of-two Tracci, who has the same shoe size as Kylie, has travelled to America, Lanzarote, Japan and Korea, performing as the star.

« I’ve made a living out of impersonating Kylie for almost three decades.

I was the first ever Kylie lookalike and I’ve had an amazing time, getting to travel the world and meet fans.

It’s been a really good living, I’ve pretty much constantly had work »…

« I’d become well known around Liverpool for my Kylie work, and when I went to London people continued to make the comparison down there.

Kylie came to Liverpool in 1989 to perform at the Empire, the ECHO called me and tried to get me to come back to Liverpool to finally meet her.

But I was devastated because it was right in the middle of my exams, so there’s absolutely no way I could of made it back.

The publicity I got from the ECHO opened up so many doors for me though »…

« My children have grown up being surrounded by Kylie and they love it, it’s been a big part of their lives, as well as mine.

I go to every tour, it helps me to get ideas for my own act, in terms of costumes and what songs go down well with the audience - and I just loving seeing her perform.

I would love to meet Kylie one day »…

Asked to name her favourite Kylie song Tracci had no hesitation in immediately naming a lesser known single from 2001, « Your Disco Needs You », saying she relates to it on a personal level.

But she admitted « Locomotion » will always hold a special place in her heart.

Tracci has still never met her idol, but has made a living out of impersonating the star that has taken her all over the world.

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Meanwhile, on social medias... • April

FACTS

FACTS My mom is talking about the singer Killy Minon... Known under the real name of Kylie Minogue...

My mom’s english accent gonna kill me :(

LIFESTYLE

FACTS

FACTS FACTS

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Kylie Reactions • April

When I wonder if I closed the door of my house

When I want to pee so much I can not move

When my love left his phone on the table and another girl’s name appears on the phone screen

When I get ready to go out in the evening and try out 150 outfits

When I try to catch the last bus

When I try to take the picture without falling of the wall

A classic breakfast after a party with way too much alcohol

When I’m finally on vacation

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My mood during the weekend

When Kylie is back with new tracks

And is watching us spreading the word

When I’m checking what bae is doing discreetly

But who stole my food?

Ah, here it is I feel better !

When I propose to bae a plaid evening

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