Building the tension, again

AUSTRALIAN pop princess Kylie Minogue is releasing her 17th album Tension II tomorrow.

The dance album serves as a continuation to her critically acclaimed 16th studio album Tension, released in 2023, which features Grammy-winning song Padam Padam.

The project features artists including Bebe Rexha, The Blessed Madonna, Tove Lo and Orvell Peck.

Kylie is the highest-selling female recording artist from Australia. Born and raised in Melbourne, she embarked on her music career in the late 80s, releasing her debut studio album Kylie in July 1988.

Her international breakthrough came with the release of her eighth studio album Fever (2001), which features the smash hits Can’t Get You Out of My Head, In Your Eyes and Love at First Sight.

While touring in 2005, the singer was diagnosed with breast cancer, forcing her to cancel the remainder of the tour to go under surgery and treatment.

It was announced the following year that the singer had finished chemotherapy and that the surgery was successful.

Resuming the tour in November, the singer had her show reworked to accommodate her medical condition, which involved reducing her dance routines, slower costume changes and longer breaks between sections of the show.

Looking back on her long career, the 56-year-old compares the peaks and lows of it to ‘surfing’.

“We’re paddling, paddling, paddling, and sometimes you catch a wave,” she said in an interview.

“So I really want to ride this one and enjoy the view, because I know how exhausting it is to paddle and miss the wave,” she added.