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True!!

Caught up with The One Show On one hand, loved all the publicity for the R2 show tomorrow. On the other hand, the interview was so disjointed.... the Scott Mills playing TOMP and OANLT was so random.... I was hoping they'd touch more on her legacy, 5 decades of success, etc. etc. but the questions just seemed so random and adhoc; even the questions were so out of order. They went from Vegas to "what do you do to unwind" so randomly. Also, weird how she walked out - both hosts were expecting a hug and had their arms extended but she instead just sat herself on the couch on the other end :D

Oh dear! I hope they did their usual fawning on her chart success and longevity and all though

I cant wait to hear all about it. The hosts always admire her and it shows

I'm probably the only one that isn't caring too much as the peak is what counts for singles these days. And to say a 55yo in her 35th yr of music scored 2 top 20 hits is amazing. The record books won't go on about how said 2nd single fell 19-44 in its 2nd week! :) Come to think of it, falling out of the top 40 seems so much better than if it had made 39 where the narrative would be "last week's highest new entry falls a massive 20 places to 39". I just hope they pull out all the stops for single #3 so at least it has a chance of a top 40 and not do this 59p reduction or extended mix releases in a staggered logic-less way.

How is it going in the USA?

I see your point but all over, album sales are so low these days (and singers don't make a whole lot from album sales anymore as it's all streaming), that I'm ok with a poor chart run as long as it hits #1! No one talks much about sales these days as they still do about chart positions

yes. It's Kylie's trademark emotopop

More confident than I was for the last 2 studio albums. I feel this era and her return to the mainstream charts has re-energised Kylie fans as well who'll do everything and buy everything to get her to the top of the charts. As far as the album goes, I've heard 2 songs and 30sec of another...and of course, the Vegas High teaser..... and all of it screams winner to me.

I cheated and heard a 30 sec snippet of "Hold on to now". The reviews were bang on - it had that whole "The One"/"All the lovers" kind of vibe going on. Also, for some weird reason reminded me of Girls Aloud "Call the shots" in the euphoric beat kind of way. Winner. Although, understand that it's a typical Kylie fanbase song.

it was 30 minutes, at least whatever was uploaded on youtube by a 3rd party account. It did sound like a roll-up as they discussed everything from Neighbours to SAW to the Parlo era to PP

Any reviews of the London listening party? Assuming it happens already?

First off, apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere. Pls feel free to add this post to that discussion. I finally caught it on YouTube and as safe as the answers were, Kylie was looking lovely, natural and seemed so genuine when asked about her loyal fan base, lgbt community, etc. She is at her best : most confident, self assured and relaxed when doing British interviews. Probably because she’s been given less hell in Britain than even in oz. I love a good Kylie british interview. So are there 4 parts remaining?

Aah ok, that makes sense I never did like Wow and hate it more the older it (and I) get

X Not that 2 hearts was the best lead single but i"ll let that go. What I won't is - "IMA" was supposed to be the next single, instead she performs Wow on X Factor (in Dec, high sales time) - that ends up becoming an accidental single. And then the whole IMA was screwed up because at one point in time she was promoting IMA in EU and Wow in the UK.... and several import CD singles of IMA made it to the UK chart which impacted IMA's chart position.

Aah ok...

I took it as a typo, poster probably meant 90K

Neil - totally fair. At the end of the day, its your hard earned money and you use it judiciously. Reg sales : yes, it's almost 3 yrs since Disco, since the pandemic when people were at home and had more money to spend. So it'll be intresting to see waht her sales are like. I still feel when it comes to 1st week sales, she can match an Olivia or Ariana (maybe not a Taylor) as she has a loyal fanbase who buy albums (vs younger gen artists' fans who mostly stream) so I still say she'll do 50K'ish. But again, we'll see.

I do believe in a 3rd top 20 hit as well

Honestly out of top 40 is ok as well as it’s done it’s job : generated more publicity for herself and the album

Do we believe all CDs have been shipped? Or will a few leftovers get tacked on to the cassettes going out on 12th?

The biggest success is that it's put back Kylie in the public eye, and more and more I'm seeing publications, blogs, radio shows, media....everyone finally being so positive about her, praising her adaptability and acknowledging her success. I don't think I've read a single bad article. If anything, appears a certain section is eating humble pie.

LOL!

Oh God Peggy!

Not the biggest fan of either Calvin or Sam, but their combo results in magci for me. I liked Desire. So much better than Ellie's Mircale