14 DAY TRIAL // After being diagnosed with breast cancer, singer Kylie Minogue was forced to call off her international tour and embark on the long road to recovery. That experience is in the past but she also learned a lot from it, which is why she can now say she’s much wiser and, in more ways than one, more appreciative of what she has. In the June/July 2010 issue of Blackbook magazine, Kylie opens up about battling cancer and the happiness of getting back in the studio again.
Kylie’s latest album, “Aphrodite,” is being marketed as an euphoric material that will bring her back on the pop scene after so many years away. Hopefully, it will also help her conquer the US market again, though all the signs are already pointing in that direction as her first single, “All the Lovers,” has been received with warm praise. Now, after so many years, Kylie can see what was wrong with her previous material, which means one can only hope she righted all that was wrong with it.
“That album [‘X’] had some great moments on it, but, as a whole, it wasn’t cohesive. I think people wanted to hear something with more gravitas considering what I’d just been through, but the most personal songs I’d written, like ‘Ruffle My Feathers,’ didn’t end up on the album. That one was about cancer: How could you do this to me? How could you ruffle my feathers? It’s symbolic, but also, very literally, cancer put an end to my Showgirl tour,” the petite singer says for the magazine.
In the same interview, the singer also talks about the beginning of her career, when she landed a role in an Australian television show and how she never even dared to dream she’d become the princess of pop one day. Still, there is a downside to fame as well, Kylie admits and she first got to experience that on her own when she was diagnosed with cancer and she realized she had to let her fans know. It was a very difficult moment, she explains, and she probably couldn’t have pulled through if it weren’t for her fans and determination.
“It was the first time I’d felt such absolute terror. We stopped at a café that day. I remember looking at everyone around me, watching how normal they all seemed, and thinking, These people don’t know now, but they will tomorrow. My dad has always said since the very beginning, ‘Kylie, you know you can say no to any of this. You can walk away from the whole thing if you want.’ But I’m a people-pleaser. ‘No’ doesn’t come naturally to me,” the singer explains.