Kylie Mogue Reveals What She Thks Is the Ultimate Gay Anthem – Billboard

Contents:

• KYLIE MOGUE ON THE FIRST TIME SHE REALIZED SHE WAS A GAY IN
• KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL
• KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL
• KYLIE MOGUE FALLY SETTL THE DEBATE ON THE DEFIVE GAY ANTHEM: HERE’S HER PICK
• KYLIE MOGUE’S “PADAM PADAM” IS THE GAY NONSENSE BOP WE NEED THIS PRI

KYLIE MOGUE ON THE FIRST TIME SHE REALIZED SHE WAS A GAY IN

"It happened whout me knowg , " Mogue tells Billboard, explag she beme aware of her tense LGBTQ followg the late '80s while visg Sydney's so-lled "Gay Goln Mile. Speakg to Billboard ahead of the show, the Asie pop queen reflected on the first time she realized she was a gay in.

“It happened whout me knowg , ” Mogue tells Billboard, explag she beme aware of her tense LGBTQ followg the late ’80s while visg Sydney’s so-lled “Gay Goln Mile. “I was Sydney and there’s a famo bar on Oxford Street lled the Albury, and at the time was the gay bar the gay area Sydney. Sce then, Kylie’s given more than enough looks to populate an entire bar whout repeats, and her gay fan base has only grown.

KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL

The track’s melancholic Hi-NRG productn, and s universal lyrics speakg of a romantic longg that might never be sated, nnected anilly wh a generatn of young gay men stgglg wh their place a wir society that was sred and then goad to antagonism by the AIDS crisis. PWL’s creative geni lay the balanced steer between the teen pop that led the rerd racks the UK high-street cha Woolworths and the vibrant personaly of the gay club scene. And Shocked, Kylie first beme aware of the appeal she had on the gay scene.

KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL

She told Billboard: “I was Sydney and there’s a famo bar on Oxford Street lled the Albury and, at the time, was the gay bar  the gay area Sydney. She went so far as to rerd wh the legendary Gloria Gaynor on Can’t Stop Wrg Songs About You, but wh sgl such as Magic, and the duets wh Years & Years (A Send To Midnight) and Jsie Ware (Kiss Of Life), Kylie was craftg tracks as creatively nsistent as ever.

Dis divas are arguably ten to the dozen, and gay men particular have an built vulnerabily to a sometim lightweight appeal.

In an terview wh Olly Alexanr of Years & Years, for London’s Eveng Standard, Kylie posned her reputatn as a gay in simply: “I didn’t set out to do that [be clive], is jt naturally how I feel. I’m currently experiencg one of the gayt weeks of my life, which is sayg somethg.

KYLIE MOGUE FALLY SETTL THE DEBATE ON THE DEFIVE GAY ANTHEM: HERE’S HER PICK

I’m Italy, where the gay choir I’m part of (strike one) is attendg a huge ftival of LGBTQ+ choirs (strike two).

It’s like Pch Perfect, but wh a lot more homosexuals and, of urse, more drama. When s openg bars played over the speakers, the gays heard her siren ll and were pelled to storm the dance floor.

KYLIE MOGUE’S “PADAM PADAM” IS THE GAY NONSENSE BOP WE NEED THIS PRI

Last week, I found myself at London’s biggt gay club, G-A-Y, the Soho district.

Social media (Gay Twter, particular) went wild for the performance, which featured the sger thigh-high leather boots alongsi a squad of buff male dancers sktight ary-meets-sci-fi outfs.

And ’s impossible not to notice that queer people, particularly gay men, have been drivg s meteoric rise. )But why is “Padam Padam” a gay anthem?