Kylie Minogue has released the title track and second single to be taken from her highly-anticipated album, Tension.
‘Tension’ follows on from the global, viral sensation of ‘Padam Padam’. The word ‘Padam’ has quickly found its way into slang across the world as an all-encompassing greeting, exclamation, verb, noun and adjective.
The new single, ‘Tension’, is set to be another dance floor smash. Written by Kylie with long term collaborators Biff Stannard and Duck Blackwell as well as KAMILLE, Anya Jones and Jon Green, the track is full of euphoric abandon and is the natural successor to the ‘Padam Padam’ throne.
The video, directed by long-time collaborator Sophie Muller sees Kylie take several different guises in a ‘retro-future’ alternate reality.
Listen to ‘Tension’ by Kylie Minogue on the F1 Tracks Playlist on Spotify.
Tension is an album of unabashed pleasure-seeking, seize-the-moment, joyful pop tunes and will be released on September 22 via BMG. Kylie has worked with a number of producers on the album with seven of the tracks being produced and co-written with her long-time collaborators, Biff Stannard and Duck Blackwell.
Kylie’s glittering career has seen her amass sales of over 80 million records worldwide, five billion streams and eight UK #1 albums. Her multiple awards include three BRIT awards, two MTV awards and a Grammy. Australia’s Queen of Pop is the only female artist to score a #1 album in five consecutive decades in the UK.
Tension is the follow-up to DISCO, released in 2020. Including the singles ‘Say Something’ and ‘Magic’, these nostalgic throwback tunes took the pop diva to the dancefloor in a major way. Primarily written and recorded at her London home during the COVID-19 lockdown, DISCO also marked the first time Minogue handled engineering duties herself. In 2021, she released an extended version of the album, Disco: Guest List Edition, which included new collaborations with Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware, Years & Years, and Gloria Gaynor.
