of that. We were so surprised when « Confide » was chosen as the first single though. It was incredibly brave, but it paid off ». Indeed everyone was kind of expecting deConstruction to basically place Kylie’s vocals on some house records with a techno edge, but their intention was to push things musically as far as she could go. And for that, Kylie took the time (more than a year) to work on the album and collaborated with many different producers and songwriters. KM in Lalala : « My first steps into the world of songwriting were tentative ones but now I love the creative process and the room that is given for expression and feel very much at home there. The fact that you start a session with nothing and end up with a kind of friend in a new song is so exciting and inspiring. The ultimate reward is to have people enjoy and relate to music and songs
I have created ». The very first recording Kylie did after signing with DeConstruction was with St Etienne on a new version of their third single « Nothing Can Stop Us ». They also recorded another new song, « When Are You Coming Home? » but Kylie decided it was too pure pop. Then she started co-writing tracks with dance producers the Rapino Brothers, of which the track « Automatic Love », but most of the other songs were never released (some did feature later in the « Hits+ » album). She also worked with Brothers In Rhythm as you will see in the « Confide In Me » focus that I did for you.
She also worked with the Pet Shop Boys. DeConstruction was really engaged in what Pete Hadfield called the « re-engineering of Kylie Minogue ». I’m not going to talk too much about Kylie’s fifth studio album here, but it’s pretty clear that the record was much more mature and stylish than what she’d ever done before. Not all reviews were positive, but the desire to show growth and maturity on it was evident. The deal covered Kylie’s music worldwide, with the exception of America where she signed to Imago records, and Australia, where she remained with Mushroom.
The Beloved wrote at least one song for her new album, but for some reason it didn’t end up on there : « I’ve never met them. It was on the cards and I was excited by it, and I’m not even sure why it didn’t happen ».
February 1993: She is at the Brit Awards She was there to read out the nominees for the « Best International Solo Artist », and the winner was Prince. Prince wasn’t there to come and pick his award up so it was Cher who came on stage instead. It was
hilarious though because the first words she said were « I’ve actually never met Prince ». She was given a paper saying « Cher please read this, this is what he wants you to say » (LOL).
1993: She meets William Baker (sorry not sure when exactly but defo that year) Yep, it was in 1993 that Kylie met William Baker. Will was working part time (he was at college) in the Vivienne Westwood shop in Mayfair (London) and he had contacted deConstruction asking if Kylie needed a stylist, not really believing that this would work. However, less than one month later, Kylie came into the shop and they got on well, so Kylie left him her phone number, and that’s how he became her personal stylist before becoming her creative director. At that time Kylie was living with her friend and Katerina Jebb in London. The first time that William went
to their apartment with Kylie and that Kat entered the room, apparently Kat eyed him suspiciously, and he was amazed at the number of photo sessions that the two had undertaken (Kat, if you’re reading this, please share the pics with us). That particular day, Kat and Kylie were planning on doing a photoshoot, inspired by a video of Blondie performing live, and that shoot remains one of William’s favourites (although he wasn’t allowed to attend the photoshoot itself, he provided the clothes for it: the famous stained Marilyn Monroe T-shirt and the T-shirt featu10 www.kylie-world.com
ring sexually explicit handwritten text with two zips covering the breasts). William wrote (in the Lalala Book) : « Kat shaped the woman that Kylie is today, influencing her style possibly more than any other individual. Kat’s technique was not so much voyeurism as reportage, capturing Kylie’s joie de vivre, the reality and not the artifice surrounding her friend ». After that photoshoot Kat, Kylie and William begun spending more Isa, October 2K19