Kylie (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

[laughs]
[grunts]
Forget it. Someone else can do it.
-[producer] So.
-So.
-[producer] Chocks away.
-[laughing] Chock!
-[producer] Good luck.
-Tally-ho!
[rhythmic percussive tink]
["Spinning Around"
by Kylie Minogue playing]
[Kylie] I'd been in the wilderness
for a few years and I just thought,
"I want to be
even more truthful to myself."
We were all saying the same thing.
"Let's do pop. Like, mega pop."
I'm spinning around ♪
Move out of my way ♪
I know you're feeling me
'Cause you like it like this ♪
I'm breaking it down… ♪
The irony is
"Kylie" does mean boomerang.
I do my best to come back.
…that I borrowed ♪
From back in the day ♪
I've done some pretty,
like, Kermit kind of swallow.
[gulps] Some bold, racy stuff.
But…
[stylist] These are a bit bold.
[laughing]
[Kylie] …the gold hot pants
took it to another level.
All 50 pence worth.
And did I forget to mention… ♪
And I said to the director, "Is it too…"
She went, "I love them. They're staying."
I'm spinning around
Move out of… ♪
It was the first time I worked
with a female director.
'Cause you like it like this… ♪
But I had no idea
the shots were quite that close
until I did.
Now to whet your appetite, we got a lady
who's got me reaching for me hot pants,
the gorgeous Kylie Minogue!
[audience cheering]
I'm spinning around ♪
Move out of my way ♪
[radio presenter] We can confirm
Kylie Minogue
has her fifth UK number one hit single
with "Spinning Around,"
and she's on the phone now.
Congratulations, Kylie.
It's your biggest hit for over ten years.
[Kylie squeals]
[Kylie] I will say this.
It's good to be back.
The mistakes that I've made… ♪
[reporter] The first single
is whipping up a little controversy
thanks to her skimpy little shorts.
Would you go out the house
dressed like that?
Well, let's just say I…
It'd be an absolute fright
if I put them on these days.
I've got nothing left to hide
No reason… ♪
[Ross] Your bum
has become a force of nature.
I believe there are
websites devoted to it,
and there are children named after it,
and it's become a huge phenomenon.
Your bum is enormous.
[laughing]
Do you like what you see? ♪
[producer] Okay, good chorus, that.
You're sounding in fine voice today.
Oh, that's good.
[producer] Okay.
Let's go on to another track.
["Can't Get You Out of My Head"
by Kylie Minogue playing]
[Kylie] I heard it as a demo.
And then I was thrown into a panic saying,
"Is it mine?
Fire up the mic, we've got to do this."
La, la, la ♪
[radio presenter] The Official UK Top 40.
Second-highest new entry,
Alien Ant Farm and "Smooth Criminal."
I just can't get you out of my head… ♪
So we do have a new number one,
and we have her on the phone now.
Hi, Kylie, you're top of the chart again.
[Kylie] I'm beside myself.
[radio presenter] You make this look easy.
And then it went off the Richter.
-[song continues playing]
-[audience cheering]
So, of course,
I arrived on a giant CD player.
Hanging on to, like, nothing.
[cheering continues]
La, la, la ♪
[interviewer] So you're
the creative director.
Can you tell us about your role
and how does it all work?
I smoke.
[laughs]
I just can't get you out of my head ♪
It's all about drawing attention to her.
♪…is all I think about ♪
I don't like seeing dancers' faces.
…out of my head ♪
If you have loads of different faces,
it takes attention away from her,
which is why they all seem to be
covered up and why they all hate me.
La, la, la, la, la ♪
La, la, la ♪
Obviously, you've got sex appeal.
And sex sells.
Boy, your loving is all I think about ♪
[interviewer] You are very sexy.
Do you like looking sexy?
Can't get you out of my head ♪
[Kylie] Yeah.
Boy, it's more… ♪
I felt liberated. I felt quite powerful.
And I was like, "Oh, okay. Yeah."
What helps make it a sexy video is that
it is my personality coming through,
as opposed to what is meant to be sexy.
But this is just… Is just me.
[reporter] Whether it's that addictive
beat or that scandalous dress…
I love this song.
It's that chick from the '80s.
[reporter] …Kylie Minogue's
catchy dance song
seems to have caught on
here in the States.
[TV host] We were
discussing Kylie Minogue,
how we was all feeling
"Can't Get You Out of My Head."
I was feeling it, I was grooving to it
and everything. Y'all feeling it too.
[excited screams]
-Hello, how are you? Nice to see you.
-[laughing] Hi. Nice to meet you.
-Yeah, good.
-Yeah.
[coughing]
Healthy.
I think this could be
fucking great, you know.
And we'll paint by numbers ♪
-Till something sticks ♪
-Something sticks ♪
-I don't mind doing it for the kids ♪
-I don't mind doing it for the kids ♪
So come on ♪
Jump on board… ♪
[Kylie] I mean, some people ask me about
looking sexy with a tone in their voice,
like, "Well, is that right?
Should you be doing that?"
And I say, "Well, I wouldn't like
to feel that I couldn't be myself."
It is part of my character,
and there was a knowing to it.
And winking.
Kids are all right ♪
-Can I have another one of these, please?
-[producer] Of course.
-Is that all right? Was that enough honey?
-Mm-hmm!
-[producer] Yeah?
-Delightful.
[producer] Okay, can we do one more?
-Yup.
-[producer] Just because we can.
[giggles]
Your disco, your disco ♪
[Kylie] For the first time,
I wasn't trying to be someone else.
Your disco, your disco ♪
Your disco needs you ♪
I would like to know, gay people
always have been in love with you.
-[Kylie] Yeah.
-What's the reason?
There was a time
in the beginning of my career
when I was having this tirade
of nastiness just for being myself.
And I think my gay audience
may have related to that.
So let's dance through all of this ♪
I feel like I could go to war
with my gay audience.
…for a bit ♪
And they were there way back
when it was the most uncool thing.
I just want to say
a heartfelt thank you to all of you
for your support throughout the years.
I just want you to know
that I'm here for you.
["You Disco Needs You" continues playing]
[announcer] And the Grammy goes to…
-Kylie Minogue.
-Kylie Minogue.
Kylie Minogue!
[audience cheering]
[Kylie] It felt great to be amongst people
who are just celebrating you
for being yourself.
So, a few years ago,
it seems that pop was a dirty word.
No longer!
[cheers and applause]
So let's dance through all our fears ♪
War is over for a bit ♪
What I've come to realize,
I hope you're recording, is…
Do your part ♪
…I might not be blessed
with a voice from the heavens.
Your disco, your disco ♪
Your disco needs you ♪
Your disco… ♪
I don't have anyone else's voice.
…needs you ♪
Your disco, your disco ♪
What I have is my voice.
Your disco, your disco ♪
Your disco needs ♪
-[singing sustained note]
-[music ends]
[producer] First half was good, wasn't it?
Then you came in with a funny note.
[angelic singing]
Yeah. Yeah.
Just stay on that, don't go up higher.
It's a bit dodgy.
[producer imitates high note]
Oh, okay.
-Oh, I'll try it.
-[producer] Good luck.
-[music resumes]
-[singing high note]
Sorry.
[singing high note]
-[sighs]
-[producer singing high note]
Your disco needs you ♪
[singing high note]
Your disco, your disco ♪
Your disco needs ♪
You ♪
[producer] That's great. Well done.
[Kylie] Yay!
-[producer] That's the note.
-Come on! Come on!
[laughing]
Can I come in?
-[producer] No, one more take.
-Oh!
-[producer] Then you're done.
-[man] Lazy boot. God.
Pop stars of today!
[whimsical music playing]
[Parkinson] My final guest
is a mega star of pop.
[director] Now we're rolling.
Ça tourne, attention.
[Parkinson] Welcome, please,
Kylie Minogue.
[audience cheering]
The last time you came on,
I talked to you about your relationships.
And you've got a new fella now.
-You've got a Frenchman.
-Mm-hmm.
[Parkinson] Are Frenchmen
better than English guys, or…?
How could I possibly say that?
[Conan] The next guest tonight
is a French actor.
Please welcome Olivier Martinez.
[audience cheering]
[Kylie] I can't ride a motorbike,
but I love being on the back
of a motorbike. I love it.
[uplifting music playing]
Especially if you're on the back
of the bike of the man you love.
But is he the one, though?
Is Olivier the one?
Uh, he could be. I don't know.
[motorcycle engine revving]
This has got nothing to do with me.
I feel that I'm in the world.
I can see stuff and no one can see you.
It's just, it's like freedom. In Paris.
[uplifting music continuous]
And what about children?
I mean, you're 35 now.
You're leaving it a bit late,
aren't you, 35?
-I'm aware of this, Michael.
-[audience laughing]
-Very good.
-Well, it's not too late.
[all shouting]
But obviously, a woman of my age
can't help but think about those things.
[cows lowing]
[Emily] There.
[Kylie] Plus…
At long last. So, how are you getting on?
…I'm headlining Glastonbury,
which was a huge-- A huge deal…
[Michael] It's a really good idea.
[Kylie] …because I was a pop artist.
[Michael, on phone] Okay, bye.
[hangs up phone]
People like me
didn't headline Glastonbury.
[crowd cheering]
You let us know when you're coming.
[Kylie] When I've watched
other people perform there…
Good evening, Glastonbury.
[Kylie] …trying to take in
the breadth of that audience…
[all cheering]
…is kind of impossible.
[screams]
So, it was huge. And I was ready for it.
[reporter] The event is expected
to be sold out in just seven hours.
[Kylie] So, life was…
[laughing] It was good.
But I am a fatalist.
Somewhere out there,
they're looking down saying,
"This is the bit where
she thinks she's got it together,
and it's all going to go pear-shaped."
[director] Okay, and playback!
[cameraman] Rolling.
I don't believe that when you die
Your presence isn't felt ♪
But I ♪
Believe in you ♪
[director] And cut.
[Kylie] But I was really tired.
I remember…
I don't know, like, just putting
my head down a bit more often.
A few more photos of me just out.
[director] One more straightaway?
Do it once more. Once more.
[Kylie] And there was not
a lot of me anyway.
I was pretty tiny,
but I was like a little bit tinier.
[director] How are you feeling?
I can't actually speak just yet. Sorry.
-[director] That's all right.
-I'm having a…
Playback!
[Kylie] I kept saying,
"Maybe I'm too old for this."
[calming music playing]
But I was ill,
and I didn't know I was ill.
It's cancer we're talking about.
I don't even think I said the word.
Yeah.
But at the time, I was on a world tour.
And I was due on stage
in two or three days.
So, I had to have
a pretty good reason not to turn up.
[camera shutters click]
[photographer] Two.
[Kylie] But then I had a check in London,
to check a lump
and was told,
"It's fine."
[dramatic music playing]
And, let's just put it this way,
by the time I got to Australia,
it wasn't fine.
[camera shutters clicking]
I went for a screening.
[shutters snapping]
And a few biopsies later,
they told me the news.
I just kind of fell into a chair
and then left in a total daze.
[camera shutters clicking]
What's happened?
What does that mean?
It's like the Earth's on a different axis
or, like, "Where's reality gone?"
Nothing felt real,
and yet it couldn't be more real.
[applause]
Did you and Kylie argue
when you were younger?
Of course.
[both laugh]
Sisters.
[audience laughing]
I was in London.
My parents phoned me.
They said, "Look, we didn't want
to do this on the phone,
but we need to let you know, um,
Kylie's not well."
"And you've got pretty much
24 hours to get back to Australia
before the news is going to hit."
But it's a 26-hour flight away.
[Kylie] There's the one thing
that's me and my family,
but the second thing is this news.
What do we say, and what do we do?
Because if we said it, that was it.
[George] We've got the headlines.
[Kylie] It would be all over the news.
-"The government sets out its agenda."
-Yeah. That's right.
And I really needed stillness
to try and compute what's happening.
But my entire crew were making the stage
and waiting for me.
So,
obviously, the tour was canceled.
[dramatic music playing]
[Alagiah] At six o'clock,
the pop singer Kylie Minogue
has been diagnosed
with the early stages of breast cancer.
The 36-year-old star
has postponed her world tour.
[newscaster 1] The singer Kylie Minogue
has breast cancer.
[newscaster 2] …with breast cancer.
[overlapping voices]
[newscaster 3] Dannii flew out
of London today to be with her sister.
[camera shutters clicking]
[Dannii] Somebody said,
"There's a film crew here
trying to get an interview with you."
[rapid-fire shutter clicking]
And I said, "I haven't spoken
to my sister yet."
And my head was just… I'm jet-lagged.
And then I'm thinking, "Oh, shit."
"If this is what's happening here…"
[dramatic music playing]
[reporter 1] The Minogue family
have been reunited at the family home
for one of the most difficult days
they've faced.
[cameras clicking]
[Dannii] Intrusion
at a level
that none of us had experienced.
We're just wondering
if there's any comment on reports
that Kylie's back in Melbourne.
[reporter 2] In normal times,
news of her disease
would have been released
several weeks later.
But because there were concerts
due to start here,
they've had to release the details
of her illness right away.
[man] How's Kylie doing this morning?
[reporter 2] Everybody
is very hungry for news.
So, we very much are
at the ground floor of this disease,
almost as part of the family.
[camera shutters clicking]
We're going,
"Oh my God, the poor neighbors."
[man] Do you know Kylie?
Do you know how she's feeling?
Yeah, I'm sure she'll be fine.
[Dannii] The worst point was,
Dad needed to go
for a walk around the block with the dog.
[laughing] The dog needed to go
for a walk around the block.
He couldn't get out of the gate.
[camera shutters clicking]
Nothing was healthy in any way.
And it really,
really made me angry.
[dramatic music playing]
[reporter 3] And there are reports that
she will be going into hospital today.
[Raworth] Do we know where
she's going to be treated?
[reporter 4] It's understood
the operation to remove the lump
will take place at Cabrini Hospital,
where security has been increased.
[Kylie] Medical staff had been offered
a serious amount of money to take photos.
And I was feeling in the depths of…
absolute uncertainty.
And that was just the beginning.
[reporter 5] Kylie Minogue
returned home late this afternoon,
huddled on the back seat.
[Kylie] And I was so scared
of what was ahead of me.
But, thankfully, I had my family.
It's so hypnotizing, isn't it?
[Carol] Whoa, that's cool.
They were like, "What did they say?"
"Nothing. They were just staring at me."
No matter what happens,
I know my brother, sister, and my mum
and dad will always be there for me.
[Dannii] Flew 26 hours…
[Kylie] We're there for each other.
[Dannii] …paparazzi at the other end.
[Kylie] And that's how our family rolls.
So, how have you found
the last few days of
reflecting with people staring at you?
How's that been?
-Interesting.
-[Brendan] Yep.
Yeah. Um…
We have never done
anything like this before.
So, it's not as scary
as I thought it might be, actually.
I think it's because we're in the dark.
[laughing]
[Dannii] Oh my God.
-Oh, yes.
-[laughter]
[Carol] You've had such tenacity, really.
-[Dannii] Yeah.
-[Carol] I wonder where she got that from.
[Dannii] You set the tone.
[Kylie] My mum's always
been there with me.
But she is the opposite of Dan and I.
Does not want to be on camera.
I wish we could show a shot of Carol
because there she is. Can we see her, Ray?
There she is.
-[Kylie] Hiding.
-[host, laughing] Hiding.
Good on you, Carol.
[applause]
[Kylie] She was on the road
with me for all my early years.
And my mum's just
running away from the camera
because she doesn't want
to be seen. She's always…
Hand-washing all the dancers' clothes.
Hot-gluing diamantés onto costumes.
No, so this is my mother.
Mum's pretty much seen it all.
[laughing]
Yeah, we did drag you to Mardi Gras.
That was hilarious.
Oh my God, when you met U2
for the second time.
And you'd forgotten you'd met them,
and The Edge came running over going,
"Carol! Carol!"
And she's going, "Who is that?"
And I'm going, "It's The Edge from U2.
You've met him before."
You know, she's definitely
rock and roll enough.
Oh, I haven't met you.
She's a bit shy.
-[Nick] You are a Minogue. You are.
-[laughing]
This is where all the beauty comes from.
[Kylie] But if she didn't like something,
she'd have given a look.
-[Nick] How are you?
-I'm fine.
People I loved, they think,
"Oh no, I had it once. I don't want it."
And they're still traumatized.
You climbed out the window
to go bowling, and then Mum turned up.
Finished my bowl
and turned around, and I will…
Arms folded?
…never, ever, ever forget.
-Does she have the look?
-Like this.
-I was backlit.
-Like Steven Spielberg.
I walked up those stairs.
There were sparks and fire
coming from you.
But whenever the going got tough…
she was there.
[fire crackling]
["Fix You" by Coldplay playing]
When you try your best
But you don't succeed ♪
[all cheering]
[Chris Martin] So, everybody's
kind of paid to see Kylie Minogue.
We thought, well,
shouldn't we salute absent friends?
[all cheer]
When the tears come streaming
Down your face ♪
[Kylie] I watched Glastonbury…
Or you lose something
You can't replace ♪
…from my bedroom.
With a lot of emotion.
Coldplay dedicated "Fix You" to me.
So, there I was just weeping.
And I will try ♪
To fix you ♪
[Kylie] And I was a prisoner in the house.
[reporter] The thing is,
wherever she's going to be treated,
she would have to stay there
for several months.
[Kylie] I remember saying to my parents,
"I can't stay here."
"I want to do my chemotherapy in Paris."
But my dad really didn't want me to go.
Like, I can only imagine,
as a parent, your instinct to…
want to protect your child.
Especially in that moment.
But I said, "I've just-- I've got to go."
And that was really hard.
I will try ♪
To fix you ♪
But my mum came with me.
So, there's someone keeping an eye on me.
["Fix You" continues playing]
[camera shutters clicking]
And that was such a blessing…
because I needed her now more than ever.
-[song ends]
-[audience cheering]
[doctor] So, here we can see the cancer,
which you can't see on the normal image.
Here we can see
the spread to the lymph nodes.
And these…
[Kylie] I was in and out of hospital.
[doctor] We can do
a local or wide excision.
[Kylie] Chemotherapy.
[doctor] Simple or radical.
[Kylie] Radiotherapy.
And facing a long journey.
[somber music playing]
And I'd been so self-conscious
about losing my hair.
And so, first, I cut it.
And it's just like you hear about.
Clumps. There's no other way to say it.
Clumps come out.
So, I buzz-cut the whole thing.
How did I feel?
That was the least of my worries
at that point in time.
[camera shutters clicking]
I remember the pain.
Just to get down the street
was a real achievement.
I felt removed from my body.
Removed from the world.
And yeah, the mind goes
to really dark places.
The chemotherapy was so hard.
[camera shutters clicking]
Physically.
Mentally.
And…
You've met my sister. She's tiny.
I remembered Mum calling me.
She's like, "We're in ICU again."
"She can't feel her fingers.
I'm not allowed to go in the room."
[camera shutters clicking]
We didn't know
if she's ever going to be well again.
[somber music continues]
[voices speaking faintly]
[camera shutters clicking]
It was that bad.
Like, "Is she going to live through this?"
Hi there, I'm…
Ah! Take two.
[director] You're mentioning your single,
so say, "Hi, I'm Dannii Minogue, this is…"
[Dannii] At the time…
Yep, okay.
…I was working in London.
Hi there, I'm Dannii Minogue,
and this is my new single.
Cool?
So, I could just pop over
and get to see her.
And it would give Mum
the break she needed for her sanity.
I remember saying,
"If I could chop off one of my arms now,
and this would all go away, I would."
I would.
-[Kylie] How'd it go?
-How you doing?
-[Kylie] You all right?
-Yeah.
I just felt so helpless.
Where are you up to today?
There was nothing I could do for her.
Done one full run-through.
We won't do a full one now,
but we'll do a little bit.
-So, you get a vibe!
-Which song do I get to hear?
So, "Lights Camera Action,"
"In Your Eyes," "Get Outta My Way,"
"What Do I Have to Do."
[Dannii] But then I thought about…
Hello! Nice.
[Dannii] …what had always
kept us together.
Okay, I'll play music.
That's what I'll do.
[sentimental music playing]
That went back to what we knew.
Back to
the beginning.
That feeling of being
around the record player again.
That feeling of family.
In the darkest place ♪
Hey ♪
["Say Something" by Kylie Minogue playing]
So we're going with our heart
Yeah, it's all the rage ♪
[Kylie] Dannii would put the music on,
and get me moving a little bit.
Oh, we're just ♪
And Mum was with us.
In the storms we chase ♪
So, it was like the girls.
[Dannii] In the process
of getting her better…
Baby, in and out of summer ♪
…music kept us going.
Oh, yeah ♪
I, I think about you ♪
[vocalizing]
And one evening,
during chemotherapy treatment,
there was one little window.
And through that little window,
the Eiffel Tower started sparkling.
And I was like, "She's sparkling for me."
I thought, "I'm not finished."
"This is not where I want to say goodbye."
Say something, say something
Tell me how you're feeling ♪
And the day that I might have one eyelash,
would be like, "Wow."
Or the day I would put
a little bit of makeup on,
it was, like, a big-- A big deal.
'Cause love… ♪
But it was so thrilling.
I'm like, "Yeah, let's put diamonds on."
It never ends, it never ends ♪
For love ♪
Can we… ♪
Can we be all, can we… ♪
[reporter] It's the first time
we've seen Kylie headscarf-free.
It never ends ♪
Say something ♪
[Kylie] And when I got out
of the danger zone,
there was still a long way to go.
-[woman 1] Hey, Kylie.
-[woman 2] Hi, Kylie.
[Kylie] But I just wanted
to be with my sister.
[woman 3] You look great.
[reporter] London's Sun newspaper
broke the news
Kylie fans the world over
have been waiting for.
After months of chemotherapy,
the pop princess
has been declared cancer-free.
…we all be as one again ♪
'Cause love is love, it never ends ♪
Can we all be as one again? ♪
'Cause love is love, it never ends ♪
Can we all be as one again? ♪
'Cause love is love, it never ends ♪
-Can we all be… ♪
-Say, say ♪
…as one again? ♪
This is love ♪
It never ends ♪
Can we all be as one again? ♪
Oh, say something ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[audience applauding]
[reporter 1] Experts call it
the "Kylie effect."
A thousand more women
a day are booking screenings.
[reporter 2] Now in this
exclusive interview,
she talks for the first time
about coping with cancer.
[Cat Deeley] You look incredible.
[laughing] Thanks.
No, seriously, like glowy
and healthy and sparkly eyes and smiley.
It's, um…
Well, I'm happy to be here.
I see things differently.
I don't have strength.
I don't have stamina.
I don't have everything
that I took for granted before.
And I'm still going through it.
It's not like,
"Hey, it's all over, and I'm--"
-[Cat] It doesn't stop like that.
-No, it doesn't.
I still have treatments.
I didn't write much about my experience.
Maybe in my life now, I would.
But I certainly didn't feel like this
is the time to do an entire album about
what I've been through.
It was a bit too close. Let's see.
Was it a conscious decision by you
that marriage and babies come later?
Mm, no. No, I've just…
I've just rolled along.
Oh, here we go. Here we go. Ugh.
-Huh.
-[producer] What is this?
Um, I didn't even think we'd get to there.
There's-- There's so much more
to cancer than just,
"You had it,
you got through it, and you're fine."
Or, "You're fine for now."
Um…
I was 36 when I got my diagnosis,
so already, it's-- You--
You need to be thinking about
children.
So, I did try.
I even postponed my chemotherapy to try.
Um, which was quite scary at the time
because I just wanted--
You just want it-- You want it out, gone.
I want to feel
safe.
I don't want this.
Um…
But yeah, I did try a few times with IVF.
Always with such a thread of hope.
[tender music playing]
But I couldn't not try.
[Dannii] She's just amazing with kids.
She's always been good with kids.
[all cheering]
Just naturally…
One.
[Dannii] …incredible.
Two. Two.
One. Two. Good.
I know I'll have children.
I know that much.
I wouldn't have just one.
-I'd definitely have more.
-[Philip] Right. Okay.
[Dannii] She's amazing with her nephews.
[audience cheering distantly]
I never saw myself being a parent,
and she always did.
And that is…
It's heartbreaking.
[melancholic music playing]
[Kylie] I did try IVF,
like, a number of times.
If it had happened,
it would have been just shy of a miracle.
But it didn't work out that way.
So,
this was, like, a letter to
what might've been.
"Distant child, my flower,
are you blowing in the breeze?"
"Can you feel me
as I breathe life into you?"
"Wrapped in a blanket of hope,
asleep in a bed of dreams."
"My step into eternity
is not what it might've been."
"Or not at all, for who knows
which way the wind is going to blow."
"Or not at all, for who knows
which way the wind is going to blow?"
Or not at all, for who knows
Which way the wind is gonna blow? ♪
I'm waiting for your gentle whisper ♪
Distant child, my flower
Are you blowing in the breeze? ♪
Can you feel me
As I breathe life into you? ♪
Kids. Would you like some at some stage?
Yeah, I would love them.
We have to see about that.
Yes.
One can't help but wonder
what it would've been like, and…
I'm so close to my family.
It just… It-it-it wasn't--
It wasn't my path.
So, that's what I was writing about, like…
Even if you didn't come to be,
you're somewhere.
We all become something.
Even if it's ash,
and we become something else.
So, I was kind of hopeful
and realistic at the same time.
That is the end of my box.
[sighs]
[laughing]
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
-Should we light a bonfire?
-[producer] No!
[elevator dings]
-[man] Straight up those little stairs.
-Yeah.
Having had cancer, I said to my manager,
"Call so-and-so and so-and-so."
"I understand if they don't want
to work with me anymore."
I just thought that that might be it.
Hi.
Hi, everyone.
Oh! I knew it.
I knew I'd come over all emotional.
Oh!
[Kylie] It's my first day back at school.
Hi. I'll say hello individually.
[Dannii] People had tickets
to her music show.
So, we'd offered they could,
you know, hand their tickets back in,
and they would reimburse them, and…
nobody did.
[instructor] Come up.
And mist, two, three, four, five.
And then you go back to this.
[Kylie] I heard that people
held onto their tickets.
"We're here, when you're ready
to come back, we're here."
But I wasn't as strong. I wasn't as fit.
They would have been concerned.
"Are you ready? Can you handle it?"
So, I had a mountain to climb,
but I didn't fancy hanging around
at the bottom of the mountain.
[angelic music playing]
I was like,
"When can we fire up this tour again?"
No, no, you do this one.
[Dannii] She was like,
"I just need to finish the tour."
Like, she's so professional.
[instructor] One, two, three.
[Dannii] I'm like, "Oh, for God's sake,
we need to keep you alive."
This one's slower
than when you did the last one.
But she was determined, right?
Let's not think the worst.
-See what I mean?
-Yes.
Step, and then from here you're walking
while bringing your hand out.
-You still okay to work?
-Yeah.
Yeah, I just wanted to feel able again.
That's what I wanted to feel, able.
[dramatic music swelling]
[instructor] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two…
[Kylie] You could look at it
that it's just a show.
Follow.
Nice.
[Kylie] But it's not just a show to me.
To here.
[Kylie] It's my other home.
[reporter] Good news
for Kylie Minogue fans.
Her concert's back on in what she's
now calling her Homecoming Tour.
The tour will go ahead. Obviously,
she's got a few mountains to climb.
[instructor] Okay? All right.
Just, uh-- Let's take a break.
But it wasn't easy.
I felt so drained.
[instructor] Just take it gently.
[Kylie] I felt like
my body was a battleground.
Go quicker.
[Kylie] It was such an effort
to get up to show speed again.
Just give me a shout if it's painful.
I believe, I believe, I believe ♪
[man] No, there's…
[Kylie] I had to find
the strength in my voice again.
[man] Draw a little bit toward the A.
Just a touch.
-Okay.
-Okay?
[Kylie] I didn't
actually know if I could do it.
Oh, here we are.
But then I started to get letters.
Aw!
"Kylie, I've never written
to a celebrity before."
"But after years
of dancing around my bedroom,
singing into my hairbrush,
pretending to be you,
I couldn't not write
and tell you I'm thinking of you."
"I felt very sad when
I heard you were not very well."
"I would love
to see you again in concert."
"My mum is trying
to get some tickets for your show."
"If you ever get scared,
just know that in every single second
of every single day,
one of your fans is thinking of you."
It's just beautiful to know that
other people loved her like we did.
[uplifting music playing]
[camera shutters clicking]
"Dear Kylie, yoggle lud well soon."
Oh, it says, I think, "Get well soon."
These letters in really dark moments,
they meant so much to me.
[uplifting music continuous]
Okay, they've left the "u" out.
But it still made it to me.
[Dannii] That support
really kept her going.
[Kylie] "Thinking of you,
cheering you on."
"Sorry about the envelope.
I couldn't afford a card. Kiss, kiss."
[uplifting music continues]
[reporter] Kylie Minogue
arrived at Sydney Airport
as she prepares for her first performance.
[woman] Kylie!
[camera shutters clicking]
[man] One, two, three, go!
Come on!
She's back. Kylie Minogue is back in town.
We knew she was coming, Sydney.
Tickets are sold out.
No one else can get tickets.
[photographers shouting]
Every single person I know
is going to this show.
[man] Love you, darling!
[man] What's happening in two hours?
[indistinct chatter]
Tickets.
There you go. Have a good night.
[manager] Twenty minutes.
-Twenty minutes?
-[woman] Mm-hmm.
[gasps]
-[audience] Kylie!
-[clapping rhythmically]
Kylie! Kylie!
[faintly] Kylie!
Kylie!
[Kylie] Oh.
This is a song which was written
after coming through cancer.
[audience cheering]
"Wave of love coming over me."
"Got the sound of you ringing in my ears."
[cheering intensifies]
"Sun coming up on another day.
Got a secondhand chance."
Oh my God!
I'm trying to hide.
[whimpering]
"Got a secondhand chance,
gonna do it again."
"Got rainbow colors and no more rain."
[tender music playing]
So, I was trying
to flash-forward to being…
I just keep trying to get back on stage.
Life makes sense to me on stage.
[audience cheering]
[uplifting music playing]
"Glitter drop, fall,"
that's the stage to me.
"Got a glitter drop, fall,
and I'm on my knees."
I wanted to fall to my knees on the stage.
"Got the sound of you ringing in my ears."
[audience cheering]
"Sun coming up on another day."
"Got a secondhand chance.
Gonna do it again."
"Got rainbow colors and no more rain."
[uplifting music continuous]
[cheering and applause]
"And love carries the hurt that you hold.
Funny how life can unfold."
"Oh, yeah. It feels like a wave of love."
But I didn't come through
all of that and think,
"Pop music. Who cares?"
["Better the Devil You Know" playing]
[audience cheering]
In the scheme of things,
it's not that important.
But in that moment,
it actually means everything.
["Better the Devil You Know"
continues playing]
Better the devil you know ♪
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh ♪
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
Say you won't leave me no more ♪
I'll take you back again ♪
No more excuses no, no ♪
'Cause I heard them all before ♪
A hundred times or more ♪
I'll forgive and forget ♪
If you say you'll never go ♪
'Cause it's true what they say ♪
It's better the devil you know ♪
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh ♪
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
-[song ends]
-[audience cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
[Kylie] I was saved.
I really was.
[indistinct chatter]
[stage manager] Yeah.
Get her to quick change.
[Kylie] Of course, you learn what
resilience means and what love means.
Ah!
Unbelievable!
[laughing] Whoo!
It's just fantastic.
-Ooh!
-Ah!
Just unbelievable.
Can't wait for the second half.
[sighs]
Dad is dancing!
Oh no, is he doing the dad dance?
[ethereal music playing]
But having had cancer,
one important thing to know
is you're still the same person.
And I remember coming out the other end,
feeling more like myself than ever before.
[ethereal music intensifying]
[music ends]
My heart is close to breaking
And I can't go on faking ♪
The fantasy that you'll be mine
I'm dreaming ♪
That you're in love with me
Like I'm in love with you ♪
But dreaming is all I do
If only they'd come true ♪
And…
I had unfinished business.
Let's put it that way.
[reporter 1] Okay, Kylie has
some big news. What is it?
[reporter 2] She's announced she's going
to be performing at Glastonbury.
Read my lips ♪
-[man 1] We'll just do that.
-[man 2] Yeah.
[Kylie] But my nerves were off the charts.
Get me into the shade ♪
I couldn't even say the word Glastonbury.
It was like, "That's the short show."
[man 3] Short show completely
depends on the audience.
[reporter 3] Disappointment
for many Glastonbury fans.
Tickets sold out
in 40 minutes this morning.
The event will host
around 200,000 visitors.
This is live to TV. This is happening.
[reporter 4] Kylie says
she is thrilled to be playing.
[Kylie] So, this will be amazeballs.
From the way you walk
From the rhythm when you're dancing ♪
Straight into "Lucky"? No troubs.
-No troubs.
-Okay, troubs.
[Kylie] I was terrified
that it would be like Spinal Tap.
It's kind of my job to be anxious.
Or is it to pretend I'm not anxious?
I can never remember.
The more I try, I try to stop
The more I can feel… ♪
[Kylie] There's huge props on this stage.
Uh… uh…
[laughing] Oh!
From the way you walk
From the rhythm when you're dancing ♪
In the days beforehand,
I remember practically
redecorating my house.
You're such a rush ♪
Like, "I'm just going to do something.
Just going to, you know, do the…"
I do get kind of busy with decoration.
-I've never looked more chic in my life.
-[man 4] Hi there.
Hi.
I just need to busy myself.
Like, "Yep, get the garlands.
We'll string the garlands up."
"What is she doing?" "Just leave her be."
[reporter 5] Tomorrow,
the Pyramid Stage opens
at one of the greatest festivals
in the world.
And for many people who play here,
especially if it's their first gig…
Wow, wow, wow, wow ♪
…this really is the calm before the storm.
Right.
[dramatic music playing]
[helicopter propellers beating]
[announcer] Radio 1 Newsbeat.
[newscaster] And the top story
this lunchtime.
Kylie will be getting her wellies
and waterproofs ready just in case.
It's the first time
she's ever played Glastonbury.
Here's a look at the lineup.
[reporter] She'll be joined
at the festival
by artists such as The Killers,
Hozier, Vampire Weekend.
[Kylie] In 2005, yeah,
people like me didn't really
get to play Glastonbury.
[reporter] Some legends as well,
such as Interpol,
Wu-Tang Clan, and The Cure.
[Kylie] And so, I didn't know
if anyone would show up for me.
[Clara Amfo] So, we are
almost at the time.
I can feel the excitement.
Kylie Minogue got on the Pyramid Stage.
[dramatic music playing]
[Kylie] I was so nervous.
You can't even imagine.
But someone said
before David Bowie played Glastonbury,
he couldn't talk to anyone.
I felt a lot better.
Even if you're David Bowie,
you're still nervous.
[laughing]
[hopeful music playing]
[music swells]
But it was full.
[all cheering]
Hello, Glastonbury!
[cheering continues]
[hopeful music intensifies]
Thank you so much.
[audience, chanting] Kylie! Kylie!
Kylie! Kylie! Kylie!
Kylie! Kylie!
[Kylie, laughing] Oh, my goodness!
[audience] Kylie! Kylie! Kylie!
[Kylie] It was such a wave of love.
Isn't that an incredible sight?
Do you see yourself?
I had so much goodness
from so many people…
Can you see yourself?
…who were there and beyond…
who had willed me
to reach that stage.
Dance ♪
It's all I wanna do
So won't you dance? ♪
It really was a point where I felt like…
I think I might have…
I think I might have done it.
All the lovers ♪
That have gone before ♪
They don't compare ♪
To you ♪
It would have been rude
to not allow that to come in
because it was a marker
that I wasn't able to give myself.
Feel ♪
Can't you see
There's so much here to feel? ♪
Deep inside your heart
You know I'm real ♪
Can't you see that this is going
Higher, higher, higher, higher ♪
Breathe ♪
[Nick] I think it was the most watched
Glastonbury performance of all time.
It was beautiful to see
how much love was directed at her.
You know, what the world loves
essentially about Kylie
is that she really went through something.
That's the sort of
definition of joy in a way,
which is that capacity to be able
to rise out of a certain suffering.
I love you!
[audience cheering]
[Nick] And to see the world
in a positive way.
And her connection with the audience…
All the lovers ♪
…it's not phony.
That have gone before ♪
[Nick] It's very real for her.
They don't compare ♪
[Nick] It is a true form of love.
To you, to you, to you ♪
So don't be frightened ♪
[Nick] And that, on some level, is enough.
Just give me a little bit more ♪
They don't compare ♪
[Kylie] Little Kylie got there.
All the lovers ♪
-[song ends]
-[audience cheers and applauds]
The one and only, Mr. Nick Cave!
[audience applauding]
Wow!
[producer] Were her fans
nicer to you this time?
I think they just looked at me
with a kind of pity.
[laughing]
"Oh, he's back again."
[chuckling]
[leaves rustling]
[birds tweeting]
[laughs]
Great. Great chat, let's go.
Shall we talk about the future?
I'm probably spending more time here,
in this lovely, peaceful environment,
and, you know, discovering
whatever that thing called balance is.
[woman vocalizing]
[interviewer 1] You've been
in the industry long.
[interviewer 2] Long time.
We've seen you grow up.
[interviewer 3] How do you
think you can last?
[Kylie] There's a lot
of borderline insulting questions
about my age these days,
and being a woman in the industry,
when do you stop?
[interviewer 4] How long can you go on?
I can't envisage an old,
gray Kylie Minogue
doing all that kind of stuff.
No, I don't know.
I don't think anyone
knows how long it will go for,
and I don't know
how long I'll want it to go for.
There may come a day where I'll think,
"Okay, I'd really like to stop."
[audience cheering]
So there's definitely times where I think,
"What would happen
if I got off the merry-go-round?"
[crying]
"Just did nothing?"
Okay.
[birds tweeting]
But I am my own worst enemy.
It's like, "Go away, everyone."
"Where is everyone?"
[laughing]
Maximum three days
between those two phrases.
Sometimes just a few hours.
You look like fun… ♪
[reporter 1] Breaking news, Kylie put out
the single from her 16th album.
No sign she's slowing down.
…can tell you how this ends ♪
Next thing, we're going on tour!
[reporter 2] Kylie is back with a song
that people are saying
is her raciest single yet.
[reporter 3] And it's an absolute banger.
The year's biggest dance hit.
[woman] What?! Oh my God!
[man] Kylie! Oh my God!
[screaming]
'Cause I can hear your heart beatin' ♪
[Kylie] It felt like
I was just getting started.
[reporter 4] It's the song of the summer,
and it's gone viral.
Padam, and get to know me close ♪
Padam, padam, when your heart goes ♪
Padam, padam ♪
The Grammy goes to
"Padam Padam," Kylie Minogue.
When your heart goes, padam ♪
[audience cheering]
[knock on door]
[man] Welcome. Welcome.
-Wow.
-Hello, my lovely.
-You all right?
-Hi. Hi. Oh, gosh. Hi.
[laughing]
Come here.
-Hey, hey, hey!
-[Kylie] You all right?
[man] So, we've been
running through songs,
running through vocals,
and we're getting there.
Maybe start with the least done.
No, not when it's Christmas with you ♪
Ooh ♪
I feel you getting close ♪
Baby, baby, baby ♪
Hold me a little bit longer
Love me a little bit harder ♪
Give me the heat of the… ♪
I've got to get involved!
…to remember ♪
You're changing me like the weather ♪
Oh, you make it hot in December ♪
[producer] Can I ask…
What's Kylie like to work with?
-[laughing] Oh.
-[inhales sharply]
-Nightmare.
-I was going to say. Honestly, mate.
[upbeat music playing]
[laughing]
Oh ♪
[vocalizing]
[man] Well, it's 25 years
we've been writing songs together.
[vocalizing continues]
X-M-A-S ♪
[man] Everyone says
about the joy of you, it's more.
Let me hear you going X-M-A… ♪
Right, what have we got next?
We've written songs probably
no one will ever know what they're about
apart from you and me.
And to hear them live is really difficult.
Beautiful, but difficult.
This time of year… ♪
This time… ♪
-[all laugh]
-[man] Sorry. Test run. Test run.
-Here it goes.
-[man] Everyone, settle.
-Avoid eye contact.
-[man] Not my phone.
[groaning]
This time of year ♪
Shit.
This time-- ♪
-Okay, we've got this.
-[man] It's strong. We got this.
There's a song that we wrote.
A song called "Story."
And "Story" was written because
I…
Mm-hmm!
My second cancer diagnosis
was in early 2021.
[sighs]
I don't want to-- I just…
So…
I was able to keep that
to myself and go through that year.
And not like the first time.
I don't even think-- Do you know?
I don't think-- You don't know this.
Um…
Ooh!
Take your time.
[crying softly]
Wow.
I've been trying to find the right…
the right time to-to say it.
I don't feel obliged to tell the world.
And actually, I just couldn't
at the time because I was,
I was just a shell of a person.
I didn't want
to leave the house again at one point.
[director] And playback.
[Kylie] "Padam Padam"
opened so many doors for me,
but on the inside, I knew that cancer
wasn't just a blip in my life.
[director] Let's roll the cameras.
And I really just wanted to say…
what happened.
Kylie, good morning. Welcome…
[Kylie] So I can let go of it.
-Hi, how are you?
-Well, we're great.
And I've got to say
congratulations on the album…
[Kylie] I would sit through interviews.
The reviews have been…
[Kylie] And every opportunity,
I thought, "Now's the time."
-How are you feeling right now?
-[chuckling]
[Kylie] But I kept it to myself.
So, I needed to have something
that marked that time.
[playing melody on guitar]
Do you know the chords?
[guitarist] Yeah.
[strumming]
[Kylie] Do I know the lyrics?
I've just cried my eyes out.
How can I sing?
You could be the one ♪
You-- The one ♪
Okay, let's try it.
And what we ended up with
was something that
said what I wanted to say.
I had a secret
That I kept to myself, yeah ♪
I had a one-way ticket
That was going nowhere ♪
You could be the one
You could be my sun ♪
Thankfully, I got through it.
Again.
Take away the light ♪
And all is well.
[audience cheering]
Hey, who knows what's around the corner?
[contemplative piano music playing]
But pop music nurtures me.
Pop can elate you.
If you're feeling depressed,
it can soothe you.
It can be a… a type of salvation
for some people.
Everything'll be all right ♪
You said ♪
Turn another page ♪
My passion for music is greater than ever.
There's the song that hasn't been written.
There's that person to reach.
So, my story continues.
And you are part of my story.
I didn't walk on the wild side
Or fall in the night sky ♪
I didn't let the world know, I, I ♪
I was fighting a big fight
Fighting a dark light ♪
-Raging hard on the inside ♪
-Hard on the inside ♪
Hard on the inside ♪
You said… ♪
Turn another page
Baby, take the stage ♪
You know the stars
Are coming out for you ♪
Ebb and then they flow
Baby, feel the glow ♪
You know, you know
You know the answer ♪
Turn another page
Baby, take the stage ♪
You know the stars
Are coming out for you ♪
Ebb and then they flow
Baby, feel the glow ♪
You know, you know, you know ♪
You're part of my story ♪
[song fades]
If a light were to shine
Every tear that I cry ♪
A million stars
Would be shining tonight ♪
If a bell were to ring
Every "if," every "why" ♪
A symphony sound
Would be higher than high ♪
I've been alone
Been alone in the rain ♪
Wondering how anything's gonna change ♪
But when you tell me
You see the world in my eyes ♪
Then I come alive ♪
Then I come alive ♪
Light up ♪
Hey ♪
And the stars will shine for you ♪
I light up ♪
Hey ♪
And your magic fills the room ♪
I light up ♪
Coming from the brink
Now they wanna sing ♪
For you ♪
I light up ♪
Coming from the brink
Now they wanna sing ♪
For you ♪
There's a light up in the sky
There's a light up in the night ♪
There's a light up
Every time you look into my eyes ♪
I feel your love everywhere ♪
I feel your love always there ♪
I feel your love, yeah, yeah ♪
I light up ♪
I light up ♪