Kylie's "The One" video!

Here it is!!! Let us know what you think.

Kylie confirms: "The One" will get a video

Kylie fans, let us rejoice! "The One" is getting a music video. The hysteria surrounding the release of "The One" has been a frustrating and tiring one. The track, which quite simply should have been THE comeback single for Kylie, has been treated dismally by Parlophone, releasing it as a lame digital single.

As a consequence, with no music video to support it, "The One" debuted at #36 on the UK charts last week, becoming Kylie's lowest-charting single since...well forever. Ridiculous when you consider Kylie was touring the UK at the time, and being the fan-favourite off the album, a physical single would have most likely secured her a Top 10 position. Since then, rumours have been flying around that Parlophone are indeed releasing it physically (god only knows if and when!), but the question of a music video ever happening has been finally answered by Kylie herself! AMEN.

From Kylie's official site:

Now that the European tour has finished I really wanted to thank you all for making it such an incredible experience for me. It has been (such) a joy to perform this show in so many cities, both familiar and new. The audience reactions have been overwhelming and I find myself peaceful, a little tired but overall energized and ecstatic about this tour... professionally and personally! Log on to Kylie.com for some more exciting tour news and, yes, I have made a video for "The One" which will premiere on Kylie.com very soon!!!! Kylie x

Let's hope "The One" is given a full Australian release, maybe with a tour announcement attached to it!

Quote of the day

The King of Goth, Nick Cave on his fellow "Where the Wild Roses Grow" duet-partner:

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that happened to Australian music. Before her the world didn't have a fucking clue about our music nor any interest in it. She alerted the world to the fact that Australian music was a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, Australians didn't understand that at the time and were embarrassed by her...Kylie has more greatness in her little fingernail than every fuckin' Aussie indie band put together

And that hauntingly beautiful ballad they produced together in 1995 to commerical and critical acclaim...

Kylie farts on US career

Kylie has seen the light. After the disastrous American flopping of "X", which peaked at #139 last month, Kylie has decided that her US career is officially dead and burried.

I gave it my best shot. I won't try again.

Of course, her "best shot" meant one week of television promotion. With Kylie no longer flying the US Minogue flag, has Dannii finally been given the opportunity to shine? Me thinks someone needs to get a petition started - "CLUB DISCO FOR US RELEASE!"

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Kylie megamix!

Here's a treat for you all - an awesome 20 minute non-stop Kylie megamix featuring the biggest hits from her Parlo years (prior to "X"). I have no idea who made it, but it's really well mixed and great for parties. There's two parts. Enjoy...

Features: "Slow", "I Believe In You", "Spinning Around", "Come Into My World", "Love At First Sight", "In Your Eyes", "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "On A Night Like This", "Red Blooded Woman".

Download PART 1
Download PART 2

All I See: Music video

It's a month too late, but we finally get a music video for Kylie's US single "All I See". Sure, it's cheap as hell, but I actually don't mind it - it's simple and sexy. Kylie looks great. I have a feeling that the real purpose for the video is that "All I See" might very well be the next single from "X" in the rest of the world, and cause she'll be on tour, she's filmed the video now. I guess we'll have to wait and see if my theory is proven correct. Meanwhile, "All I See" has charted on some US charts: #49 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and #79 on Top 40 Radio.

All I See: Acoustic version

Kylie in rehearsals for her European KYLIEX2008 tour (still no Australian dates announced). I like this version.

All I see is....failure. Kylie's US attempt officially dead

I think we all knew "X" wasn’t going to do wonders for Kylie’s career in the US, but after a week of intense TV whoring on top-rating shows like "Dancing With The Stars" (where she performed both “All I See” and “Can’t Get Your Out Of My Head” before 20 million viewers), "Ellen", "Today" and "The Late Show", you assume enough viewers will be impressed for a Top 40 debut to occur. Well maybe a Top 75 debut? No? Well ad least a Top 100 debut for sure!? Unfortunately no. It appears last week, only 5,500 Americans were interested enough in Kylie to purchase "X", helping it debut at an embarrassingly low #139. When you compare that to Kylie's US success 5 years ago with "Fever", which reached #3 and platinum status, the decay in Kylie's US popularity is astonishing. Hell, even Kylie's "flop" album, the under-appreciated "Body Language", managed a #42 peak in February 2004.

So what went wrong? Firstly, single choice. "All I See" never was and never will be single-material (unless given great remix treatment). Don't get me wrong, I love the track but it's forgettable and unimpressionable (two words that should never describe a first single from an album). This is proven due to the fact it's had ZERO impact on US radio – ironic considering it was quite obviously designed for US radio (not to mention the cut-and-paste rap provided by Mims). And this is where Kylie's people get it so wrong. The reason "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "Love At First Sight" were so successful on radio was because they were distinctively KYLIE - not Kylie trying to be Beyonce or Janet Jackson. They sounded like nothing else on US radio, hence they stood out. Why would Americans download faux r'n'b songs from skinny little white girls, when their own market produces the likes of Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Mary J?

Secondly, if you're going to release a weak first single, ad least give it a bloody video. How does Kylie expect to get coverage on music channels when she has no music video to promote her single? IMO, "In My Arms" should have launched "X" in the US. It's classic Kylie without the over-the-topness of a song like "Wow" for example, and the video is cool and stylelised (much like the Fever era was) without being overly camp. Ad least “In My Arms” would have found success in the US clubs.

Thirdly, one week of interviews (a Kylie US tradition) is just not enough! Why isn't she performing small shows around the states? Why isn't she doing club gigs? How else does she expect to connect with a fanbase when she's not out there performing? Did she actually do any radio interviews? I'm not sure myself. Promotion in the US is always so lazy when it comes to Kylie, you wonder why she bothers in the first place.

Personally, I don't think Kylie has ever cared for US success. Had it not been for the surprise success of "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", I don't think she would have even bothered trying to crack the market. But after this very harsh blow, I think it's fair to say that any hope of future US attempts are now dead and buried. I'm sure Kylie is feeling really embarrassed by these results, and will want to move on from the US, without having to suffer further humiliation. Like Robbie did, it's time for Kylie to admit defeat and concentrate on the markets that embrace her.

For the article on Kylie's US results click here.

How do you describe a feeling?

Dannii Minogue's sister, Kylie Minogue, is going into damage control by rush-releasing the 3rd single from her stalling album "X", the brilliant pop-dance track "In My Arms". "In My Arms" was the second single throughout Europe, while the UK and Australia got "Wow" (a very bad move). The CD single is out in Australia on April 28 and May 5th in the UK. Track listings are:

Australian CD:
"In My Arms" - 3:32
"In My Arms" (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)
"In My Arms" (Sebastien Leger Mix)
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix)

UK 2-Track CD
"In My Arms" - 3:32
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix)

UK Maxi CD
"In My Arms" - 3:32
"In My Arms" (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)
"In My Arms" (Sebastien Leger Mix)
"In My Arms" (Video)

The music video is one of her best in recent years.



The reason for damage control is clear. In Australia, Kylie's career is reaching an all-time low, as evident by "X"s dismal chart run in the ARIA Top 50:

09/12/2007: N 1.
16/12/2007: 9.
23/12/2007: 18.
30/12/2007: 19.
06/01/2008: 21.
13/01/2008: 40.
20/01/2008: 47.
27/01/2008: 42.
03/02/2008: 47.
10/02/2008: 44.
17/02/2008: 29.
24/02/2008: 35.
02/03/2008: 39.
09/03/2008: 45. - a month ago!
16/03/2008: OUT OF TOP 50

That's only 14 weeks in the Top 50 (even Body Language had a longer run of 18 weeks). The album is still only credited as Platinum (meaning 70,000+ copies have been shipped to stores), although whether or not it has sold that many copies remains unknown. But to be out of Top 50 would mean she is selling merely a few 100 copies a week (yes, CD sales are THAT bad!). If things don't improve for "X", it will be her worst selling studio album in Australia since 1991's "Let's Get To It"! On a worldwide scale, "X" has sold just below 850,000 copies. Keen an eye out for news on the US debut of "X". Will her one week of TV whoring pay-off?

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