Kylie Minogue - Extension: The Extended Mixes (Dec 8)

[blaze_dave]

I like Tension, but not as instant as Padam Padam.

Excited for the album, still hoping she will be doing signed vinyls leading up to release week!

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

It’s just such a joy to see her flexing so confidently like this. It feels like Golden and Disco were needed to build her up to this point where she is at her creative peak and she’s producing stuff like this. We knew she had it in her to do this again. An absolute triumph. Couldn’t happen to a better person.

The album is looking good to smash hard at this point and she seems genuinely to be cutting through to younger audiences. Could this be a (third?) imperial phase? (Do people even have imperial phases anymore?)

I think this era is certainly shaping up to be that way. Such an exciting time for Kylie and her fans.

 

[Andy French]

Every time I feel like maybe I should let this rest a bit, I get to OhMyGoD.ToUcHmERiGhTtHeRe and before I know it I've played it 17 more times.

 

[Andsov]

It’s a five star experience

 

[man.tis.shrimp]

Every time I feel like maybe I should let this rest a bit, I get to OhMyGoD.ToUcHmERiGhTtHeRe and before I know it I've played it 17 more times.

I love how that line could be corny as hell in the wrong hands, but Kylie just makes it work. Horny not corny!

 

[Noir]

I'm actually very surprised by the comments in this thread calling Tension "leftfield". It sounds quite generic to me in terms of style, production and even Kylie's delivery in the verses. Very much in line with the typical housey but not too housey, disco but not too disco type of music that's very commonly found these days in any random gym-themed Spotify playlist.

Having said that, I do like the song quite a lot, but I don't find it particularly remarkable.

 

[LGStan93]

I really hope that she's able to keep up this energy throughout the album.

 

[Celestial Mosaic]

I'm actually very surprised by the comments in this thread calling Tension "leftfield". It sounds quite generic to me in terms of style, production and even Kylie's delivery in the verses. Very much in line with the typical housey but not too housey, disco but not too disco type of music that's very commonly found these days in any random gym-themed Spotify playlist.

Having said that, I do like the song quite a lot, but I don't find it particularly remarkable.

Yeah but it is left field for Kylie, who has kept herself firmly in an ever decreasing comfort zone for the best part of a decade with her music.

 

[Adora Day]

Shoot me but I actually prefer the radio edit. I hope they whack it on streaming.

 

[actorandlyricist]

Buzzing already on my TikTok for you feed. Could this actually be another viral hit?

 

[RJF]

I don't think the song is that groundbreaking in isolation, but in terms of how safely Kylie has been marketed in recent years, something that is as chaotic and chopped and screwed as "Tension" does feel both refreshing and a little challenging. In the grander scheme of pop, we've all heard stuff like this, but in terms of Kylie's discography, particularly at this current time in her career, I think it's a decently bold step.

I've only dipped my toe into the leaks but there were definitely options that were probably far safer for her usual Radio 2 audience. So I'm actually impressed considering how gun shy a lot of her choices have been since Kiss Me Once.

 

[AshtrayHeart]

I’ve listened to it several times on my drive and while I do like it, I currently think it was oversold (I’ve avoided the leaks, but I’ve read the response), I’m sure it’ll go down well in the gay clubs. I’m intrigued about the original second single choice before they changed direction. Padam was always going to be hard to follow up.

 

[V3RYP05H]

Apple Music’s lyrics capitalizing “chile” makes me giggle because in order to match “cool like sorbet” it’s gotta be related to the pepper (it’s pronounced the same in Spanish fyi) and not the country, ddd.

 

[Butterfly]

Apple Music’s lyrics capitalizing “chile” makes me giggle because in order to match “cool like sorbet” it’s gotta be related to the pepper (it’s pronounced the same in Spanish fyi) and not the country, ddd.

I looked this up when the song leaked and various YouTube videos were adamant it's Chil-ay (if not as exaggerated as in the song)?

It really doesn't matter but the idea of it being the food just jars for me.

 

[theelusivechanteuse]

I still think it’s relatively left field for mainstream pop. Moody, throbby, and funky production choices and structure.

She’s best in these just slightly experimental spaces.

 

[craiggci]

She says sorbet in the previous line, the thought it is Chile the country never entered my mind, she has to be talking about the pepper. Doesn't matter either way really.

I'm bopping even harder to the HQ version and the extra production flourishes and ad-libs here and there are all adding extra.

Can't wait for the video, remixes, CD and cassettes. Fleece me Queen.

 

[Tchelitchew]

Let's not rob the (iconic) Chilean gays of their moment!

 

[Heidismiddle8]

Love her little "woo!" at 3:51.

It reminds me of enjoy yourself "woo"

 

[Applause]

She’s best in these just slightly experimental spaces.

Literally. Automate her voice here, plop a black bob wig on there, book a quirky magazine photoshoot yonder, and I'm happy.

 

[strangekin]

It kind of gives the best parts of X, actually. Speakerphone's weird roboticness and The One's kaleidoscopic trance.