Eric - I didn't realize that Babydaddy also produced I Believe In You. Makes a great deal of sense - they certainly have similarities. Not sure how much Dev Hynes contributed to "Crystlize", but I have to say Kylie's vocals are so assured and relaxed it does seem like he might have had a touch of influence in that regard. Either way, I love it, though I wish the last chorus was repeated at least once more. Keep you wanting more, I guess!
songanddanceman2 - I think you might be tolling the death knell on Kylie's career a bit early. I think you're probably right in some respects. It's probably unlikely that she'll ever have another multi-platinum selling album and she might not have another massive international single, but I don't think that signals an end to her music career. With the exception of artists who continue to sell gobs of albums, the big money in pop music these days is in tours, endorsement deals, co-branding opportunities etc. I mean, Madge hardly shifts that many units anymore, but with each successive global tour she makes more and more money. I don't think it's just Kylie's age that's perhaps preventing her from sustaining impressive chart performances these days, but it's her age as a pop singer. Pop is so fickle. It's pretty amazing that a woman, who could quite easily have been a one-hit wonder at a teenager, has managed to sustain a very successful career for more than a quarter century. Will any of today's big pop starlets - your Katy Perry, Rihanna, Gaga etc - still be selling millions of albums more than twenty-five years after their debuts? Probably not.
This is probably a time of transition, and, yeah, it would be awesome if that meant Kylie went for something totally left-field and weird, but between concert tours, moderately well selling albums, endorsement deals up the wazoo and a slowly blossoming film career, I don't think she's going anywhere.
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