Kylie Minogue – Golden

Golden is the upcoming 14th studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It is scheduled to be released 6 April 2018, by BMG Rights Management. The lead single, „Dancing“, was released on 19 January 2018. The track was written by Minogue, Amy Wadge, and Sky Adams, and produced by Adams.

Background and Production

In 2016, Minogue released her final studio album with long-term record label Parlophone, entitled Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition—which was a re-packaging of the singer’s original studio album a year prior. Between 2014 to 2017, Minogue continued to use herself as a featuring artist to the works of Giorgio Moroder and Fernando Garibay, and eventually expanded her work with film and television. In February 2017, Minogue signed a new record deal with BMG Rights Management which will release her upcoming album internationally. In December 2017, Minogue and BMG had struck a joint-deal with Mushroom Music Labels — under the sub-division label Liberation Music to release her new album in Australia and New Zealand.

Throughout that year, Minogue worked with writers and producers for her fourteenth studio album including Amy Wadge, Sky Adams, DJ Fresh, Nathan Chapman, and teamed with previous collaborators Richard Stannard, The Invisible Men and Karen Poole. Early production started in London and Los Angeles, and eventually ended with her recording majority of the album’s content in Nashville, Tennessee. She commented about the process and inspiration in these locations in October 2017, stating; „I did a lot of work on the album before that but Nashville had a profound effect on me.“ Additionally, Minogue co-wrote every song on Golden, making it her first album since Impossible Princess (1997) to do so; she described the songwriting process in the latter location as „therapy“.

Singles

„Dancing“ was released as the album’s lead single, on January 19, 2018. It serves as the singer’s first single with BMG Management. It premiered on the singer’s YouTube channel that same day.