Kylie Minogue says ‘not cool to be ageist’ after TikTok resurgence with Padam Padam hit

Kylie Minogue has stated “it’s not cool to be ageist” anymore including that persons are “over” the stereotype.

The 55-year-old Australian icon went viral on TikTok with single Padam Padam from her upcoming album Tension.

The dance-pop observe has captured the eye of many on the video-sharing platform, particularly youthful audiences who’ve recorded themselves dancing to the music.

The anthem, launched in May, spent 4 weeks within the UK prime 10 turning into her highest-charting single within the UK in additional than a decade.

Minogue, who has had an illustrious 35-year profession stated she was happy that individuals had been abandoning labels following her viral success.

Speaking to Radio Times, the Grammy award-winning artist stated: “What’s really interesting is that it’s the younger people saying, ‘We love the song’. The current thinking, which is amazing and a breath of fresh air, is that labels are dropping.

“You can like what you want, be what you wish to be. That’s useful for me proper now.

“Another thing is, I’ve had people say to me, throughout the years, ‘You’ll always just be you’.”

The Spinning Around singer admitted there has all the time “been something to navigate” all through her profession, however she has not needed to cope with ageism as a lot as different artists.

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Notably, Madonna, now 65, confronted critics after this yr’s Grammy Awards, labelling those that commented on her bodily look as “ageist and misogynistic”.

Meanwhile, Minogue has stated individuals do not “see [her] age” regardless of launching her music profession from the age of 20.

“If there was any detrimental aspect to that it was, ‘You’re so young, what do you know, how can you be credible?’

“At completely different factors in my profession, no matter age I’ve been, there’s been one thing to navigate.

“I spoke about it on my album Golden, saying, ‘We’re not young, we’re not old, we’re golden, you can only be who you are at that point in time’.”

The singer will headline Leicester’s Radio 2 within the Park in a number of days time.

She will then start her three-month residency in Las Vegas from November.

Tension will probably be out there from 22 September.