Kylie Minogue’s comeback album Tension becomes one of the pop princess’s most critically acclaimed careers, earning rave reviews from fans and critics
Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue has been delighting fans around the world for decades.
And the 55-year-old singer’s new album Tension seems to be her most praised album to date based on the first reviews.
DIY Mag gave the album a perfect score, writing, “There’s no pretense to its greatness, just our Kylie, once again humbly proving how easily she can strike gold and transform into a pop culture phenomenon.”
Rolling Stone awarded the album four out of five stars, calling it “brilliantly fun.”
Retropop, meanwhile, claimed that the music “radiates joy and not only really energizes the pop legend, but also showcases her strongest vocals in a long time.”
Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue (pictured) has been delighting fans around the world for decades, but her new album Tension is shaping up to be one of her most critically acclaimed yet.
Social media has also praised Kylie’s new offering, with one fan account on X (formerly Twitter) sharing a composite image of all the praise for the album:
Kylie Minogue’s critically acclaimed album ‘Tension’ will be released at midnight local time. It’s shaping up to be one of the most critically acclaimed albums of her career!’
The post received many comments and retweets agreeing with this unanimous assessment.
‘She is experiencing a new career peak; a hit, a critically acclaimed album, sold out shows,” one commenter replied.
DIY Mag gave the album a perfect score, writing: ‘there is no pretense to its greatness’
Social media has also praised Kylie’s new offering, with comments such as ‘What an album! Here are some killer tunes Kylie has come out with’
‘What an album! There are some killer songs in there that Kylie has gone on to be simply outstanding and won four nominations, absolutely amazing,” wrote another.
While another X user commented: ‘another career peak after 36 years in her career wow wow wow!’
Minogue recently made a triumphant return to the UK top 10 after more than a decade with her hit single Padam Padam.
The catchy song not only marked her comeback but also earned her a new wave of devoted fans, playfully dubbed the ‘padam-ic’.
Her provocative new song, Tension, has also generated enthusiastic responses from fans.
The recent big successes come amid Kylie’s recent announcement of a Las Vegas residency, which sold out within hours of tickets becoming available.
The Padam Padam singer took to X (formerly Twitter) in July to formally announce her upcoming shows at The Venetian Las Vegas
She will join an illustrious list of stars including Cher, Celine Dion and Britney Spears, who have all regularly performed concert spectacles in the glitzy casino city.
Kylie says she has yet to choose a setlist, but wants it to include some surprises.
“What we imagine is that you walk into this room and you’re transported,” the Come Into My World singer said.
“I have a lot of work to do choosing the set list and making sure I include a few surprises.”
Padam Padam is the lead single from the star’s 17th studio album, Tension