After waiting with bated breath, we’ve finally received the first look at the upcoming Kylie Minogue documentary! And the trailer is finally here.
Featuring the Aussie singer wrapped up in a cosy knit at her home, Kylie promises to be an intimate look across three parts – at the singer as she opens her personal archives, reflecting on her extraordinary life and career. Netflix promises it’s “coming soon”.
The documentary is helmed by Michael Harte, the award-winning director of BECKHAM and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. There will be appearances from friends, family and collaborators, including her sister Dannii, Jason Donovan, Nick Cave and pop mastermind Pete Waterman.
As first reported by The Mirror, the Australian singer signed a seven-figure deal with Netflix and filming with filming starting in late 2024.
It’s said that the documentary will be in the ‘fly-on-the-wall’ style. In the trailer, we can see it’s a mix of interviews and archival footage to highlight important past moments from Kylie’s impressive career.
“There’s so much in this documentary, I need to watch it again to remember all of it!” Kylie said in an interview on Nova’s The Joel Creasey Show.
It was the popstar’s first radio interview to promote her upcoming documentary, and she revealed the reason why she’s putting it out now.
“How did they convince you?” Joel asks her.
“How did they convince me? Persistence and a knowledgeable, experienced, and delicate approach, but like consistent,” Kylie response. “It took a number of years for me to say yes, so if someone was still checking in and asking, they meant it.”
Kylie also joined Nova 96.9’s Ricki-Lee & Tim to speak about the documentary ahead of the premiere.
“It’s been definitely a really unique process,” Kylie said of the process. ” I’m just so thankful that I was with a great team, with my producer and director, and with the Netflix team. It’s just been very quite… loving, dare I say, I felt like that was too strong a word, but like there is so much care in the project.”
Netflix beat out rival streaming giants Apple+ and Disney+ for the rights to a Kylie Minogue documentary, with a source telling The Mirror:
“There was a serious bidding war over this. Kylie’s had an incredible life, from starring in Neighbours to becoming a pop icon and still dominating the charts decades later. She has a massive fanbase so there’s no question it will attract a huge audience. That’s why the offers went so high – everyone’s very excited.”
Kylie first rose to fame in the late 1980s; her role as Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours made her a household name in both Australia and the UK.
“I’m proud of taking risks,” Kylie tells Ricki. “Starting on Neighbours, making my first demo with no record label, thrust onto the stage, leaving Neighbours, changing record companies, doing different types of albums, doing some dumb things…some worked, some didn’t work. I’m so curious that I normally just think, well, unless I try it, I don’t know.”
Embed:In 1987, Kylie transitioned to a music career, signing with Mushroom Records and releasing her debut single, Locomotion.
The song became a massive hit, topping the Australian charts for seven weeks.
Kylie’s success continued when she teamed up with producers Stock Aitken Waterman and released her self-titled debut album in 1988.
The album’s lead single, I Should Be So Lucky, topped charts worldwide, cementing her status as a pop star.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Kylie reinvented her musical style and hits like Spinning Around and Can’t Get You Out of My Head reintroduced her to a new generation.
Then, last year, Kylie had a massive career resurgence thanks to her song Padam Padam.
Padam Padam went viral on TikTok, topped charts worldwide and ended up winning the 2024 Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording – Kylie’s second-ever Grammy after she won Best Dance Recording for Come Into My World in 2004.
Watch the trailer here:
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