Of course, Impossible Princess had the last part dropped as the passing of Princess Diana prompted a quick rethink to prevent seeming crass but also added a few brownie points.
Parallels can be drawn with future collaborator Robbie Williams who released his debut LP in 1997 that leant heavily on the Indie Britpop sound that was, at that time, just in the throes of its death rattle as Be Here Now reared its huge, bloated head with white powder around its nose, as another former pop star trying for credibility but this is far from an indie rock record, it is far more indebted to techno and EDM. She had surprisingly performed ‘ Little Baby Nothing‘ with the Manic Street Preachers at Shepherds Bush Empire and allegedly had been due to record the song for Generation Terrorists but it never happened whilst in SAW’s clutches. Just the year before she had duetted with Nick Cave on ‘ Where The Wild Roses Grow” and had appeared in several high-profile films that had flopped, but she had begun the process of recording the follow-up. By the beginning of 1996, Kylie Minogue has split from Stock, Aitken and Waterman, released her eponymous LP in 1994, and was throwing caution to the wind.
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