Trolls could have ended Kylie Minogue’s career before it had a chance to get going.
As she enters her fifth pop decade, the Aussie admits today’s stars have it much harder because of the scrutiny and nastiness they face on social media.
Although it wasn’t a bed of roses in the 1980s either.
Talking about Twitter negativity she said: “I honestly don’t know how I would have dealt with that. But I do know it was difficult when there were nasty things written (in the media). I’d check myself, were they being nasty or was I just taking it personally?
“But no, a lot of it was just nasty. Even back then, I remember saying to my family or my manager, ‘ Who are these people? Where’s the person that we never get to see and would never say this to my face? You didn’t have social media where you could react, although I largely don’t react.”
Kylie revealed she got many nasty messages from trolls at the start of her career (Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Even so Minogue still wishes there had been more help for her at the start of her career.
Kylie revealed: “I never had a mentor and I would have loved one, actually…I didn’t have anyone to advise me on a bunch of things. People did as best they could, but there wasn’t an artist who had done it to talk with me.
“I had to learn everything on the job and in the public eye. I would have loved someone to talk to about it the psychological parts of the job and dealing with people, I think I would have found it very helpful.”
Kylie also admitted she needed a mentor to help her after finding fame on Neighbours (Image: WireImage)
As a result now Kylie would love to compare experiences and help the next generation of women in pop.
She explained: “I do think they have more of a voice today…I’d have to sit down with someone of the new generation and actually chat about it, that would be interesting.”
Kylie says she doesn’t get technology at all, despite her successful streaming figures
Kylie’s streaming figures have gone up 183% in recent years, but she’s still a bit miffed when it comes to technology.
She told Music Week: “I don’t understand a word Sam (Hill BMG senior director digital marketing) is saying once he goes into digital land. He’s got me for the first four seconds, then I’m gone.”
Even so Kylie could break a record with upcoming album Disco, as the first female to have a No1 across five decades.
That’s if Little Mix or a surprise artiss pips her to it: “Anyone could drop anything at any time and then you’ve got competition you were completely oblivious to.”
Disco arrives November 6.line has approached Buckingham Palace and Lady Amelia’s spokespersons for comment.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
