Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, playing tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson. She gained prominence as a recording artist in the late 1980s and released four bubblegum and dance-pop-influenced studio albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. By the early 1990s, she had amassed several top ten singles in the UK and Australia, including "I Should Be So Lucky", "The Loco-Motion", "Hand on Your Heart", and "Better the Devil You Know". Taking more creative control over her music, Minogue signed with Deconstruction Records in 1993 and released Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997), both of which received positive reviews. She returned to mainstream dance-oriented music with 2000's Light Years, including the number-one hits "Spinning Around" and "On a Night Like This". The follow-up, Fever (2001), was an international breakthrough for Minogue, becoming her best-selling album to date. Two of its singles, "Love at First Sight" and "In Your Eyes", became hits, but its lead single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" became one of the most successful singles of the 2000s, selling over five million units.
Minogue continued reinventing her image and experimenting with a range of genres on her subsequent albums, which spawned successful singles such as "Slow", "2 Hearts", "All the Lovers", "Santa Baby", "Timebomb" and "Dancing". With her 2020 album DISCO, she became the first female artist to have a chart-topping album in the UK for five consecutive decades. Minogue made her film debut in The Delinquents (1989) and portrayed Cammy in Street Fighter (1994). She has also appeared in the films Moulin Rouge! (2001), Jack & Diane, Holy Motors (2012) and San Andreas (2015). In 2014, she appeared as a judge on the third series of The Voice UK and The Voice Australia. Her other ventures include product endorsements, children's books, fashion, and charitable work.
Minogue was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to music. She was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture. In 2005, while Minogue was on tour, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in 2011 for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. At the 2011 ARIA Music Awards, she was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame. She was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue
Studio albums
Kylie (1988)
Enjoy Yourself (1989)
Rhythm of Love (1990)
Let's Get to It (1991)
Kylie Minogue (1994)
Impossible Princess (1997)
Light Years (2000)
Fever (2001)
Body Language (2003)
X (2007)
Aphrodite (2010)
Kiss Me Once (2014)
Kylie Christmas (2015)
Golden (2018)
DISCO (2020)
Tension (2023)
Break This Heartbreak
Kylie Minogue Lyrics
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In the night alone I stay awake
Even stars so bright, they fade away
But we can't escape what we're made
But it can wait, this heartbreak
(Chorus)
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak, break break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
(Verse 2)
Every time, it's said to?
No signs to tell us what to do
But we can't escape what we're made
But it can wait, this heartbreak
(Chorus)
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak, break break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
(Bridge)
But we can't escape what we're made
But it can wait, this heartbreak
(Chorus)
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak, break break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
This heart (heart heart heart) break
The lyrics in Kylie Minogue's "Break This Heartbreak" describe a person who is unable to sleep at night due to heartbreak. Even the stars in the sky are unable to comfort them. It seems like they are struggling to deal with their emotions and are at a loss for how to move forward. Despite this, the singer acknowledges that they are "made" this way and seemingly resigned to their sorrow, encouraging themselves to wait before trying to heal the heartbreak.
The chorus repeats the phrase "this heartbreak, break break" several times, adding to the sense of desperation and pain conveyed in the song. The phrase also hints at a sense of self-destruction, as if breaking the heartbreak itself will somehow resolve the situation.
The bridge repeats the same message again, that the singer and the subject of the song are unable to escape the pain they are feeling. The repetition of the line reinforces the sense of hopelessness and frustration that pervades the song.
Line by Line Meaning
In the night alone I stay awake
I spend my nights alone and sleepless.
Even stars so bright, they fade away
The stars that used to shine so brilliantly now seem to lose their sparkle and disappear into the darkness.
But we can't escape what we're made
We can't change who we are inherently.
But it can wait, this heartbreak
We can put off dealing with our heartbreak for now.
Every time, it's said to?
Every time what is said to us?
No signs to tell us what to do
We have no clear guidance or direction.
But we can't escape what we're made
We cannot change our inner nature.
But it can wait, this heartbreak
We can delay dealing with our heartbreak for the moment.
This heartbreak, break break
This heartbreak is simply unbearable.
This heartbreak, break break
We just can't seem to get over this heartbreak.
This heartbreak, break break
Our broken heart is still in pieces and we can't mend it.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart is shattered into tiny fragments.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart is in so much pain and anguish that we can hardly bear it.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart has been completely broken beyond repair.
But we can't escape what we're made
We cannot escape our true selves and the things that make us who we are at our core.
But it can wait, this heartbreak
We can afford to postpone dealing with our broken heart right now.
This heartbreak, break break
Our heart is still so broken that it hurts beyond words.
This heartbreak, break break
We can't seem to move past this heartbreak no matter how hard we try.
This heartbreak, break break
Our heart is broken into so many pieces that it feels irreparable.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart has endured so much pain and brokenness that it feels like it's about to stop beating altogether.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart is in so much agony that we just cannot bear it.
This heart (heart heart heart) break
Our heart is so shattered and devastated that it can't be put back together again.
Contributed by Wyatt Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Brian Cooper
Years later this is still a great track. Wish she had kept going in this direction
shawn1428
I have NO IDEA how this didn't make the final album cut!!! I've always liked Kylie's b-sides better than most of her album tracks. This song is sex on a dancefloor!
DAN KYLE
I don’t believe it was recorded for an album as such. It was a project with Garibay who is also an amazing talent. The EP is fantastic and some of the best material from Kylie in my opinion.
miloradvlaovic
@Thing Thang I am glad we did not argue :) I hardly ever do, argue online, though some people have drawn the worst of me, on occasions ( I'm certainly not proud of it ) Meh, online feuds with people we really don't know are, as my Queen would say: "Reductive" :) Have a great day !
Thing Thang
@miloradvlaovic
Oh no, I wasn't accusing Madonna of stealing. I was just giving an example of sampling (it's not a bad thing). For what it's worth I'm happy we disagreed on something and didn't result into an unnecessary and over-dramatic internet fight.
Break This Heartbreak is pretty cool and Wait is actually my favorite (which is ironic because it's the only track Kylie didn't co-write from the four Garibay tracks).
miloradvlaovic
@Thing Thang Yes, this is what I meant, sorry for the confusion :) Sometimes I forget that the term can not be used as liberally as I use it :)
Heyyyyy, Madge got permission for that and made it clear she sampled :'( To me it's a good example of how sampling should be done :)
Oh, to digress, unrelated to the topic, I do love this "Break this heartbreak" , I find it both melodic and dance-y, which is not easy to combine well
Thing Thang
@miloradvlaovic For a second there I thought I was going crazy. So you just mean the melody of the singing is kind of similar right? Because when you use the term "sampling" in music, it actually means when someone uses actual parts of the song in a new song (kind of like Madonna's Hung Up sampled Abba's Gimme Gimme Gimme).
TxmxthyJS
This song, I like because the lyrics are well written and the music itself is very powerful towards the end or bridge of the song.
xander james
This is still so exquisitely fabulous!
lee baldock
The very best Kylie songs .....are ours ! No one knows a lot of the just cool Kylie Stuff / It's ours alone !