Kylie Minogue is a badass in "Timebomb" music video!
I have long been a huge Kylie Minogue fan -- alright so it borders on obsession. I would also be very hard pressed to point out another artist who has been so true to themselves over 25 years. You can always pick a Kylie Minogue song among the din. Sometimes the songs are misses and sometimes the songs hit the bullseye.
"Timebomb" hits the bullseye for me. The song is so Kylie, but different. It's as if with each song, album, video Miss Minogue pushes herself to that next level. The beat behind the song is ultra now and modern, but the breathy vocals, the latent sexuality, and the repeated "whoops" throughout the song are distinct Kylie.
And in the music video? She's a badass terrorizing what looks like the back alleys of a quaint Italian town. Those poor, poor people -- but those lucky, lucky Italian small town gays who got to see Kylie! She steals, she breaks things, she demands, she saunters, and I believe at the bridge of the song has the equivalent of a music video orgasm.
Now I know I say this about a lot of songs but this song has a few rules:
1.) You must listen to it multiple times (on repeat, if you will) in order to fall in love with it. The first listen you might be persuaded to turn it off and maybe never listen again (GASP!).
2.) Download a HQ version (iTunes) -- it makes all the difference.
3.) Dance. It's all I wanna do. Movement adds that extraness to it all. (Yes, I danced alone in my apartment. You'll get over it.
With those 3 rules in place -- you're welcome. Why, you ask? You're welcome for giving you your MDW 12 jam. I mean I guess technically you can thank Kylie Minogue -- so. Go out. Ravage whatever city, town, hovel you live in -- because life is too short -- and you're a tickin' "Timebomb" (GET IT?!).
