Kylie Minogue and Jessie Ware were without a doubt 2020’s most triumphant disco divas – and now they’re teaming up for a brand new collaboration.
The pair “hit it off” over a fish dinner during a recording session for the Remember Where You Are singer’s podcast, and they’ve since been working together on new music.
Jessie tells OfficialCharts.com: “I’m working with her. It’s happening. Maybe we wouldn’t have thought to work together if we hadn’t had made similar albums? We hit it off over a halibut. Christmas cards and everything!”
Kylie previously shared her desire to collaborate with her new pal back in December and, while discussing the pairing, Jessie hinted that some of the unreleased tracks from her latest LP, ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, might be revived for the collaboration – along with a deluxe edition of her own album.
She said: “I had so many songs that didn’t make the record… but that doesn’t mean they’re not good!
“I wrote maybe 40 or 50 songs. I know that my next record is not going to be the same as ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ so when I listened to them, it felt maddening that I had all these brilliant songs that I couldn’t [originally] put on the record.
They fit so well in this ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ world so it made sense to keep them for this rather than to make another record.
“So there’s some songs that didn’t make the record because I needed to tell the right story with What’s Your Pleasure? and now actually, weirdly, the deluxe has created this new story and the new songs work really well together which is exciting.
“I think that if my fans liked What’s Your Pleasure?, this will keep them dancing a bit longer.
‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ became the highest-charting UK release of Jessie’s career, hitting No. 3 last summer.
Meanwhile, Kylie’s 15th album DISCO shattered records, landing her at the top the UK charts and becoming the first female artist to score a No. 1 album across five consecutive decades.
In our review of the album, Retro Pop said DISCO is “packed with upbeat, care-free ’70s inspired dance music – and, frankly, that’s just what we needed right now”.
