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enable-dropcap"> <div class="entry-container"> <div class="content-main"> <div class="dropcap-content columnable-content article-content entry-content single-component"> <p>Following the success of her viral hit “Padam Padam,” Aussie pop icon Kylie Minogue has dropped the title track from her forthcoming album, <em>Tension</em>. It’s the third track to be released from the album (a collaboration with “future house” DJ and producer Oliver Heldens, “10 Out of 10,” dropped earlier this year).</p> <p>“Tension,” which sound like it could have been lifted from Minogue’s eclectic 2008 effort <a href="/music/kylie-minogue-x/"><em>X</em></a>, is the most forward-minded track on the new album. The electro-pop song begins with ’90s house-style keyboards and a propulsive dance beat before pivoting toward something more leftfield, though no less infectious.</p> <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px; " id="slant-1128699920"><center><span class="mvp-ad-label">Advertisement</span></center> <div align="center" class="AdvallyTag" id="AdvAd-ArticleInline1"></div></div> <p>The singer’s stuttering, processed vocal hook is what an AI might sound like being brought to a heady, simulated climax: “Oh, my god/Touch me right there/Almost there, touch me right there.” While the track is unlikely to match the proverbial peak of “Padam Padam,” it should keep fans’ BPMs elevated until <em>Tension</em> drops on September 22nd.</p> <p>Listen to “Tension” below:</p> <p><div class="perfmatters-lazy-youtube" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-aEr4WRPYk" data-id="8-aEr4WRPYk" data-query="feature=oembed" onclick="perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);"><div><img src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img+to_auto/i.ytimg.com/vi/8-aEr4WRPYk/hqdefault.jpg" data-spai-egr="1" alt="YouTube video" width="480" height="360" data-pin-nopin="true" nopin="nopin"><div class="play"></div></div></div><noscript><iframe title="Kylie Minogue - Tension (Official Video)" width="1190" height="669" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-aEr4WRPYk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></noscript></p> <p>The music video for the song premieres tomorrow.</p> <div class='docent_acf_display_credits' id='credits'> </div> <div class='donate'><strong>If you can, please consider supporting <em>Slant Magazine</em>.</strong><br /><br />Since 2001, we've brought you uncompromising, candid takes on the world of film, music, television, video games, theater, and more. 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