Recorded in Nashville last summer, Kylie Minogue's new album Golden will be released in April.
The Australian singer says that her visit to Nashville was a fruitful one and she felt "so inspired" by the city's musical legacy.
"Just going down Music Mile and (seeing) the billboards celebrating songwriters and artists with hits," she told Rolling Stone. "We went to the Bluebird Cafe and the Listening Room,"
Speaking about her new single, Dancing, she said. ""I'm at that stage where it's just getting out into the world, it's a weird transition period for me. It's a strange letting go of everything, although that was the point - that's what you aim for. It's an anxious time."
The iconic pop diva says she feels nervous ahead of the release of the new album, which is her fourteenth. "There's a little area where nerves and excitement cross over and you're not sure what it is," she said.
"It's quite surreal to me that people are reacting in such a way. We love the song, we love what it stands for, but you just never really know how it's gonna translate. It takes on a different life when it hits other people's ears."
She also recalled her excitement when her label suggested Nashville as a possible location for recording her new album. "You know when you're excited and your voice goes up an octave and double decibels? A few label reps were just testing the waters. "Would you like to go to Nashville?"
And I replied "Nashville?! Yes! When can we go? Yes, yes, yes! Please!"
She was touched by how 'cool' but also 'historic' the city is. "People are there to have a good time. As soon as I met one, two people, I suddenly knew four, five people, and then I knew 10 people, and before I knew it, I'm connecting people in Nashville myself.
"It's such a community. To put it succinctly, I felt like I was at the altar of the song, and you get to watch all of these people perform."
