Kylie premieres new video for ‘Dancing’

Kylie Minogue last night premiered the video for the electro-country pop ‘Dancing’ – in which she seemingly brings influences from Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift to Day Of The Dead and a 1970’s Nashville motel room in the mix.

The video, directed by Sophie Muller, introduces a new form of line-dancing which ends with an unlikely celebratory dance with the Grim Reaper!

It was shot over two days at London’s Bush Hall, where all of the above was somehow brought to life.

The video also displays Kylie’s talent for re-appropriation as it features a £12 (A$21.35) guitar which directorMuller found in a junk shop - echoing the legendary 50 pence hot-pants that came to define the video for ‘Spinning Around’.

Of course the guitar was customised with hundreds of amazing crystals.

But Kylie delights in the art of making do and the juxtaposition of expensive and cheap, and was delighted to find a guitar small enough to be the perfect fit for her petite frame.

‘Dancing’ was chosen as the first single for many reasons, not least that it illustrates the theme of the album, much of which could be described as cathartic.

As TMN reported recently, the songs were written in the wake of Minogue’s split with actor Joshua Sasse.

Kylie says, “Life’s all just moments which all join up – some of them are great, and some of them are less than sparkling – but ultimately I wanted this video to reflect the celebratory nature of the song”.

Learning the choreography, which was based on an interpretation of line-dancing, presented a slight challenge as it involved a completely different style of movement.

The singer explains. “I always thought I could learn routines quickly but this was different.

“However, by the time I had to dance with the Grim Reaper at the end I had mastered it.

“And if that’s not a funny allegory for life I don’t know what is!”.

The song ‘Dancing’ was written in Nashville by Minogue with Steve McEwan and Nathan Chapman, and produced by Sky Adams.

She suggested on Instagram that the song is about removing "hurdles" in life by "dancing and having a good time”.