Kylie Minogue reveals how she inspired her late former boyfriend Michael Hutchence to write the controversial INXS hit Suicide Blonde
It’s long been believed that Kylie Minogue was the inspiration behind her then-boyfriend Michael Hutchence’s hit song, Suicide Blonde.
The 52-year-old singer has detailed how the INXS anthem, which raced to the top of the charts in 1990, came to be.
Speaking to News Corp on Saturday, Kylie revealed that it referred to her rebellious blonde character, Lola Lovell, in the 1989 film The Delinquents.
Muse: It’s long been believed that Kylie Minogue was the inspiration behind her then-boyfriend Michael Hutchence’s hit song, Suicide Blonde. Now he 52-year-old singer has detailed how the INXS anthem came to be. Pictured together in London in 1990
‘Suicide Blonde came from me talking about my character in The Delinquents, we met just after that,’ Kylie says.
‘My hairdresser called the (colour of the) wig I had to wear ‘suicide blonde”.
Michael and Kylie made their public debut as a couple at the film’s premiere.
The Australian pop star goes on to hint that other songs written at the time, for the 1990 album X, may have been inspired by her.
The Locomotion hitmaker tells the publication: ‘Anything he wrote at that time, well, I was around.’
Inspiration: Speaking to News Corp on Saturday, Kylie revealed that it referred to her rebellious blonde character, Lola Lovell, in the 1989 film The Delinquents. Pictured recently
Kylie said: ‘Suicide Blonde came from me talking about my character in The Delinquents, we met just after that. My hairdresser called the (colour of the) wig I had to wear ‘suicide blonde”. Pictured alongside Charlie Schlatter in the 1989 film The Delinquents
Making an entrance: Michael and Kylie made their public debut as a couple at the film’s premiere (pictured)
The title of the song raised eyebrows, not least for Michael’s INXS bandmate Andrew Farriss.
He told the paper of his own recollections: ‘My concerns weren’t so much about Kylie or their relationship, it was the word “suicide” in a song. He said, ‘Don’t worry it’s not about suicide’.’
Michael dated Kylie on and off between 1987 and 1990.
In the documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence, released last year, Kylie spoke about her relationship with the Never Tear Us Apart singer.
Inspired: The Australian pop star goes on to hint that other songs written at the time, for the 1990 album X, may have been inspired by her. ‘Anything he wrote at that time, well, I was around,’ she said. Pictured at Michael’s 30th birthday party in Sydney in January 1990
Open: In the documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence (pictured), released last year, Kylie spoke about her relationship with the Never Tear Us Apart singer. ‘He opened up a whole new world for me. A lot of it was based around pleasure, let’s face it she said
Exciting times: Kylie, who was just 19 when the pair first started dating, added that Michael had ‘awakened [her] desires’. Pictured in 1990
She said the public perception that she was a ‘pure, good girl dating this dark, bad boy’ was accurate, but she always felt ‘safe with him’.
‘I felt protected. He had insatiable curiosity, all the good things in life and some of the bad,’ she said.
‘He opened up a whole new world for me. A lot of it was based around pleasure, let’s face it.’
Kylie, who was just 19 when the pair first started dating, added that Michael had ‘awakened [her] desires’.
New sensation: Michael dated Kylie on and off between 1987 and 1990, before he moved on with model Helena Christensen in 1991
She said when their relationship finally ended she was left heartbroken, even though she had never expected they would be together forever.
‘It felt loving, yet sad and probably doomed. We talked through things and I couldn’t give you an actual reason [as to why it happened],’ she said of their break-up.
‘I left pretty confounded and destroyed, and I knew that was… that was it. Yeah, he broke my heart. I have to confess, the hurt stays for quite a long time.’
Ups and downs: He then embarked on a tumultuous relationship with Paula Yates (right), with whom he welcomed his only child, daughter Tiger Lily. Pictured in Sydney in 1996
Following his relationship with Kylie, the trouble rock star moved on with supermodel Helena Christensen in 1991.
He then embarked on a tumultuous relationship with Paula Yates, with whom he welcomed his only child, daughter Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof, now 24.
Michael was with Paula until his death by suicide aged 37 in November 1997.
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Rock star: Michael was with Paula until his death by suicide aged 37 in November 1997. Michael is pictured on stage in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 6, 1990
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