Kylie Minogue - Celebration

What this video is

Released 16 November 1992, 'Celebration' marked the end of Kylie Minogue's formative partnership with PWL Records and the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, the dominant force in British pop through the late 1980s. Issued as the second single from her Greatest Hits compilation, the cover of Kool & the Gang's 1980 disco classic signalled both nostalgia and closure. Filming in Rio de Janeiro injected a global,…

Why it matters

Represents the terminal phase of the Stock Aitken Waterman pop industrial complex and early-90s British bubblegum dance-pop. As a cover of a canonical disco track, it bridges disco revival currents with UK pop mainstream production, and anticipates Kylie's subsequent reinvention as an independent…

The director

Canadian-born, Australian-raised director-producer-writer. Graduated North Sydney Technical College (Cinematography) and University of Technology Sydney (BA Communications). Relocated to London where avant-garde short films earned industry attention.…