Kylie Minogue reflects on her two-year romance with INXS rocker Michael Hutchence in her new Netflix docuseries Kylie
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The pop star credits Hutchence with helping her embrace a more authentic version of herself
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Minogue describes their breakup as her first real heartbreak
Kylie Minoguestill reflects fondly on her time with late INXS rockerMichael Hutchence.
The pop star, 57, opens up about her two-year romance with Hutchence in the new Netflix docuseriesKylie(streaming May 20), and reveals that she's still on the hunt for something similar to the love they shared.
"We were good together. Shoulda, woulda, coulda, whatever. You go on and live your lives. But it was definitely an amazing point in time," she says in the docuseries. "I've probably been looking for something like that ever since, and I haven't got it."
Minogue and Hutchence first met at an INXS concert in Sydney in 1989, when she was still dating herNeighbourscostar Jason Donovan.
As they describe in the doc, the pair joined INXS at an afterparty, and when sparks flew between Minogue and Hutchence, the rest was history.
The "Padam Padam" singer recalled "concern" from her team that her good girl image would be tainted by associating with rock's bad boy. Still, the star said she had "a lot of fun" with Hutchence, and praised his support in giving her the confidence to embrace a more authentic version of herself and "discover" her true self as an artist.
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She and the "Never Tear Us Apart" singer broke up in 1991 amid his grueling touring schedule, and Minogue said in the doc she was "devastated" by the split, which she described as her first real "heartbreak."
When Hutchence died by suicide in 1997 at age 37, she attended his funeral, and recalled feeling him tell her everything would be okay.
After their split, Minogue has been in several other relationships; she was briefly engaged toactor Joshua Sassein 2016, and was most recently linked toPaul Solomonsfrom 2018 to 2023.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Grammy winner said that speaking about Hutchence was "the first real emotional point" for her while filming the documentary.
"I was like, ‘Oh no, oh no, it's happening. Try to keep yourself together,'" she says. "I was just sad because he's no longer with us, so that adds a whole other dimension on top of my memories and my truth and my purity of that time of my feelings."
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