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Suddenly everybody's talking about Kylie Minogue in that overnight success sort of way--at least here in America. Even though she's been a superstar--working on television, in film and as a recording artist--since Britney was a little kid, the Australian-born pop idol is making her biggest splash in the U.S. yet. Kylie first shot to fame in the Aussie TV hit Neighbours, and in 1988 her single, "I Should Be So Lucky," topped the English charts. Since then, she's sold more than 30 million records and has collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Williams and Nick Cave. Her new album, Fever (Capitol), and especially its single, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," has been booming through European discos since its release, and now everybody's having more fun. No tiresome teen angst here--just upbeat dance music from a girl who gets it. God bless America, Kylie's here.

SARA SWITZER: You've been immortalized in a Pretenders song [Minogue laughs), in wax at Madame Tussaud's--the list goes on. Did you ever imagine you'd be this successful?

KYLIE MINOGUE: No, absolutely not.

SS: When, if ever, did you feel it start happening--was there a shift at a specific point?

KM: Well, if I compare it to now, it's never happened ... because now feels completely different. I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

SS: Tell me a bit about the past few months.

KM: I'm clinging on, trying to stay sane. My latest trip to America hasn't been like my previous ones. I usually just scootch about and people ask, Where's the lingerie department?" And I say, "Oh, I don't work here. Sorry."

SS: You seem game for just about anything--you've ridden a bucking bronco, posed on a rocket--you're certainly not shy. Do you worry about your image?

KM: Well, no, because I think I instinctively know where to draw the line. And what I've come to realize is that there are a lot of things I do--my album cover, for example--perhaps if someone else did them, it would read differently. But I genuinely feel that because people know me so well they understand my personality. When I do something that's a little on the edge, they know I'm doing it tongue-in-cheek. There is definitely a side of me that's a part-time exhibitionist, but then the other side is a total nana--but I think that balances everything out, in my world anyway.

SS: Are you worried that the American audience won't get it?

KM: Well, I don't think they'll get it as easily, because, as I've just said, in other places we have a history. I might wear something that has meaning to them, makes the photograph ironic or whatever, and that might be overlooked here. When I did Jay Leno, someone came to check what I was wearing for microphone compatibility; but I'm not sure if it was that, or if they were just [laughs] checking in general. As in, you are wearing enough, right?

SS: What's your goal when you make music?

KM: I think it depends on where I'm at. A few years ago my goal was to try and get the goddamned album made, which put me in a real [laughs] bad frame of mind. Whereas the album that we've just done is definitely a pop album, but we pushed it slightly, tried to make it more progressive--I mean progressive in Kylie's world, not if you look at music in general. It was more about the sound and the feel of the album as a whole, as opposed to lyrically or bringing some type of message. I mean, lyrically, there's nothing. [laughs] They're very traditional pop lyrics but, again, I think that's fine. That's why they keep coming back.

SS: Who are your biggest influences?

EM: Well, Madonna is one. I was obsessed by Prince, I loved Grease (1978] and used to strut around singing Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" when I was nine. I didn't really understand what that song was about, but those are the earliest influences I can remember. As a teenager living in Melbourne, in the early '80s, the new romantics, Gary Numan and Duran Duran heavily influenced me, and I had a mad crush on Adam Ant. Who didn't? [both laugh]

SS: What do you say to the critics who write you off as a manufactured pop star?

EM: Oh, I say, "Wake up!" I completely understand them saying that years and years ago, because I was--I am the first to admit it. But there's no way that I (more Minogue page 126)

Sara Switzer is a writer in New York. Opposite: Kylie Minogue wears a top and pants by Dolce & Gabbana. Fashion details page 127.