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Singer, dancer, activist, one-time Doctor Who companion, and all-around diva, Kylie Minogue<\/a> is a force of nature. The Netflix documentary KYLIE<\/a> finally shines a long-overdue spotlight on the pop icon\u2019s life and career, tracing her journey from breakout star Charlene on Neighbours<\/a> to her current status as a global megastar.<\/p>\n But beyond charting her worldwide success \u2014 including selling more than 80 million records and helping reshape modern pop music \u2014 the three-part documentary also reflects on Kylie Minogue\u2019s personal life, including an intimate look at her relationship with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence<\/a>, who died in 1997.<\/p>\n Minogue and Hutchence dated for approximately two years, from 1989 to 1991. Their high-profile relationship began when Kylie was 21, with the couple meeting at a concert and sharing a deeply influential, though intense, romance.<\/p>\n As to why she wished to include the rock star in the doc was because he influenced her early career, her life, and what he meant to her.<\/p>\n \u201cMichael was an amazing person. That\u2019s why the world loved him. That\u2019s why we were, and still are, fascinated by him. We were all fans of Michael and INXS,\u201d Minogue explained in a statement. \u201cI was 21 when we met \u2013 and I was really impressionable. And I mean that in the best possible way. He just had such an impact on me. He was a smart, kind, deep, artistic, and interesting human, and we went on this beautiful journey of a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis passing in 1997 was a loss to so many, including myself,\u201d said the pop star. \u201cThese days, my emotions remain very real but are kind of eternally suspended in memory. People wonder why I\u2019m still so moved by [that relationship], and it\u2019s for many reasons. One of those is that he was one of my first big steps into adulthood and into the wider world. A world of possibility and discovery. Travel, literature, excess, connections, art, artistry, expression, performance, and on and on and on the list goes! I was the perfect age for that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n In the docuseries, Minogue credits Hutchence for having \u201cinfluenced me to express myself, and I hadn\u2019t had that before.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI still say that today, you know? When everyone\u2019s putting in all their best [moves], and I\u2019m like, can we just focus for a minute? So, that was a good message [from him], and it\u2019s stayed with me,\u201d said Minogue. \u201cHe was the one to mention it to me. I guess within that statement, he made me feel like I could be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n