“Padam Padam” didn’t just sound short, it sounded like it was missing things. It didn’t have a bridge or a build of any sort, which I felt it needed. And the ending just came out of nowhere and didn’t feel like an actual ending. So, I just-
I tried to do a full 5–6 minute extended mix, as we would have gotten for a song like this were it released in the 90s — but nothing I did seemed to really work. Everything after the initial edit just felt like me padding the song out and making it longer for the sheer sake of it. This works with some songs, but it didn’t for this one.
After I uploaded my Extended Mix, Kylie had released an official one, which came far sooner than I expected. Going on the assumption that Kylie would do what she did for Disco, I figured we might not hear an Extended Mix of “Padam Padam” until an Extended Mixes version of Tension was out. But here we are.
I’ve had “Padam Padam” on repeat for days, and it seems I’m not the only one. Everybody and their gay cousin is tweeting about how they [Turns and looks into the camera] can’t get the song out of their heads. “Padam Padam” is also being memed to absolute hell on Twitter amongst the gays, who all like the song. So expect every circuit party for Pride to be running up Kylie’s lil’ heartbeat / cheeks clapping song.