Kylie Minogue has long been considered Australia's Princess of Pop. Indeed, she's come a long way from the days when she was known as the 'singing budgie' (though she still can't sing). Whether you agree with me on this or not, Kylie is undoubtably one of our best known sex-symbols and performers.
'All The Lovers' is one of Kylie's steamiest videos yet, featuring a virtual orgy, with only sweat-soaked underwear getting in the way of things (and keeping the ratings appropriate for prime time television). The imagery and lyrics speak of freedom of sexual expression and of surrendering to carnal desires. At first glance, the video appears to mean little more than that.
The turning point for me was when I saw the tower of grinding, sweaty bodies growing higher and higher, rising up from the heart of the city, a mass of people. As Kylie waves her hands above their heads, they swoon as if under a spell, and raise their hands towards her in praise. I went back to the beginning and took another look at the video, which you can view by clicking here, convinced that there is more to it than meets the eye. But first, a look at its context:
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Here we have the cover for Kylie's latest album. Kylie is depicted as the goddess Aphrodite, you probably can't read if you have any doubts about this. And this scene is possibly her birth. In the myth, she arises out of the sea foam after Uranus' genitals were thrown into it. This painting by Sandro Botticelli, 'The Birth of Venus', portrays this moment:
However, I wonder if the white pillars behind Kylie in the photo are representative of the twin pillars of Jachin and Boaz. Other artists have featured representations of these pillars in their music videos, as they are of great importance to Freemasonry. Here is a prime example:
Of course, it had to be Lady Gaga.
The structure of the Kylie's cover photo also reminds me of the head of Baphomet:
Scroll up an have another look.
Maybe it's just coincidence, but esoteric symbolism has appeared in a few of Kylie's videos, photo shoots and performances. Here are a few examples:
Remind you of someone? This was in the 80s, way before Lady Gaga.
This image is a clear reference to MKULTRA or mind control programming, also known as 'Monarch Programming' in reference to the Monarch butterfly, because of the feeling of 'fluttering' mind control subjects are said to experience. Kylie appears in a disassociative state with her head surrounded by butterflies.
This robot costume is a lot like Maria the Android from the 1920s film Metropolis. You can read an article about Maria's importance in pop culture here.
Top left: in her video 'Slow', Kylie flashes her one-eye-in-a-triangle. Someone else we know is fond of doing this:
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the goddess of love, namely sexual love and sexuality. If you think about this in the context of 'All The Lovers', then it is clear that Kylie is being portrayed as a kind of Aphrodite.
Analysis of 'All The Lovers'
The video opens with a cup of dark liquid falling to the ground and splashing all over the asphalt. This represents female sexuality, female desire, the female orgasm. If you have any doubts about this, it is quickly followed by a suspiciously phallic bottle of milk: right from the very beginning, the forces of male and female, male and female sexuality, desire, etc. are depicted:
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Black-white; male-female; the meeting of opposites and sexual union are portrayed here.
Next we see people getting undressed in the deserted city streets, finding a partner, and making out. There is all manner of unions: inter-racial, homosexual, and heterosexual (yet not one of them is old or fat). But we have not yet found the cause of all this ecstasy.
About thirty seconds in, a white horse gallops by, hands are lifted and the goddess herself is raised, doves flying freely out and away from her. The imagery speaks of lightness, ecstasy, and sexually-charged freedom. Kylie sings to the viewer while she is amorously groped and fondled by those who have gathered--and keep gathering--around her. The tower of people slowly and steadily grows...
At around one minute the sun flashes beneath Kylie's arched back at the top of a tower:
could this be...
...by any chance?
The sun is skillfully captured for a brief moment behind Kylie and/or at the top of her heavily-breathing pyramid of bodies more than once. The sun peaks again at about 1:24, 2:07, 2:09, 2:50, 2:54, 3:03, 3:05 and 3:13.The time seems to be evening, which may mean that the sun is about to set on one era, and thus a new era is approaching, whether this is a 'new era' for Kylie and her lover, or a 'new era' in a broader context, as will be explored.
From about 1:11 hundreds of white helium balloons are released into the sky, symbolising the growing height of sexual arousal. Kylie even sings
can't you see that this is going higher, higher, higher, higher...
Meanwhile, more lovers join the pulsating flesh-coloured mass, the pyramid/tower grows and Kylie, who stands atop it, stretches out her hands to those below, who swoon and move with her, as if under a spell. People are succumbing to their carnal desires and basic instincts. Only Kylie seems to be mistress of herself (and of the accumulating masses). Maybe, this is even a sexual ritual whereby participants attempt to reach a higher level of spirituality. However, I feel as though the weak masses are being controlled and manipulated via pleasure.
At 2:09 the mood suddenly changes. Kylie and her lovers are below ground, in a kind of underworld. They're still getting it on, and from about 2:30 a white horse gallops above ground in the daylight. I believe that a kind of magical transformation takes place here. However, there may be more than one interpretation. If we are taking the song at face value, then the horse represents her lover, come to save her from the 'dark' and to bring her back into the light of love in a new era for them. The horse could also be the first horse of the Biblical apocalypse, signalling to Aphrodite--or should I say Babylon--that it is time for her to come out of the dark and into the new era that is about to begin. The Babylon I refer to here is the allegorical kingdom mentioned in the Book of Revelation (chapters 17 and 18). The Whore of Babylon, or "Babylon the Great" is deeply connected to the Antichrist.
From about 2:47 we see that the tower of lovers has grown disturbingly huge, and is rising up from beneath the city, challenging the high rise buildings around it. It is difficult to think of it at this point as anything other than a crude mass, which is basically how the general populus is viewed by the elites (read this article and scroll down to the sub heading Elite Thinkers). Also, six white doves fly out away from the tower. Doves are traditionally seen as symbols of holiness or purity, yet six is a number associated with the devil (666 being the number of the Beast in Revelation) and in this case the scene may be sending mixed messages (eg. succumbing to your carnal desires is pure and good). However, in the story of Noah's Ark, Noah sends out a dove to find land. Maybe Babylon is sending out her six doves for some other purpose.
At the very end, Kylie with a big Barbie doll smile, sends out a beautiful white dove. Aww, how lovely.
Conclusion
Personally I see nothing pure about this video, unless we're talking about pure lust. While I'm all for freedom of sexual expression, the masses do not seem to have mastery of themselves. They are base--even depraved--as though their humanity has been swallowed up by their animal instincts. Lust has drawn them to the Tower of Babylon, and Babylon seeks more of us as she releases her dove with a seductive laugh:
"Fly, my pretty, fly!"
