"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"
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The arcade metaphor is doing cultural heavy lifting. “Next level” is playful, approachable, and very pop: it translates a messy phenomenon (tabloid escalation, global media saturation, internet-era scrutiny) into a familiar mechanic. But it also smuggles in a darker subtext: in arcade games, the higher levels aren’t just more visible, they’re less forgiving. Speed increases, obstacles multiply, mistakes cost more. The metaphor implies that fame isn’t a spotlight so much as a game designed to keep you playing, constantly proving you still deserve your place on the screen.
Context matters: Minogue is a star whose career is built on reinvention and endurance, the kind of pop longevity that invites periodic “comeback” narratives. When she says it’s changed “in the last few months,” she’s capturing that peculiar modern celebrity vertigo: the moment when a recognizable figure stops being merely famous and becomes a fixation. The line reads like a seasoned performer clocking a new, more invasive era - and trying to keep her footing without pretending it’s normal.
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Minogue, Kylie. (2026, January 16). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-been-accustomed-to-being-famous-and-having-a-122815/
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Minogue, Kylie. "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." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-been-accustomed-to-being-famous-and-having-a-122815/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-been-accustomed-to-being-famous-and-having-a-122815/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.






