Kylie Minogue and Chris Martin began off as followers of each other earlier than they turned shut mates.

“I used to be a Coldplay fan from, I imply Millennium. I could have worn out the CD,” Minogue, 55, solely advised Us Weekly on the TIME 100 Gala on Thursday, April 25, in regards to the “lovely phrases” Martin wrote about her in a candy letter. “I used to be simply so, there’s a mutual respect and admiration and friendship and love there.”

Minogue was one of many honorees for TIME’s 100 Most Influential Folks. Earlier this month, Martin, 47, penned a candy tribute for his buddy, which Minogue was “very touched” by.

“Kylie Minogue was one of many first folks I ever met from TV. She was a pop star, and I had watched her in Neighbours each day for a decade,” Martin wrote for TIME. “So when she got here to an early Coldplay present, I’d already been her fan for almost 15 years.”

The rock star shared that Minogue was “so inspiring” to him as she completes all her tasks with “ardour and dedication.”

“She at all times appears to be 10 years forward of everybody else, and he or she’s an artist who is aware of tips on how to be of service, making songs that followers go on to like for years,” he continued. “Kylie creates an area the place everyone seems to be protected to be themselves. After I have a look at her I really feel hope. She’s proof there are people who don’t choose.”

Each Minogue and the Coldplay frontman are titans within the music business and have turn into trailblazers of their respective genres. Nonetheless, Minogue believes for her and Martin’s artistry, “there’s at all times extra to find” they usually can lean on one another as they obtain extra milestones.

“We’re most likely each at an age the place you possibly can cease and replicate on a few of what’s been and have a good time,” she defined. “I can’t speak for him, however I’ll say from me, that having a long time now of a relationship with so many individuals, for some, it may be a fleeting relationship, some would possibly’ve simply come [to know] me [in] the final yr. However it’s all about connection and power.”

Minogue has been a pop star for almost 4 a long time, and he or she acknowledged that she has gotten new followers lately because of her 2023 single “Padam Padam”’ going viral and turning into an anthem within the LGBTQIA+ group.

“After I was beginning out, I most likely didn’t consider it that method. It’s simply in regards to the music and the efficiency and the supply. However as time passes, I’m simply so amazed that I’m a part of some folks’s lives,” she advised Us. “Folks won’t ever meet as they’re very a lot part of mine and there’s one thing cosmic and delightful about that.”

With reporting by Andrew Nodell