Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue was still seen as a Stock Aitken Waterman pop puppet when Nick Cave asked her to duet on Where the Wild Roses Grow (1995), a murder ballad in which his character kills hers. Cave brought dark, literary songwriting; she brought a fragility his fans had not expected. It was a hit, won ARIA awards and gave her credibility with critics who had dismissed her, which she used to make the more experimental Impossible Princess.