Kylie Minogue still has “scars” from her broken engagement

Kylie – who is now in a relationship with Paul Solomons – said: “I still maintain I didn't feel heartbroken, I just felt broken - 2017 was spent writing 'Golden' and, by 2018, when it came out. I'd met my current boyfriend. So time changes everything.

"There are still some scars. I think that's just what happens.

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have been that invested, or you wouldn't have gone through all of those emotions.

"There's self-doubt as well, like, 'How did that happen? How did I let that happen?'

"I'm trying not to sound too dramatic about it but it does shape you as a person and it's part of your bounty of experience.

“Time heals, so it does seem less dramatic once it's in the rear-view mirror.

"But there's still definitely space for melancholy because that's part of life."

The 52-year-old star admitted her friends knew Paul was The One very quickly because she started “acting different”.

Asked if she felt something magical when she met Paul, she said: “I did actually. Maybe not quite like a romance novel, where there are butterflies and stars shooting through the air. But yeah, definitely.

"All my friends said to me, 'You were acting different.'

"And that's when I knew there was something. Because I thought I was acting cool but maybe I wasn't."

And Kylie is “hopeful” she’s finally found lasting love.

Discussing whether she and Paul will be together forever, she told heat magazine: “I think that's hopeful. Being realistic, we can only take each day as it comes.

"I've found someone who... We have a really great connection and a great time together. Life presents challenges and if you can get through those with someone who is understanding, then that's brilliant."