About Say Something

"Say Something" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her fifteenth studio album, Disco (2020). It was released as the album's lead single by Darenote and BMG on 23 July 2020. Minogue wrote the song with Ash Howes and its producers Jonathan Green and Richard Stannard. "Say Something" is a disco, dance-pop, electropop and synth-pop song which features synths, drum crashes, a funk guitar and a choir. Its lyrics find Minogue describing a quest for love and calling for unity.

"Say Something" received acclaim from music critics, with many commending its disco production and upbeat chorus. Commercially, the song reached number 56 on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top 40 in Hungary and Scotland. The accompanying music video for "Say Something" was directed by Sophie Muller and was filmed in London, England. It shows Minogue travelling through space whilst mounted upon a golden horse sculpture. "Say Something" is a disco, dance-pop, electropop, synth-pop song which features an electronica intro, as well as uses of "thick" synths, drum crashes, a funk guitar and a choir. Minogue sings lines such as "Love is love / It never ends / Can we all be as one again?" and uses whisper vocals on the chorus. "Say Something" was written by Minogue in September 2019 with Jonathan Green and long-time collaborators Ash Howes and Richard Stannard. It was recorded in Brighton, England. She stated that the song "is about all of our eternal quest for love" and searching for "something or someone out there that you can relate to." Rolling Stone's Claire Shaffer commented that the lyrics "feel pertinent for our quarantine days". Similarly, Katie Bain from Billboard wrote that the track sees Minogue "hitting the topical nail on the head", and Joshua Martin from MTV News Australia described the song as a "call for unity".