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The biggest mystery for Cordelia Cupp has been solved: how did The Residence, a show filled with Kylie Minogue references, get the Princess of Pop to play along? Shonda Rhimes said the team ” didn’t know if it was gonna happen.” The answer is a lot more simple: It’s as easy as just talking to Minogue. In an interview with Variety, showrunner Paul William Davies explained that they simply approached the pop star with the project, and she “really responded” to the show. “For being Kylie, she’s a very down-to-earth, warm, accessible person who really thought it would be fun,” Davies said. “I was like, ‘Anything you’re able to do or willing to do, I’ll write for you.’ So I wrote more because she was game.” Minogue plays herself, a dinner guest who becomes a performer after Harry Styles cancels. Then, she transforms into a suspect of a murder after White House chief usher A.B. Wynter (Giancarlo Esposito) is found dead at the party. It’s impossible to get Minogue out of your head, especially when she’s down to clown.