Tension II is a dance-pop[1] and electropop[2] album that includes elements of club, disco, and synth-pop music, and the lyrics cover topics such as having fun, love, lust, envy, flirting, loneliness, and fashion.

[25] At the beginning of 2024, she was featured on several collaborations, including "Dance Alone" with Australian singer Sia and "Midnight Ride" with South African artist Orville Peck and American producer Diplo.

[41] Tension II is a dance-pop and electronic album that includes elements of club, disco, electropop, pop, and synth-pop music.

[f] According to Robbin Murray of Clash, the album "leans on the club energies of the original, while steering them into different places," whereas Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine described the sound as "propulsive electro-pop and breezy synth-pop", which mirrors Tension.

[1][43] According to Joe Muggs of The Arts Desk, the album is primarily made up of "fizzy dancefloor pumpers," while Quentin Harrison of The Line of Best Fit believes it "maintains the uptempo dance-pop persuasion of its forerunner.

"[47][49] Forbes' writer Chris Malone Mendez described the album as "packed with dance-pop outings of various tempos designed for any kind of party".

[50] Austrian outlet Kronen Zeitung noted the album's mix of "disco anthems, EDM stompers, electropop, and a touch of the 80s".

[25] The album opens with "Lights Camera Action", which is a "high-energy" club-inspired electronic and Eurodance track with "raving synths" and "hard strutting beats" that lasts two minutes and 42 seconds and has been compared to her work on Tension.

[41] "Good as Gone" is a Balearic house and disco track with string arrangements and heavy basslines, as well as a cappella sections that discuss heartbreak.

[l] "Hello" is an outtake from Tension's original sessions that has been reworked into an electropop, electronica, and synth-pop track with lyrics that express sexuality and thematically describe a bootycall.

[n] "Shoulda Left Ya" is a slower ballad that incorporates elements of dance, electronic, and country-pop influences while discussing heavy emotions and regret.

[q] Tension II received a wide release on 18 October 2024 by BMG and Darenote, and serves as her fourth output with both labels.

[86] It features Minogue standing in the centre of a crystallized Gemini symbol, with the album title at the top and her name at the bottom.

"[88] The second single from Sia's Reasonable Woman album, "Dance Alone" premiered at one of Minogue's More Than Just a Residency shows and was released by Atlantic on 7 February 2024.

[s] Commercially, it reached the top ten of component charts in Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and the United States.

[u] The music video premiered on 9 August and was filmed on location at the English stately home Syon House in Brentford, which is the Duke of Northumberland's London residence.

[113][114][115] "Lights Camera Action" serves as the lead single to Tension II, and was released on 27 September by BMG and Darenote.

[116][117] Upon release, "Lights Camera Action" received positive reviews from critics for its high energy, overall sound and Minogue's carefree vibe.

[35] Due to huge demand in the United Kingdom, publications reported a significant boost in booking and rates throughout many hotels, citing a surge in reservations nearby each touring city and dubbing the phenomenon the "Kylie effect" by The London Standard.

[60] Claire Dunton of The Music praised "Lights Camera Action" and "Taboo" as standouts, saying the record provided the "same fun, dopamine-delivering experience that all her albums offer".

[136] I editor Ed Powers praised the collaborations, citing "Midnight Ride" and "Hello" as standouts, and called the album a "full-on bevy of boppers and belters, with Kylie's bottomless charisma fuelling the whole thing".

[58] Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of Financial Times felt that Tension II "sticks more closely to trademark Minoguery" than her previous record, highlighting "Taboo" as a standout and criticising "Midnight Ride" as a "daft trip" and "Dance Alone" as "characterless".

[140] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic' praised the album's danceable nature, saying it offered "irresistible dance anthems", but he preferred "more immediate cuts on Disco and the first Tension".

Earls was critical of the collaborative efforts, claiming they were the only "padding" to Tension II, with the exception of "Edge of Saturday Night".

However, Murray felt it was "embedded in Kylie's more up-front pop tendencies" and "does make the project feel a little slim in places", citing "Hello" and "Dance to the Music" as examples.

[44] Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine called it Minogue's most "shamelessly ingratiating collection of dance-pop songs" since her 2010 album Aphrodite.

[49] Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus was more critical, finding most of the material too similar to Minogue's previous albums, such as Tension and Disco, and believing it lacked cohesion and was not well thought out.

[42] Shaad D'Souza of The Observer was critical, writing that although it was sometimes "sparky and sometimes gratifying", they believed it "fails to recreate the highs of its predecessor, instead choosing to replicate the animating ideas of Padam Padam – anonymous, sledgehammer-subtle Eurotrash beats; nonsensical vocal hooks; self-aware attempts at camp – over and over, until those ideas have all been worn down to nothing.

"[141] "It is so awesome to see Australia’s OG pop queen continuing to dominate globally and at home, bringing joy and disco into our lives.

[150] With this feat, she joined ABBA, Coldplay, Queen and Michael Jackson,[151] extending her record as the third female artist with the most number one albums, behind Madonna and Taylor Swift with 12, as of 2024.