I love her to pieces but I think Kylie needs to come harder. Was Kylie always this sappy?

Agreed, and no, she wasn't. This debate is held ad nauseum on SayHey, believe me.

Speaking of which, it's already confirmed this isn't her, nor a Kylie session demo singer like Mia J, on SayHey, when it popped up as a rumor right before her Shanghai performance mid December.

....Sad, as parts of the production show real potential, it fits her oeuvre, and would have sounded fresh (with heavy lyric revision) about 4 years ago. Wouldn't have worked at all with X though.