Last year there was a lot of scolding and spitting towards Kim Wilde when she became Britain’s number one young sensual popstar. The general conviction was that she would be news for one record, and that she would be a victim of her own naivity. But Kim held on. Cambodia became a big hit, and now she’s made a breakthrough with the LP ‘Select’. With the confirmation of the audience’s confidence in her, she’s become the press’s favourite. “I didn’t change”, she says. “The critics have grown up!”.