This Is What I Do [Import Disc]

[Machine Translation] Boy George has reached a new level! Now that he can face the culture club, his identity, his music, and everything else, Boy George releases his first new album in 18 years! Boy George is back! All skinny, made up and dressed up! His husky, soulful voice is just like Boy. The sound is acoustic, not the programmed sound of today, a little laid back 70's before the 80's. The rich variety of soul, reggae, and ballads of the culture club that lived through the 80's is still there. The romantic and sometimes upbeat lyrics of the song are a generous "live your life. It was in the 80's that Boy George took the world by storm as the vocalist of the Culture Club in the UK. Boy George, who was truly an icon of the 80's, is now 52 years old. While he has been suspended and served time in prison due to various twists and turns, including drug possession that led to his suspension from Culture Club, he has continued to work as a DJ as well as a musician, gained recognition for his autobiography "Taboo," which was made into a musical, and has occasionally appeared as a tongue-in-cheek commentator on TV. Boy has always been in the spotlight, and his tumultuous life, beginning with the craziness of the 80's and continuing through his later years, is well known to fans and gossip media alike, but he recalls, "From the age of 8 (before the culture clubs) until about 5 years ago, I was totally out of control. I was totally out of control from the age of eight (before the culture club) until about five years ago," he recalls. Last year, he took up Buddhism again. After washing everything away over the past few years, he has realized that music is still at the center of his being. Thanks to this, he says, he was able to relax and enjoy this recording more than any of his previous recordings. Boy, who calls himself a great David Bowie lover, says, "Lately, I've made it a policy to ask myself, 'What would David Bowie do? Boy, who also claims to be a big David Bowie fan, says, "I have a policy these days of asking myself, 'What would David Bowie do? I've been asking myself, "What would David Bowie do? David Bowie's new works may have also influenced Boy. The variety and warmth of the message in this album shows that Boy George is not only an artist of character, but also a great musician. Now is the time to listen to Boy George, who has always been ahead of his time with his overly sensitive antennae!

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

ボーイ・ジョージがたどり着いた境地! カルチャー・クラブ、自身のアイデンティティ、音楽・・・全てと向き合える今、ボーイ・ジョージがリリースする約18年ぶりのニュー・アルバム! ボーイ・ジョージが帰ってきた! すっかり痩せて、メイクアップして、ドレスアップして! ハスキーでソウルがかった歌声はまさしくボーイ。音は今時のプログラムされたものではなく、アコースティックで、80's以前のちょっと70'sのレイドバックしたような感じ。80'sを生き抜いたカルチャー・クラブがみせたソウルあり、レゲエあり、バラードありのヴァラエティ豊かな音楽性は健在。ロマンティックで時に陽気な歌詞は、「あなたの人生を生きなさい」と大らかに歌っている。ボーイ・ジョージがカルチャー・クラブのヴォーカルとしてUKから世界を席巻したのは80年代。まさしく80'sのアイコンだったボーイも今は52歳になった。カルチャー・クラブ活動休止のきっかけとなった薬物所持に始まり、様々な紆余曲折から活動休止や服役を経験する一方で、ミュージシャンとしてはもちろんDJとして活動を続けたり、ミュージカル化された自伝『Taboo』で評価を得たり、時にはお茶の間の毒舌コメンテーターとして、ボーイは常に様々な視線を集めてきた。80'sの狂瀾に始まり、その後の波乱万丈なボーイの姿はファンならずともゴシップ・メディア等で知る機会が多いが、「(カルチャー・クラブ以前の)8歳からだいたい5年前までは自分はまったくコントロール不能だった」と振り返る。昨年には改めて仏教に帰依。ここ数年で全てを洗い流し、やはり自分の中心には音楽があることに気付いたという。おかげで今回のレコーディングは過去のどのレコーディングよりも楽しくリラックスできたと語る。また大のデヴィッド・ボウイ好きを自称するボーイは「最近は“デヴィッド・ボウイならどうする?”と自問することをポリシーとしている。」という。デヴィッド・ボウイの新作もボーイに影響を与えているのかもしれない。ヴァラエティ豊かで温かなメッセージに溢れた今作を聴けば、ボーイ・ジョージが決してキャラ一辺倒のアーティストではなく、優れたミュージシャンでもあることが分かるだろう。繊細すぎるアンテナで常に時代を先行してきたボーイ・ジョージを、今こそ聴こう!