If imitation if the best type of flattery, Kylie Minogue ought to really feel mighty satisfied certainly following the discharge of Boy George’s new single, “Religion.”
The former Culture Club frontman this week shared the standalone single “Religion,” one in every of two songs included within the audiobook of his 2023 memoir Karma: My Autobiography (the opposite, “Suddenly I’m Wiser,” shouldn’t be extensively out there on streaming platforms).
When “Religion” dropped on DSPs, X (previously referred to as Twitter) had phrases. Eagle-eyed social media customers noticed the quilt artwork’s shut resemblance to that of Minogue’s Tension album, which led the U.Ok. and Australian albums charts following its launch in 2023.
George batted away the critics left and proper.
“I’m recycling everything. It’s all the rage. Even fashion is catching on?,” he wrote in a single submit. In response to one notably agitated remark, he assured the copycat picture was “utter genius.” He returned serve on one poster who described the paintings as “pathetic,” and quipped that he “broke wind,” a retort to a Daily Mail headline which reads, “Boy George breaks silence after ‘copying’ Kylie’s album cowl.
Both artists launched their careers within the Nineteen Eighties. George (actual title George O’Dowd), the flamboyant singer with Culture Club, was, for a time within the early-to-mid ‘80s, some of the recognizable artists on the planet.
Culture Club captured six prime 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, together with a No. 1 with 1983’s “Karma Chameleon.” Its guardian album Colour By Numbers peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
When the band was dissolved in 1986, George launched into a solo profession, which was briefly derailed by substance abuse, controversy and authorized issues, earlier than the singer reinvented himself as a membership DJ, returned to the stage and studio, and located common work on actuality TV. In 2015, he snagged the Ivor Novello Award for excellent contribution to British Music, one of many U.Ok. business’s highest honors.
Kylie is in a purple patch. The Aussie “princess of pop” just lately signed with UTA for dwell illustration within the U.S. and Canada, in addition to “acting endeavors” worldwide. Her Vegas residency has been prolonged, she just lately gained her second Grammy, for greatest pop dance recording with “Padam Padam,” the U.Ok. prime 10 hit from Tension; she’s nominated for worldwide artist of the yr on the 2024 Brit Awards, the place she’ll obtain its Global Icon Award; and subsequent month, she’ll scoop Billboard’s Women in Music Icon Award.
Tension is the ninth No. 1 album for Kylie within the U.Ok., the place she is the primary ever feminine artist — and second artist general — to bag a No. 1 album in 5 consecutive many years.
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