Boy George/Culture Club’s “Let Somebody Love You”
For their first new material in 20 years, Culture Club and its founding frontman Boy George have reunited to release “Let Somebody Love You,” with a new album “Life” to follow Oct. 26.
Culture Club’s playful genre-fusing pop launched the band to ’80s stardom, and “Let Somebody Love You” taps into the reggae influences that made songs such as “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” enduring hits for George and Co. The band occasionally voiced activist opinions in their lyrics, and the chorus of “Let Somebody Love You” preaches a vaguely political message: “Love is revolution / War and famine, too / If you’ve the hunger in your heart / Let somebody love you.”
Officially reuniting as a touring group in 2014, Culture Club spent years teasing a new album. For fans, the arrival of “Life” is a long-overdue surprise.