Boy George Says New Sia Version of 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me' Is 'Better' Than Original

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00:00Welcome to the reopening of Planet Hollywood. Have fun, right?

00:03I know. Well, you know what? I think I might have been at the opening of the one in London.

00:07Really?

00:07Yeah, I was there like many, many years ago. I remember. Yeah, I was there. I think everyone

00:13was there. I think David Hasselhoff.

00:15Oh, very nice.

00:16Yeah, I met a lot of people that night. Yeah, so it's kind of, I don't know if they'll be here

00:19tonight.

00:20Right, yeah. Hey, you never know. I'm sure you have some, do you have some memorabilia

00:23in Planet Hollywood?

00:24I better have.

00:25You better have.

00:25Imagine if I haven't. I'll be like, I'll be smashing some cabinets.

00:28Seriously. Is it true that you have some music with Sia in the works? Is that correct?

00:34We have done a version of Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, which we sent to Sia last year.

00:42And basically just said, do what you want. And when we got it back, you're like, oh,

00:46this is fun. And it's kind of like, am I allowed to say it's better than the original?

00:53Really?

00:53Yeah, I feel like we've cut the small talk out.

00:55Amazing.

00:56I feel like Sia just kind of sent it back with a rocket up its ass.

00:59I love it.

01:01But yeah, and obviously I'm a big fan, you know, so yeah, it's beautiful.

01:05That's amazing. It's amazing. Is music still as much fun as it was like day one for you?

01:10I think more fun now because there's less rules, you know. I mean, obviously I do my

01:1880s stuff with Culture Club and I love that. But also I get to do all sorts of things. I'm

01:23DJing tonight. I have a very varied, I'm doing Broadway. I'm always doing something.

01:29Do you have a, what is your like pre-show ritual?

01:31I love, I like working. I think I'm a rare breed.

01:34Yeah, no, totally. Is there something that you do to get ready for a big show?

01:39Put myself in a good mood always, you know, like just, you know, really for me when I

01:43wake up, I always say today's going to be beautiful. You know what I mean? I mean,

01:46that's always got to be the starting point and it just gets better, you know.