British singer Boy George shared a song titled “We Will Dance Again” on social media Monday, delivering an unequivocal message of support for Israel and the Jewish people.
The title refers to the phrase associated with survivors of the October 7 massacre at the Nova music festival. “We Will Dance Again” is also the title of a 2024 documentary about the attack.
The musician posted the reggae-style song, which runs for more than three minutes, under a post captioned “Shalom.”
“You say genocide, I say war,” he sings. “When you’re attacked, it’s what the army’s for. Does it get ugly? You bet it does.”
The song then turns directly to the October 7 atrocities.
“You never mention October 7,” Boy George sings. “Young girls raped against trees, murdered brutally for the crime of dancing. You condemn the Jews with selective memory.”
He also criticizes musicians who have publicly supported the Palestinian cause.
“Musicians holding flags, mouthing like sheep, propaganda fueled by the internet feels so weak,” he sings.
The chorus repeats the song’s central message.
“But trust me, we will dance again, we will dance again, we will dance again, and there will be no war,” he sings. “But if you’re ever confused, I stand with the Jews. I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human.”
Boy George repeats the chorus several times before again declaring: “I stand with the Jews.”
The post drew hundreds of hostile pro-Palestinian responses.
One user accused the singer of ignoring Palestinian civilian deaths and widespread destruction in Gaza and the West Bank, telling him: “Shame on you.”
Another described the song as “corrupt and disgusting Zionist propaganda” intended to justify the killing and displacement of Palestinians.
Other critics attacked Boy George personally and accused him of supporting Israel merely to be provocative.
“Terrible music, terrible person,” one commenter wrote, adding that he had destroyed any remaining goodwill toward him and further damaged his career.
Another wrote: “He sold his soul, so disappointing. His Irish relatives who fought for freedom would be horrified.”
Numerous users also raised Boy George’s 2007 criminal case. He was later sentenced to 15 months in prison for falsely imprisoning a male escort, chaining him to a wall and striking him with a metal chain.
Some responses used the case to make personal attacks against him and link his criminal history to his support for Israel.
Boy George, who was raised in an Irish Catholic family and is not Jewish, has expressed support for Israel in the past.
Earlier this year, he addressed the issue at a Eurovision event in London.
“I have a great many Jewish friends whom I have known since I was 15 or 16,” he said. “Are people asking me, as a person with principles, to turn my back on my Jewish friends? That is not going to happen. It is never going to happen.”
Boy George has also rejected calls by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement not to perform in Tel Aviv, unlike numerous artists who have supported cultural boycotts of Israel.