The album, Child of the Sun, was released by NPG in Europe later that year. It was actually a lot of fun. We did a duet, “However Much U Want,” which was the first song I ever sang in the studio and was written with me in mind. I did a gender-bend version of “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”—“The Most Beautiful Boy in the World”—and he came in to put a new spin on the Commodores’ “Brick House.” The cover has me in full-on golden Egyptian goddess mode, though we didn’t discover the hidden significance of the title track, “Children of the Sun,” until years later.
