Sade Releases First New Song In Six Years ‘Young Lion’
Sade Adu has released “Young Lion,” her first new song in six years.
The song is part of TRAИƧA: Selects, a collection of five songs from the upcoming compilation concept album, TRAИƧA. The album also features songs from L’Rain, André 3000, Lauren Auder, and more.
Released by activist and music production non-profit Red Hot, TRAИƧA is a musical celebration of trans and non-binary people featuring over 100 artists. Sade’s contribution is a heartfelt apology to her son, Izaak, who came out as trans in 2016, for not understanding him better.
Speaking about his reaction to the song to Rolling Stone, Izaak said “Though there was nothing I needed to forgive her for, the lyrics ‘Forgive me, son, I should have known,’ struck a chord. My mum never tried to oppress the boy I silently always knew I was. She always let me be me.”
Listen to it below.
TRAИƧA: Selects also features two previously unreleased singles: “Ever New” by Sam Smith and Beverly Glenn-Copeland and a version of “I Would Die 4 U” by Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa of the Revolution. Also included is L’Rain’s tribute to Anohni featuring the NYC Trans Oral History Project, “People are Small/Rapture” and André 3000’s “Something Is Happening and I May Not Fully Understand But I’m Happy to Stand for the Understanding.”
The full-length version of TRAИƧA arrives on November 22nd and will feature contributions by Jeff Tweedy, Faye Webster, Clairo, Perfume Genius, Alan Sparhawk, Bartees Strange, Adrianne Lenker, Fleet Foxes, Julien Baker, Laura Jane Grace, Moses Sumney, Kelela, Kara Jackson, Julie Byrne, Teddy Geiger, Frankie Cosmos, Devandra Banhart, Bill Callahan, Hunter Schafer, Christian Lee Hutson, Sharon Van Etten, Ezra Furman, and dozens more.
Pre-order it here.
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