Sade is set to release her first new music since 2018 as part of a new compilation project.
Set to appear on the ‘Transa’ benefit album, Young Lion marks the first new music from the musician since a soundtrack offering in 2018.
The project has been assembled by non-profit Red Hot and aims to support transgender awareness and spotlight both trans and non-binary artists, with Sade’s track dedicated to her son Izaak, who identifies as a transgender man (via Variety).
Dust Reid, who oversaw the compilation, said: “We started talking about all the gifts that trans artists have been giving to the world, and wanted to create a Red Hot project that centered and celebrated those gifts.
“We hoped to create a narrative that positions trans and non-binary people as leaders in our society insofar as the deep inner work they do to affirm who they are in our current climate. We felt this is something everybody should do.
“Whether you identify as trans or non-binary or otherwise, if you took the time to explore your gender, get in touch with the feeling side of yourself, maybe we would have a future oriented around values of community, collaboration, care, and healing.”
‘Transa’ is structured across eight chapters and 46 songs (in reference to the eight-stripe rainbow pride flag) and features contributions from over 100 artists.
It includes appearances from Sam Smith, Arthur Baker, Perfume Genius, and Wendy & Lisa who, alongside Lauren Auder, have covered Prince’s I Would Die 4 U, which is out now.
Tracklist: Various Artists – Transa
Chapter I: ‘Womb of the Soul’
1. Mary Lattimore / Laraaji / Mizu / Jamal Shakeri – Midnight Moon Pool
2. Devendra Banhart / Blake Mills / Beverly Glenn-Copeland – You Don’t Know Me
3. Jeff Tweedy / Claire Rousay – How Sweet I Roamed
4. Heart Shaped / Christian Lee Hutson – Same Train
Chapter II: ‘Survival’
5. Ana Roxanne / Nsámbu Za Suékama – Star
6. Lightning Bug – Please Tell Me
7. Benét / Faye Webster – Make ’Em Laugh
8. Julien Baker / Calvin Lauber – Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying (feat. SOAK and Quinn Christopherson)
9. Soft Rōnin – Rumblin (feat. Frankie Cosmos)
10. Hand Habits – Deeper Understanding (feat. Bill Callahan)
Chapter III: Dark Night
11. Hunter Schafer / Cole Pulice – Under the Shadow of Another Moon
12. Grouper / Lucy Liyou – Blush
13. Moses Sumney – Is It Cold in the Water?
14. Anajah / Gary Gunn – Know Who You Are at Every Age
15. Niecy Blues – Is It Over Now? (feat. Joy Guidry)
Chapter IV: Awakening
16. André 3000 – Something Is Happening And I May Not Fully Understand but I’m Happy to Stand for the Understanding
17. Nina Keith – Come Back Different (feat. Julie Byrne and Taryn Blake Miller)
18. Rachika Nayar: Song to the Siren (feat. Julianna Barwick and Cassandra Croft)
19. Arthur Baker – Love Hymn (feat. Pharoah Sanders)
20. L’Rain / Voices From the NYC Trans Oral History Project – People Are Small / Rapture
Chapter V: Grief
21. Jlin / Moor Mother – We’ve Been Through So Much
22. Kara Jackson / Ahya Simone / Dave Longstreth – My Name
23. Perfume Genius / Alan Sparhawk – Point of Disgust
24. Lomelda / More Eaze – In Another Life
25. Teddy Geiger / Yaeji – Pink Ponies
26. Yaya Bey – A Survivor’s Guilt
Chapter VI: Acceptance
27. Helado Negro / Eileen Myles – Just Last Night
28. Ezra Furman / Sharon Van Etten – Feel So Different
29. Gia Margaret – Mourning Dove
30. Adrianne Lenker – Feel Better
31. Allison Russell / Ahya Simone – Any Other Way
32. Asher White / Eli Winter / Caroline Rose – Down Where The Valleys Are Low
33. Fleet Foxes / Cole Pulice / Lynn Avery – TM
34. AV María / Sky / Belina Rose – Querube
Chapter VII: Liberation
35. Green-House / Kelela – Within Without
36. Cassandra Jenkins / Bloomsday / Babehoven – Aaron
36. Sade Adu – Young Lion
38. Moses Sumney / Lyra Pramuk / Sam Smith – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
39. Clarity – Many Ways (feat. Clairo)
40. Sparkle Division: I Feel Free (feat. Pepper MaShay)
Chapter VIII: Reinvention
41. Nico Georis / KB Brookins – Get Free
42. Bartees Strange / Anjimile / Kara Jackson – Wolf Like Me
43. Laura Jane Grace – Surrender Your Gender (feat. Lee Ranaldo, Jayne County, Kathi Wilcox, Jay Dee Daugherty and Am Taylor)
44. Lauren Auder / Wendy & Lisa – I Would Die 4 U
45. Time Wharp / Elizabeth / Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Always
46. Sam Smith / Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Ever New
