SADE “Young Lion” the new song (Listen to the song)

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Red Hot Organization has released a selection of songs from its upcoming compilation “Transa”. Among these the new song, Young Lion by Sade Adu.

“Young Lion” is Sade Adu's first new song since 2018's “Flower of the Universe” and “The Big Unknown.”
The song is produced with Aaron Taylor Dean and co-written with Dean and Ben Travers. The song is dedicated to Adu's son Izaak, a trans man.

Sade's last album dates back to 2010 with 2010 “Soldier of Love”.

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THE COMPILATION

“Transa,” stylized as TRAИƧA, is divided into eight chapters: “Womb of the Soul,” “Survival,” “Dark Night,” “Awakening, Grief,” “Acceptance,” “Liberation,” and “Reinvention.” Scattered throughout these sections are collaborations and covers of songs by over 100 artists, including Jeff Tweedy, Grouper, Hunter Schafer, Julien Baker, Laura Jane Grace, Lee Renaldo, Bartees Strange, Devendra Banhart, Faye Webster, Mary Lattimore, Bill Callahan , Yaya Bey, Julie Byrne, Jlin, Alan Sparhawk of Low, Kara Jackson, Helado Negro, Cassandra Jenkins and more.

Transa will arrive on November 22nd.

THE TRACKLIST

Chapter I: Womb of the Soul
01 Mary Lattimore / Laraaji / Mizu / Jamal Shakeri: “Midnight Moon Pool”
02 Devendra Banhart / Blake Mills / Beverly Glenn-Copeland: “You Don't Know Me”
03 Jeff Tweedy / Claire Rousay: “How Sweet I Roamed”
04 Heart Shaped / Christian Lee Hutson: “Same Train”

Chapter II: Survival
05 Ana Roxanne / Nsámbu Za Suékama: “Star”
06 Lightning Bug: “Please Tell Me”
07 Benét / Faye Webster: “Make 'Em Laugh”
08 Julien Baker / Calvin Lauber: “Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying”(ft. SOAK and Quinn Christopherson)
09 Soft Rōnin: “Rumblin'” (ft. Frankie Cosmos)
10 Hand Habits: “Deeper Understanding” (ft. 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?” (ft. 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” (ft. Julie Byrne and Taryn Blake Miller)
18 Rachika Nayar: “Song to the Siren” (ft. Julianna Barwick and Cassandra Croft)
19 Arthur Baker: “Love Hymn” (ft. 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” (ft. Clairo)
40 Sparkle Division: “I Feel Free” (ft. 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” (ft. 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”

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