Sade marks return to music with track dedicated to transgender son

Sade (Image: Thilo Parg / Wikimedia Commons; License: CC BY-SA 3.0)

British singer-songwriter Sade is set to break her long musical silence with the release of a new song, marking her first original material in over five years.

The track, titled ‘Young Lion’, will feature on a compilation album supporting transgender awareness, scheduled for release on 22 November.

The song is dedicated to Sade’s son Izaak who identifies as transgender, and will be part of Transa, an album celebrating trans and non-binary artists. It features over 100 contributors across 46 tracks.

“Trans people have always existed, with many different names across time and culture, often as spiritual healers and leaders,” a message on Sade’s official Instagram account reads.

“As global systems continue to fail humanity and all life on Earth, the journey

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