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How Red Hot’s Star-Studded New Compilation Aims to Provide a ‘Beacon of Hope’ for the Trans Community


Red Hot's new compilation album 'Transa' places trans artists front and center, with help from Sam Smith, Sade & More.

With stars like Sam Smith, Sade, Andre 3000, Jeff Tweedy and many more joining the album, Transa aims high in an effort to uplift and celebrate the community, while keeping the door open for everyone to find understanding. With Anohni, Sumney reinterpreted SOPHIE’s “Is It Cold in the Water?” as a stunning, soulful anthem; with Pramuk and Sam Smith, the alternative artist transformed Sylvester’s “Mighty Real” into an a cappella ballad. For Laura Jane Grace, who features on a reinvention of trans punk group Wayne County and the Electric Chairs’ “Surrender Your Gender,” Transa was an opportunity to work with an artist she’d idolized for much of her life.

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