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Sade Revisits Home Movies With Her Son in Tender ‘Young Lion’ Video

Sade has shared the music video for 'Young Lion,' which features her son Izaak Adu. The song marks her first release in six years.

The musician’s son, Izaac Adu, serves as the subject of the record as she acknowledges her stumble in understanding during the early stages of his gender transition. “I think that a song where a parent apologizes for misunderstanding their child can hold immense significance for the trans community,” Izaak told Rolling Stone via email earlier this year. After hearing the record at a listening session in July, Kaye Loggins, an electronic producer who performs as Time Wharp, shared: “Just tonally, lyrically, thematically, I think it’s so powerful.

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