Kelela covers Sade’s “Like a Tattoo”: Listen

I’m sorry shared a new cover of “Like a Tattoo.” The song came as a closing act for Amazon Music’s Black History Month campaign. Listen to Kelela’s cover of “Sama sa Tattoo” below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

In a press release, Kelela shared a brief statement about “Like a Tattoo”:

This is my favorite Sade song, and one of my favorite songs ever written. I started washing it when I was in high school and it has been a template for intimate music in my life since then. I love songs that aren’t self-focused, and in this one, he feels sorry for a stranger who feels sorry. A confessional masterpiece. I just hope I can do it justice.

Sade Adu and his mononymous band last released new material in 2018 with “The Great Unknown,” a one-off film contribution by Steve McQueen Widows. Sade says they are working on an album at Miraval Studios in France, a studio owned by Brad Pitt. Sade Adu was admitted to Songwriters Hall of Fame in January for his work in front of the band.

Kelela released her second album, Ravenon February 10, it was followed up with a new video for the album track “Enough with Love.” At the end of March, he will join Res and KeiyaA a performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of a programming series curated by Solange Knowles.

Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of Sade’s Love the Deluxethe album with “Like a Tattoo.”