A really strong statement
It’s been four years since Annie Lennox‘s last solo album, “Bare.” But that’s better than the eight-year gap between “Bare” and its predecessor, “Medusa,” Gary Graff writes on Billboard.com
Lennox releases her fourth solo album, “Songs of Mass Destruction,” on October 2. The album’s centerpiece is “Sing,” which was inspired by Lennox’s involvement in Nelson Mandela’s 46664 and Treatment Action Campaign against AIDS. After writing the track, Lennox recruited 23 of her female colleagues to add backing vocals.
“I deliberately set out to write a song that could be an anthem,” Lennox explains. “Because the incidence of HIV AIDS is on the rise for women, especially in the pandemic across the whole of the African continent, I thought perhaps I could be of benefit by writing a song and empowering those women who do not have an international voice.”
“I thought that if I could invite other female artists to join with me, that would be a really strong statement,” she continues. “So I sent out a lot of letters to various artists that I thought would be appropriate, and they all came back to me very positively. I’m so glad they’ve given me their voice and their endorsement of the issue.”
From Billboard.