{"id":2184344,"date":"2025-12-02T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2184344"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:26:28","slug":"flea-releases-soulful-new-original-song-a-plea-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/flea-releases-soulful-new-original-song-a-plea-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Flea Releases Soulful New Original Song \u201cA Plea\u201d (Listen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation\u2019s defining rock bassists, time and space have finally allowed\u00a0<strong>Flea<\/strong>\u00a0to work with a dream band of modern jazz visionaries, returning to his first instrument and musical love, the trumpet, for a new album that will be released in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. A preview, Flea\u2019s original song,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flea.lnk.to\/aplea\"><strong>\u201cA Plea,\u201d<\/strong><\/a>is available today. Further details of the album will be announced in early 2026.Written and performed by Flea, \u201cA Plea\u201d urges listeners to \u201cbuild a bridge, shine a light, make something beautiful and see somebody, give it to somebody.\u201d Featuring Flea on electric bass,\u00a0vocals, and trumpet, the ensemble also includes double bassist\u00a0<strong>Anna Butterss<\/strong>\u00a0and guitarist\u00a0<strong>Jeff Parker<\/strong>, as well as drummer\u00a0<strong>Deantoni Parks<\/strong>, percussionist\u00a0<strong>Mauro Refosco<\/strong>, alto flutist\u00a0<strong>Rickey Washington<\/strong>, and trombonist\u00a0<strong>Vikram\u00a0Devasthali.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Chris Warren<\/strong>\u00a0joins on vocals, as does the song\u2019s producer\u00a0<strong>Josh Johnson<\/strong>, who also plays alto saxophone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The music video, directed by Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker\u00a0<strong>Clara Balzary<\/strong>, and featuring choreography by\u00a0<strong>Sadie Wilking<\/strong>, was also released today. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flea - A Plea (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmyjzvQv5bA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Listen to\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flea.lnk.to\/aplea\"><strong>\u201cA Plea\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flea describes the song\u2019s lyrics, which reflect on the divisiveness in our country and our world, as\u00a0<em>\u201cyearning for a place beyond, a place of love, for me to speak my mind and be myself. I\u2019m always just trying to be myself.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>He continues,\u00a0<em>\u201cI don\u2019t care about the act of politics. I think there is a much more transcendent place above it where there\u2019s discourse to be had that can actually help humanity, and actually help us all to live harmoniously and productively in a way that\u2019s healthy for the world. There\u2019s a place where we meet, and it\u2019s love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u201cA Plea\u201d Lyrics<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Civil War)<\/p>\n<p>I hear it in the air<\/p>\n<p>I feel it in the air<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s your neighbor, who\u2019s your friend?<\/p>\n<p>Ahh there\u2019s hate all around<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t care about your fucking politics<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t wanna hear about your politics<\/p>\n<p>Well, he said boo<\/p>\n<p>She said hooray<\/p>\n<p>Now we are human beings right here<\/p>\n<p>Human beings<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here together\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come on<\/p>\n<p>Whatcha gonna do?<\/p>\n<p>Whatcha gonna do when it falls on you?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re scaring the kids<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful kids<\/p>\n<p>Ah yeah they wanna know<\/p>\n<p>The children wanna know<\/p>\n<p>Is the ugly coming, and the guns?<\/p>\n<p>Is the army coming, blotting out the sun?<\/p>\n<p>The blood red sun, the blood red sun<\/p>\n<p>Ahhhhhhh concentration camps?<\/p>\n<p>(Peace and Love)<\/p>\n<p>My blood runs cold<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m feeling hate all around<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no solution<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never been a solution<\/p>\n<p>Come on<\/p>\n<p>Are you with me?<\/p>\n<p>We all know what it is<\/p>\n<p>Build a bridge<\/p>\n<p>Shine a light<\/p>\n<p>Make something beautiful<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a little scrap of squiggly crayon on a paper<\/p>\n<p>Make something beautiful and see somebody<\/p>\n<p>Give it to somebody<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not being corny this shit is real<\/p>\n<p>Live for peace<\/p>\n<p>Live for love<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all we got<\/p>\n<p>See the god in everyone<\/p>\n<p>See the god<\/p>\n<p>Come on with me<\/p>\n<p>(The \u00c6ther)<\/p>\n<p>Everyone just wants to be loved<\/p>\n<p>See the god in everyone<\/p>\n<p>Everyone leaves out no-one<\/p>\n<p>And everything besides love is cowardice<\/p>\n<p>You wanna be brave,\u00a0\u00a0you wanna be tough?<\/p>\n<p>Peace and love is the toughest hardest thing you can do<\/p>\n<p>Build a bridge that\u2019s where the courage is<\/p>\n<p>Shine your light<\/p>\n<p>Shine it true<\/p>\n<p>Yeah<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Follow Flea<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flea333\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flea\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flea333\"><strong>X<\/strong><\/a><strong\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@OfficialFlea\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><strong\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source bassmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation\u2019s defining rock bassists, time and space have finally allowed\u00a0Flea\u00a0to work with a dream band of modern jazz visionaries, returning to his first instrument and musical love, the trumpet, for a new album that will be released in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. 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