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Next month, War Child Records will unveil HELP(2)<\/em><\/a>, a star-studded charity compilation record that\u2019s among the most jam-packed offerings we\u2019ve seen in some time. We\u2019ve already heard a couple of the 23 such A-list offerings: Arctic Monkeys\u2019 \u201cOpening Night\u201d<\/a> (their first new song since 2022) and the Damon Albarn-led \u201cFlags.\u201d<\/a> Today, organizers have shared yet another prime cut courtesy of\u00a0Pulp<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBegging For Change\u201d features the very same kids\u2019 choir from \u201cFlags,\u201d with Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker<\/a> (who also appeared on that track) asking the youngsters to add boisterous screams to this \u201cprimal anthem,\u201d per a press release. The song also makes use of a second, slightly more famous choir that features Albarn, Kae Tempest, The Libertines\u2019 Carl Barat, and Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten.<\/p>\n The resulting song (mixed by James Ford and Animesh Raval) is, per the release, Pulp at \u201ctheir most intense \u2014 stripped-back, urgent, and unapologetic.\u201d Perhaps it\u2019s not the kind of tune you\u2019d immediately associate with a charity comp, but then this is Pulp after all, and the end result still feels like it speaks to something emotionally essential about this project.<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n Pulp\u2019s contribution to HELP(2)<\/em> also has some interesting context attached. Way back in 1996, the band took home the Mercury Prize for Different Class<\/em>, beating out, among other records, the first HELP<\/em> comp. Cocker\u2019s acceptance speech then saw him dedicate the win to War Child UK, and the band even donated the \u00a325,000 prize money.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year we have given more,\u201d Cocker said in a statement. \u201cHow much more? You\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n Aside from these teaser tracks, the compilation boasts Olivia Rodrigo covering The Magnetic Fields\u2019 \u201cThe Book of Love,\u201d Fontaines D.C.\u2019s rendition of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u201cBlack Boys on Mopeds,\u201d and new recordings from Cameron Winter, Beabadoobee, Foals, Depeche Mode, Pulp, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Beth Gibbons, Arooj Aftab and Beck, Arlo Parks, The Last Dinner Party, Sampha, Young Fathers, and King Krule, among several others.<\/p>\n HELP(2) <\/em>also includes a companion film produced by creative director and filmmaker Jonathan Glazer. Using the concept \u201cBy Children, For Children,\u201d Glazer lent dozens of cameras to children throughout the album\u2019s recording sessions, allowing them to film each artist in the studio without any restrictions.<\/p>\n Serving as a sequel to the original HELP<\/em> charity compilation from 1995,\u00a0HELP(2)<\/em> supports the global children\u2019s charity War Child UK<\/a>. The project will arrive in full on March 6th; pre-orders are now ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n