Overview
- The benefit compilation arrives March 6 on War Child Records, with preorders now available.
- Sessions were largely completed in one week at Abbey Road with James Ford producing and a lineup that includes Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Pulp, Fontaines D.C., Big Thief and more.
- Contributions span originals and covers, such as Olivia Rodrigo’s version of the Magnetic Fields’ The Book of Love and Fontaines D.C.’s Black Boys on Mopeds.
- Creative director Jonathan Glazer’s By Children, For Children concept features kids filming in the studio and gathering footage from Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen and Sudan for the trailer and behind-the-scenes material.
- In new comments, Ford says some artists declined the invite as “too political” and reveals he remotely produced parts of the sessions while hospitalized for leukemia.