For Apple Music’s Freedom Songs 2022, an exclusive collection of covers and originals celebrating Juneteenth 2022, R&B singer-songwriter Alex Isley chose to take on “We Are One” by Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, “because their music is just so celebratory and filled with so much joy.” Juneteenth, in particular, is a holiday on which Isley says she can look inward and appreciate her journey as a Black creative. “There’s power in my authenticity, and I’m just grateful for life,” Isley says. “I am a daughter, I’m a mother, I’m a friend. So, just practicing gratitude, I think that’s a big part of Juneteenth: the gratitude and celebration of who we are and the pride of that and the beauty and the richness of our culture and our power.”