YMMV / Sade

• I Am Not Shazam: Sade is a band, not a solo artist, despite what the name may suggest.
• Memetic Mutation: "Smooth Operator" immediately earned memetic status in the latter half of 2019, thanks to one Carlos Sainz, Jr.
• Schedule Slip: The large portion of royalties they receive as part of their contract, as well as their high album sales, have caused this trope. They only record whenever Sade feels like it; even the president of Sony Records (who now owns Epic) can't force her to do anything.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Anything after Love Deluxe Is a significant Tone Shift from the previous records. In the beginning they had a sophistipop, quiet storm, contemporary jazz, and adult contemporary soul tone and style with a little bit of Caribbean rhythm thrown in. But their last 2 albums were more of a morose dreary sounding R&B sound which put a few fans off from them who misses the more organic sound they had. Some even complain about the lack of smooth mellow saxophone solos from Stuart Mathewman.
• Viewer Pronunciation Confusion: Most English speakers will likely mispronounce Sade as "Sayd" unless you provide the correct pronunciation. It comes from Folasade, a name of Nigerian origin, but since there aren't any accent marks or an "H" next to the "S," it's a common mistake to make (there’s a dot below the S in Yoruba orthography to mark the "sh" sound, but it is not typically included when writing the name in English).

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