“I was a blindfolded bumble-bee / And now I see what God did for me / He made me see life flowery,” Stevens sings. Stevens sings of love as he looks at the miracles of nature and the force of the divine.

An African lute subtly accompanies his guitar around the chorus, while a bridge halfway through the song reaches into the synthesized string orchestrations of Bollywood. Yet Stevens, who also goes by the name Yusuf, adds in global influences. The song is dominated by the gentle and joyous folk guitar that characterized the English artist’s hits in the 1970s such as “Wild World,” “Father and Son” and “Peace Train.” “See What Love Did To Me,” released on July 20, is the first single off “The Laughing Apple,” which will come out September 15 and mark Stevens’s fourth album since he ended a three-decade retreat from music following his conversion to Islam. Cat Stevens channels Sufi poet Yunus Emre for new folk album NEW YORK-Agence France-PresseĬat Stevens has channeled the Sufi poet Yunus Emre for a song about divine love as he announced his latest album since his return to Western folk pop.

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