The FADER Interview: ANOHNI communes with Marvin Gaye on “Why Am I Alive Now?”
thefader.comANOHNI is this week’s guest on The FADER Interview. On the podcast, the British-American multimedia artist and activist discussed the vast tonal shift between her last album and her new one.
Where 2016’s HOPELESSNESS was an eviscerating, explicitly topical endeavor, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, due out this Friday (July 7) via Secretly Canadian, is less didactic and more soulful (a sound facilitated in part by producer Jimmy Hogarth and the return of ANOHNI’s band, The Johnsons), though just as intentional in its messaging.
Late in her conversation with The FADER’s Raphael Helfand, the topic turned to “Why Am I Alive Now?,” the third and final single from My Back Was A Bridge, out today (July 5).
The song’s lyrics tell a tale of desperation and loneliness in the context of climate apocalypse, but its sound is rich and urgent.
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