Name: I Will Survive b/w RNC 2020
Brand: Anohni

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SC433lp

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Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-03-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605043319

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Total Cap

Black 7"

Artist

Anohni

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Secretly Canadian

<p>Anohni is a British singer, composer, and visual artist. Born in 1971 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK, she initially gained recognition as Antony Hegarty with her Mercury Music Prize winning album "I Am a Bird Now" (2004) as part of the band Antony And The Johnsons. Now known as Anohni, her album "Hopelessness" (2016) was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize that year.</p>

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Anohni has shared an emotive cover of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 classic 'I Will Survive'. The track was a staple of her early live shows and opens with a graceful string arrangement by Maxim Moston, paired with piano performed by Anohni. Prior to the track being widely available on streaming platforms, Anohni shared a video incorporating live footage alongside messages dedicated to groups and causes that Anohni has long been an activist and advocate for. During the clip, Anohni dedicates the song to "the sacred gay people"; "all endangered Black trans lives"; "those in the US who die from medical neglect"; "the coral reefs of the world, now rotting"; "all those awaiting execution in US death chambers"; "Black lives tortured and stolen by American cops" and more. 

The messages reflect Anohni's longer values and work as an artist, trans activist, environmentalist and advocate for social justice. Alongside the release is a statement from Anohni, on the track being the subject of a licensing offer she turned down due to the platform in question hosting misleading pro-Trump ads. Further on the track, Anohni explains: "It was the first song I ever sang in nightclubs in NYC when I was 20 years old. I sang it hundreds of times. In those days I sang it thinking of Marsha P. Johnson and the underground queer community struggling to survive in the face of AIDS. Now it seems to me like an anthem for the future of life on earth." 'I Will Survive' follows a brace of releases from Anohni this year: most recently 'R.N.C 2020', a track inspired by the Republican National Convention which took place in August and the dread Anohni felt while watching it. Prior to that, Anohni released a 7" consisting of two covers, one of Bob Dylan's 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' with a b-side of Nina Simone's 'Be My Husband'.

I Will Survive b/w RNC 2020

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