ANOHNI is Asking for a “Gesture of Anonymous Vulnerability” from Fans In Exchange for a New Song
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This week, ANOHNI will be releasing Paradise, a new EP that serves as a welcome follow-up to last year’s stellar debut, HOPELESSNESS. In a Facebook post this morning, the singer revealed that what was initially going to be a six-song record would be expanding with the addition of two more new tracks. But there’s a catch.
While the first of those two remains something of a mystery, with ANOHNI simply stating that the EP would arrive with seven songs despite the fact that its initial announcement listed just six, the second new song will be called “I Never Stopped Loving You”. To obtain the final track from the record, she is asking fans to email her and “share … in a sentence or two what you care most about, or your hopes for the future,” after which she will send them the song.
According to ANOHNI, “I Never Stopped Loving You” represents “some of my better thinking,” so if this invitation into “anonymous vulnerability” isn’t quite up your alley, it may still be worth it to give a proper completion to Paradise—although this seems so perfectly up ANOHNI’s alley that it’s difficult imagining many fans who aren’t up for the challenge.
Read her full statement below and click here to read Paste’s review of the new Paradise EP (sans-additional songs).