Anohni, then known as “Antony,” is known for being one of the few openly transgender Oscar nominees, with her nomination being for her song “Manta Ray.” Before her transition, the album “I Am a Bird Now” featured guest vocal appearances by Devendra Banhart and Boy George in the song "You Are My Sister," and Rufus Wainwright in "What Can I Do?"
Anohni styled as ANOHNI, is an English-born (24 October 1971) singer, composer, and visual artist. She was formerly the lead singer of the band ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS.
Anohni was born in Chichester, England. Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1981. In 1990, she moved to Manhattan, New York to study at the Experimental Theater Wing at New York University, and in 1992 she founded the performance art collective BLACKLIPS with Johanna Constantine.
She started her musical career performing with an ensemble of NYC musicians as ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS. Their first album, "Antony And The Johnsons", was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. Their second album, "I Am A Bird Now" (2005), was a commercial and critical success, earning her the Mercury Music Prize.
Today's tune "Drone Bomb Me" is a song from her debut solo studio album, "Hopelessness", and was released digitally on 9 March 2016 on Rough Trade Records. On the subject of the song's meaning, Anohni said:
"It’s a love song from the perspective of a girl in Afghanistan, say a 9-year-old girl whose family’s been killed by a drone bomb. She is kind of looking up at the sky and she’s gotten herself to a place where she just wants to be killed by a drone bomb too". The music video was released on 9 March 2016 and features British supermodel Naomi Campbell.
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