In 2016, Anohni, fka Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, made her first album in 6 years, the first under her new name, and one that marked a radically changed direction from chamber pop to political electronica. The critically acclaimed Hopelessness uses seductive dance beats to sound an alarm against the direction of an American-dominated global system. In its bold lyrics, society’s multiple ills—misogyny, racism, corporate greed, etc.—are equal threads in a single shroud: ecocide. The promotional tour featured 25’ tall video clips, with each track lip-synched by an individual woman, most in a head-and-shoulder close-up. Videos from the tour performance have been uploaded to YouTube as individual songs. O’Grady lip-synchs “Marrow,” the last track on the album CD.
