ANOHNI and The Johnsons are back, releasing a new album in July called My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (prod. Jimmy Hogarth). The first single, It Must Change, is out now, featuring human rights advocate Munroe Bergdorf. “I am really pleased with the feeling of It Must Change, says ANOHNI. It’s a new direction for me, but very much aligned with my heart and my previous work”. Check out the vid below, and stream It Must Change on all digital platforms. (above screengrab via video)

ANOHNI:

“I’m thinking a lot about our need for resilience during these times, and the courage to be honest with ourselves about who we have been and who we are, as individuals, as consumers, as descendants, as citizens of nations, and as authors of the future landscape. I try to reach for compassion when i am taking a hard look into the mirror at my own complicity in these systems that are overwhelming us all. I find that only by moving with a degree of tenderness through all this imagery can I continue to stay fluid and energized enough to be effective, and not just give up or shut own. A lot is being asked of us, an emergent new maturity. Munroe epitomizes that gracious state to me, in all of her activism.”