ANOHNI – It Must Change | Live experience (2023)

“It Must Change” by ANOHNI and the Johnsons from the album My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, out July 7th on Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade. Anohni (Anohni Hegarty, formerly Antony Hegarty, born 24 October 1971), styled as ANOHNI, is an English-born singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She is the lead singer of the band Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. She started her musical career performing with an ensemble of NYC musicians as Antony and the Johnsons. Their self-titled first album 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.

Lyrics: THE WAY YOU TALK TO ME THE THINGS YOU DO TO ME THE WAY YOU LEAVE ME THE SEEDS YOU GIVE TO ME THE DEATH INSIDE OF YOU THAT YOU PASS INTO ME

THE TRUTH IS THAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR OWN WAY THAT’S WHY THIS IS SO SAD

YOU KNOW HOW THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT LIGHT WAS THE OPPOSITE OF DARKNESS? IT’S JUST FIRE IN DARKNESS CREATING LIFE SO THOSE OPPOSITES, THEY DON’T EXIST IT’S JUST AN IDEA THAT SOMEONE TOLD YOU

THAT CITY IN YOUR HEAD COLLAPSING WALLS AND LEAD THE FIRE IS CLEANING THE OIL FROM THE STONES YOUR GOD IS FAILING YOU GIVING YOU HELL

THE TRUTH IS THAT OUR LOVE WILL RICOCHET THROUGH ETERNITY THAT’S WHY THIS IS SO SAD

AND WE’RE NOT GETTING OUT OF’ HERE NO ONE’S GETTING OUT OF HERE THIS IS OUR WORLD IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A LONELY PLACE FOR US THIS WAS THE PLACE

Credits: Directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard

Starring Munroe Bergdorf

Production Company: PRETTYBIRD UK Exec Producer: Juliette Larthe Head of Production: Fiona Bamford-Phillips Directors: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard Producer: Chris Murdoch Production Manager: Lottie Lindsay-Beavan Runner: Nate Clarke Runner: Ronnie Bond Work Experience: Rufus Boothe

Director of Photography: Tim Sidell Additional Photography: Joseph Lynn 1st AC: David Agha-Rafei 2nd AC: Danny Williams Camera Trainee: Abbas Mohsen Equipment supplied by: Shift 4 Grip: Neil Blakesley Grip: Dan Winter Gaffer: Ben Skyrme Spark: Peter Tomasikiewicz Spark: John O’ Leary Trainee Spark: Carla Martins Desk Op: Eddie Cook Rigger: Lee Doran Projections: KitMapper Projection Technician: Benjamin Redgrove Projection Technician: Jamie Maule Archive: Kinolibrary

Art Director: Nancy Brown Set Decorator: Harrison Clark

Stylist: Thomas George Wulbern Makeup Artist: Bianca Spencer Hair Stylist: Mikai McDermott

Editor: Olly Stothert at Flock Thanks: Jo Walker Conform: Zoé Desgraupes Post Facilities: Dirty Looks Colourist: Claire Winter

Cast: Nardean Gharsa, Aljoe Joby, Zeus Caletti, Isis Caletti, Sunni Cowan

Record Label: Rough Trade Co Managing Director: Jeannette Lee

Munroe Bergdorf Management: Joshua Savary @ Diving Bell Group