Anohni - 4 Degrees
Song Exploder

Anohni - 4 Degrees

Jun 11, 2025 · 24 min

About this episode

<p>Anohni is a singer and songwriter originally from England, who started putting out music in 2000. She’s released 6 albums, and won the Mercury Prize. She’s also been nominated for two Brit Awards, and an Oscar. For this episode, I talked to her about the song "4 Degrees," from her 2016 album <em>Hopelessness</em>. It might be strange to describe a song about climate change as an anthem, but that’s what I think it is, and it feels more urgent with every passing year. It’s also one of my most listened-to songs. It was produced by two of my favorite electronic musicians: Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, and Ross Birchard, aka Hudson Mohawke. I got to speak to Ross about how he started the track on his own, before it became a collaboration between the three of them. This is an episode that I’ve been trying to make happen since 2016. Here it is.</p><p>For more info, visit <a href="https://songexploder.net/anohni"><strong>songexploder.net/anohni.</strong></a></p><p>Thanks to Sonos for their support of the podcast. Check out <a href="https://www.sonos.com/"><strong>sonos.com.</strong></a></p>