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Miss Anthropocene
Studio album by
Grimes
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2020
Recorded2017[1]–2019[2]
Length44:40
Label4AD
Producer
Grimes chronology
Art Angels
(2015) 		Miss Anthropocene
(2020)
Deluxe edition cover
File:Miss Anthropocene deluxe cover.png
Singles from Miss Anthropocene
  1. "We Appreciate Power"
    Released: November 29, 2018
  2. "Violence"
    Released: September 5, 2019
  3. "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth"
    Released: November 15, 2019
  4. "My Name Is Dark"
    Released: November 29, 2019
  5. "4ÆM"
    Released: December 13, 2019

Miss Anthropocene (originally stylized as Miss_Anthrop0cene) is the upcoming fifth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes, scheduled to be released on February 21, 2020.[3] It was announced on March 19, 2019.[4][5] The album's name is a pun on the feminine title "Miss", and the words "misanthrope" and "Anthropocene",[6][7] a neologism popularised in the year 2000 by Paul J. Crutzen that was proposed to denote the current geological age the Earth is in.[8][9] The album is a loose concept album about an "anthropomorphic goddess of climate change" inspired by Roman mythology[10] and villainy.[11] Miss Anthropocene is Grimes' final album on record label 4AD, to which she has been signed since 2012.[12] Sonically, the album is a departure from Grimes' 2015 album Art Angels: Miss Anthropocene is primarily darker in style containing inspiration from the sounds of nu metal and ethereal wave compared to Art Angels' brighter and more upbeat sounds.

Background

On December 16, 2017, Grimes responded to fan on Twitter that she had "played [her] label new music", indicating that something would be released soon.[10] Among marked disagreements with her record label 4AD,[12][13] Grimes later announced that she had hoped to release a new album in 2018.[14] On February 24, 2018, Grimes revealed that she was in the process of recording two albums[12] to follow up her 2015 album Art Angels. In May 2018, some working titles were shared via her Instagram story.[15] In June 2018, Grimes was featured in Apple's Behind the Mac advertisement campaign in which a snippet of a song titled "That's What the Drugs Are For" was featured.[16]

The album's title was announced on March 19, 2019. Grimes explained that the album would be a concept album about an "anthropomorphic goddess of climate change" in which "each song will be a different embodiment of human extinction".[4] Grimes explained that she "love[s] godly personifications of abstract/horrific concepts", pointing to the Roman god of war Mars as an inspiration; and that by making a personification of climate change she hoped that it would "maybe ... be a bit easier to look at" and not be "just abstract doom".[10] In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Grimes further explained that "people don't care about it [climate change], because we're being guilted." Grimes stated that she wanted "to make climate change fun" and "make a reason to look at it".[17]

Miss Anthropocene's darker themes were also inspired by Grimes' reputation during the album's creation. Grimes elaborated in her interview with Crack Magazine that she had been made out to be a villain in the media due to large publications misrepresenting things she had said and the media's criticism of her relationship with Elon Musk, claiming that publications The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vice, and The Guardian had spread falsehoods about her, deriding that "we really do live in a post-truth society". Grimes stated that if she was going to be "stuck being a villain" then she wanted "to pursue villainy artistically", saying that it is "a really fun idea" to her, naming characters The Joker and Thanos as inspirations.[11]

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station, Grimes revealed that Miss Anthropocene had actually been finished for some time and she was already working on her next album, which would be a "techno-pop album" where she "works with [her] favourite producers". Grimes mentioned that despite it being her favourite album, she had already "moved on" from the dark themes of Miss Anthropocene, which were caused by "a fair number of things that were going on at the time." She also stated that the song "Violence" was intended for the unnamed sixth album but was included on Miss Anthropocene because the track "feels good". In this interview Grimes also stated that one of the reasons for the album's delayed release was the death of her former manager Lauren Valencia from cancer in July 2019,[18][19] an event which impacted Grimes greatly.[20]

Release

Miss Anthropocene is slated for release on February 21, 2020.

Originally billed to be the first single from the album,[21][22] "We Appreciate Power", featuring American singer Hana, was released on November 29, 2018. The track was met with praise from music reviewers who acclaimed the song's electronic rock sound and lyrics revolving around themes of transhumanism and artificial intelligence.[23][24] It was also noted that Grimes had been in a relationship with technology entrepreneur Elon Musk since 2018,[25] leading to speculation that the song was inspired by him and his work.[26][27] On November 15, 2019, it was revealed the track would only be included on the digital deluxe edition and Japanese CD release of the album.

In an Instagram post published on August 13, 2019, Grimes announced the first official single from Miss Anthropocene would be released on September 13, 2019.[28] This post was deleted shortly afterwards. On September 3, 2019, Grimes deleted all of her Instagram posts then announced in a new post that a song would be released on September 5.[29][30] The song, originally speculated to be titled "A New Way to Die" due to the caption of her Instagram post, was clarified later to actually be called "Violence". The track features American DJ i_o and was met with praise from reviewers who noted its "thumping kickdrum and synth arp bassline".[31][32] The song's music video was acclaimed for its choreography featuring "mock pistol-firing and swordplay".[33] During the music video's premiere on YouTube, Grimes announced that she would be releasing two songs, titled "So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth" and "4ÆM", as the album's next two singles although no release dates were given.[34][35]

On October 15, 2019, Grimes revealed via a reply to a fan on Instagram that physical copies of the album were in the process of being pressed.[36]

The second official single from Miss Anthropocene, "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth", was announced via Instagram on November 11, 2019, and released on November 15, 2019.[37][38] The cover art and track listing for Miss Anthropocene were also unveiled on November 15. The track received positive reviews from critics who commented on the track's stark contrast in sound to the previous single "Violence".[39][40]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Claire Boucher, except where noted

Standard edition[41]
No.TitleLength
1."So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth" (Art Mix)6:08
2."Darkseid" (with 潘PAN)3:44
3."Delete Forever"3:57
4."Violence" (with i_o; writers: Boucher, Garrett Lockhart)3:40
5."4ÆM"4:30
6."New Gods"3:15
7."My Name Is Dark" (Art Mix)5:56
8."You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around"2:41
9."Before the Fever"3:37
10."Idoru" (Art Mix)7:12
Total length:44:40
Japanese CD edition bonus track[42]
No.TitleLength
11."We Appreciate Power" (featuring Hana; writers: Boucher, Hana Pestle, Chris Greatti)5:35
Total length:50:15
Deluxe digital version bonus tracks[43]
No.TitleLength
12."So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth" (Algorithm Mix)3:52
13."Violence" (with i_o) (Club Mix)4:12
14."My Name Is Dark" (Algorithm Mix)4:03
15."Idoru" (Algorithm Mix)4:46
Total length:67:08

Notes

  • The vinyl version contains the "algorithm mix" versions of "So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth", "My Name Is Dark", and "Idoru".[44][45]
  • "You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around" and "Before the Fever" are stylized in sentence case.
  • "Idoru" is stylized in all caps.

Personnel

  • Grimes – vocals, production, engineering
  • i_o – production (track 4)[46]
  • Chris Greatti – production (track 11)[47]
  • Hana – vocals, additional production (track 11)[47]
  • Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese – mixing (track 1)[48]
  • Tom Norris – mixing (track 4)[49]
  • Andy Wallace – mixing (track 7)[50]
  • Zakk Cervini – mixing (track 11)[47]

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