“Drone Bomb Me” is the second single from Anohni’s new album HOPELESSNESS. This track is a direct response to drone warfare and terrorism. Anohni spoke about the song when it premiered on BBC radio:
It’s a love song from the perspective of a girl in Afghanistan, say a 9-year-old girl whose family’s...
[Chorus 1]
Drone bomb me
Blow me from the mountains, and into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off, explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
[Verse 1]
I have a glint in my eye, I think I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna be the apple of your eye
[Chorus 2]
So, drone bomb me, drone bomb me
Blow me from the mountains, and into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off, explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
[Verse 2]
Let me be the first
I'm not so innocent
Let me be the one
The one that you choose from above
After all, I'm partly to blame
[Chorus 2]
So, drone bomb me, I'm partly to blame
Blow me from the mountains, and into the sea
I'm partly to blame
Blow me from the mountains, and into the sea
I wanna die
I’m not so innocent
I'm partly to blame
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
[Outro]
My blood, my blood, my blood
Choose me, choose me, choose me tonight
Choose me
Let me be the one
The one that you choose tonight
Choose me tonight, tonight
Drone Bomb Me was written by Hudson Mohawke & ANOHNI.
Drone Bomb Me was produced by Hudson Mohawke & Oneohtrix Point Never.
ANOHNI released Drone Bomb Me on Wed Mar 09 2016.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #77 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
How can something so brutal be so beautiful? In the dance-pop masterpiece ‘Drone Bomb Me,’ Anohni identifies with an Afghan girl who has lost her family to a drone strike and, in a shimmer...