Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 23 o Hui-tanguru 2015, i kii a Anohni i te "Hopelessness" na roto i te paetukutuku a Antony me te Johnsons me te kaute Facebook. I roto i te panui, i whakaahuatia e Anohni te pukaemi hei "he rekoata hiko me etahi niho koi". I roto i te uiui a te kaiwhaiwhai, i whakaahuahia e Anohni te pukaemi e haere ake nei "he rereke ki taku mahi o mua", me te kii "kaore ia e tino mohio he maha o [te hunga] e pai ana ki te momo puoro rūma o mua ka pai ki a ia". Ko te whakaahuatanga he "kanikani / rekoata hiko whakamatautau me te pouri o te kaupapa pouri", i whakaatuhia e ia te puna 2016 hei ra tuku. I te 30 o Noema 2015, ka tukuna e Anohni te "4 Degrees", te waiata tuatahi mai i te "Hopelessness", me te korero e whai ake nei: "I roto i te kotahitanga ki te
te hui āhuarangi i Paris, e āta titiro ana ki a au, ehara i ōku wawata, engari ōku whanonga, e whakaatu ana i tōku hononga pōhēhē. He ao hou katoa. Kia maia tatou, ka korero i te pono kia rite ki ta tatou e taea ai".