“Goodnight Gotham” appears on the deluxe version of Rihanna’s album ANTi. In 2015, it served as the music for Christian Dior’s ad “Secret Garden 4,” also starring Rihanna. The song does not feature any vocals from the singer herself, but contains a sample of Florence + the Machine’s “Only If For a Night.”

During an interview, Florence revealed some information on how the addition of her song came about:

I was so thrilled, ‘cause I’m such a huge fan. … She’d sent me the song and I said, like 'Of course,’ but we never actually managed to speak. I mean, we’ve met before, but we’ve never managed to speak in person about it … We were both really happy. We got to hug it out. … It’s one of my favorite songs from Ceremonials, and I love it when stuff like that happens. When people reimagine your music, I love that, when it has all these different forms."

In December 2014, Rihanna met fans at the Trocadero Square in Paris to be filmed for a video for ANTi. Running down the path, she jumped into the arms of fans and was subsequently surrounded. When the “Goodnight Gotham” video released on July 29, 2016, the footage of the epic meet-and-greet was contained within. The following is the filming of the event as it happened.