Producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter and vocalist Devonté Hynes returns with his fourth album as Blood Orange, Negro Swan, released on Domino on August 24, 2018. Raised in England, Hynes started out as a teenage punk in the UK band Test Icicles before releasing two orchestral acoustic pop records as Lightspeed Champion. In 2011, he released Coastal Grooves, the first of three solo albums under the moniker Blood Orange. His last album, Freetown Sound, was released to critical acclaim in 2016, and saw Hynes defined as one of the foremost musical voices of his time, receiving comparisons to the likes of Kendrick Lamar andD’Angelo for his own searing and soothing personal document of life as a black man in America. He has collaborated with Solange Knowles, Skepta, fka twigs, CarlyRae Jepsen, A$AP Rocky, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Blondie, and many other artists, and was recently one of four artists invited to the Kennedy Center to performalongside Philip Glass. In addition to his production work, he scored the film Palo Alto, directed by Gia Coppola.
- 1. Orlando
- 2. Saint
- 3. Take Your Time
- 4. Hope (Feat. Puff Daddy & Teishi)
- 5. Jewelry
- 6. Family (Feat. Janet Mock)
- 7. Charcoal Baby
- 8. Vulture Baby
- 9. Chewing Gum (Feat. A$Ap Rocky & Project Pat)
- 10. Holy Will (Feat. Ian Isiah)
- 11. Dagenham Dream
- 12. Nappy Wonder
- 13. Runnin' (Feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)
- 14. Out of Your League (Feat. Steve Lacy)
- 15. Minetta Creek
- 16. Call Me (Feat. Solange)
- 17. Smoke
