Devonté Hynes, the man behind the Blood Orange alias, likes to direct his own music video, and he proved himself to be a master director long ago. Hynes films marginalized people, and he does it in ways that draw out their beauty, making them almost look like religious figures. Today, he's given us a new…

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Revisit the 'Green' classicREM in 2003R.E.M. have shared a blistering version of their classic track ‘Orange Crush’ from their upcoming album ‘At The BBC’ album. Hear it on NME first below. Taken from the band’s legendary 1988 sixth album ‘Green’, the newly released version of...

On Friday, Dev Hynes released his latest Blood Orange album, the lovely and poignant Negro Swan. It's an absolutely beautiful album on the surface level, but it's got a lot else going on, too. Hynes has described it as being an album about the depression and anxiety of being a person of color, or a…

Dev Hynes is releasing Negro Swan, his new album as Blood Orange, tomorrow. On the album is a track titled "Vulture Baby" and, in an interview with Pitchfork, Hynes gave some insight on what the song was about.