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.

"People try to put us down by saying 'she's doing the most' or 'he's way too much,' but why would we want to do the least?" Janet Mock asks in the opening minute of "Jewelry," one of the lead singles from Blood Orange's new album Negro Swan. The interlude is one of several that find…

A week from today, Blood Orange's new album Negro Swan will go out into the world, and thus far, Dev Hynes has shared videos for the songs "Charcoal Baby" and "Jewelry." The album comes with a bunch of prominent guests, and two of those guests joined Hynes on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to debut…

Just this morning, Dev Hynes shared "Charcoal Baby," the first track we've heard from Blood Orange's upcoming new album Negro Swan. The album's due out in August, but he's not wasting any time: Hynes has already shared another new song from the album, "Jewelry," alongside another music video. This one was directed by…