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Blood Orange Bottles The Spirit Of An Outsider In Soulful Sweetness

Dev Hynes, better known in the music world as Blood Orange, gets more experimental and more personal on his latest album 'Negro Swan.'
Dev Hynes a.k.a Blood Orange performs during FYF Fest 2016 in Los Angeles.

When pop and R&B producers step out to make their own records, they typically put themselves front and center. Devonté Hynes, who performs under the name , does things differently. Hynes is one of the producers shaping pop music right now. He and . For his first few releases as Blood Orange, the 32-year-old songwriter focused on Prince-like R&B, but on his fourth album, , Hynes gets more experimental and more personal.

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