US EditionBlood Orange Shares Two New Songs and Announces Album 'Essex Honey' Featuring Lorde, Brendan Yates, Zadie Smith and More
ESSEX, ENGLAND, JUL 17 – Blood Orange's Essex Honey, his first solo album in six years, features diverse collaborators and explores grief and healing through music, releasing August 29, 2025.
- On August 29, Blood Orange releases Essex Honey via RCA Records, marking his first solo full-length in six years.
- Blood Orange explores his childhood in Essex and themes of grief and loss, described by a press release as a 'soundtrack created from a dreamscape of his journey working through grief.'
- The first previews come in two tracks, 'Somewhere In Between' and 'Mind Loaded,' with 'Mind Loaded' featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde and Mustafa, and Zadie Smith singing for the first time.
- Earlier this month, Hynes announced a European autumn tour including three intimate in-the-round shows at London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre on November 8, 9 and 10, following his runs with Turnstile and Lorde.
- The North American tour begins on September 21 at San Francisco’s Portola Music Festival, followed by shows at KEMBA LIVE! in Columbus on September 23 and at Boston’s TD Garden on September 26.
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Blood Orange shares two new songs and announces album 'Essex Honey' featuring Lorde, Brendan Yates, Zadie Smith and more
Blood Orange has announced his new album ‘Essex Honey’ and shared the first two tracks – listen to ‘Mind Loaded’ and ‘Somewhere In Between’ below. The album will be the first album from Blood Orange – aka Dev Hynes – since 2018’s ‘Negro Swan’ and it will feature appearances from Hynes’ previous collaborators Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Mustafa, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Tariq Al-Sabir. Also appearing are author Zadie Smith, The …
Blood Orange Shares A Song With Lorde And Caroline Polachek To Announce ‘Essex Honey,’ A New Album
Last month, Dev Hynes released “The Field,” his first new Blood Orange songs in three years. Now, bigger news: He announced the first new Blood Orange album in six years, “Essex Honey.” He also shared two new songs, “Mind Loaded” and “Somewhere In Between.” A press release notes of the project, “Essex Honey is a soundtrack created from a dreamscape of his journey working through grief. It is also an album about growing up in Essex (outside Londo…
Lorde Summer Continues With A Brand-New Track
Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty ImagesEvery week, we bring you SOUNDCHECK — your destination for the best new music that just hit the web. Because you should always be prepared when someone passes you that AUX cord. This week's roundup features six of our favorite emerging and established artists.“Mind Loaded” by Blood Orange feat. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, MustafaLorde singing “Everything means nothing to me” like Elliott Smith wasn’t on my 2025 …
Blood Orange is back with Essex Honey, featuring Lorde, Polachek & Turnstile’s Brendan Yates
Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Devonté Hynes is the kind of artist who shapeshifts without losing his centre, effortlessly spinning soul, indie, classical, and pop into something unmistakably his – always personal, always one step ahead. Happy Mag https://happymag.tv
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