Devonté Hynes

As Blood Orange, Devonté Hynes advances a progressive mixture of styles including soul, funk, post-punk, and chillwave, all while incorporating lyrical themes of identity, sexuality, belonging, and spirituality, among other issues that have shaped his existence and those of his peers. The British singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer established himself in the mid-2000s as a member of the dance-punk band Test Icicles. Two subsequent solo albums as Lightspeed Champion drew from a deeper pool of inspirations, from Baroque pop to folk. Blood Orange, Hynes' longst...