Devonté Hynes is back with his first new Blood Orange song in three years. Hynes wrote and produced “The Field,” enlisting contributions from Caroline Polachek, Eva Tolkin, Tariq Al-Sabir, and Daniel Caesar. It also contains a sample of the Durutti Column’s “Sing to Me.” Hynes directed the accompanying music video, which stars the artist and friends making their way through the green expanses of rural England. Watch the new video for “The Field” below.
Hynes’ most recent music under the Blood Orange moniker arrived in 2022 in the form of his Four Songs EP. Since then, he has been busy scoring for film and theater; in 2023, he wrote the score for Paul Schrader’s drama Master Gardener. The following year, Hynes penned original music for the Broadway play Job. He also contributed a number of song’s on Lorde’s forthcoming album, Virgin, and will tour with the pop star this autumn. In addition, Hynes hit the road with Turnstile, who enlisted him for their new album Never Enough. Hynes’ last full-length Blood Orange project was 2019’s Angel’s Pulse mixtape. He released his studio album Negro Swan in 2018.
Revisit Pitchfork’s 2022 interview “Burning CDs With Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes in the Basement of Madison Square Garden.”