Blood Orange (aka producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Devonté Hynes) has announced a new album, Negro Swan. The follow-up to 2016’s Freetown Sound arrives August 24 via Domino. Find the artwork below; scroll down for Hynes’ upcoming tour dates. “My newest album is an exploration into my own and many types of black depression, an honest look at the corners of black existence, and the ongoing anxieties of queer/people of color,” Hynes said in a statement. “A reach back into childhood and modern traumas, and the things we do to get through it all. The underlying thread through each piece on the album is the idea of hope, and the lights we can try to turn on within ourselves with a hopefully positive outcome of helping others out of their darkness.”
[Intro: Janet Mock] So, like, my favorite images Are the ones were... Someone who isn't supposed to be there Who's like in a space, a space where We were not ever walking down, we were not invited Yet we walk in and we show all the way up People try to, put us down by saying "She doing the most" or "he's way too much" But, like, why would we want to do the least?
[Chorus] Cheap on your skin, smooth Jewels that ring Shine hit your eyes Black kiss the ring Ruby ebony sides Change my eyes for something, cool
[Verse 1] A dream never leaving my sight A sun never leaving my side A feeling, a door starts to close I'm feeling the burn in my eyes The eyes of a heavy best Suited to staying indoors like a good nigga I treated the hope like my home And destroyed it, go figure
Still proud, best of my abilities Still I think about an exit No one ever will appreciate The way you bare your soul for them to or attune I'm through I'm through
[Chorus] Cheap on your skin, smooth Jewels that ring Shine hit your eyes Black kiss the ring Ruby ebony sides
[Verse 2] Nigga, I'm feeling myself (Nigga, I'm feeling myself) Nigga, I'm still in my zone (I'm still in my zone) Got big books but I'm broke (I'm broke) Nigga, I'm feeling myself (Nigga, I'm feeling myself) One time for the help (One time, one time) Two times 'fore I fell Three times for the hopeless feeling Look at how I'm spending my wealth (Look at how I'm spending my wealth) And I'm feeling myself looking up But then the thoughts start filling me up, me up Nigga, I'm feeling my, nigga, I'm feeling myself (Nigga, I'm feeling myself) One time for the help When the news is way too fi' And a man get shot on the passenger side Too bad 'cos a nigga went live (went live) Nigga, I'm feeling my, nigga, I'm feeling myself Seek what you need to get by Awake with one eye closed In dark black clothes Red and blue lights on my stone Go back to being unknown Relax your hair Tuck your shirt Put your glasses on Play your guitar
Blood Orange (aka producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Devonté Hynes) has announced a new album, Negro Swan. The follow-up to 2016’s Freetown Sound arrives August 24 via Domino. Find the artwork below; scroll down for Hynes’ upcoming tour dates.
ResponderEliminar“My newest album is an exploration into my own and many types of black depression, an honest look at the corners of black existence, and the ongoing anxieties of queer/people of color,” Hynes said in a statement. “A reach back into childhood and modern traumas, and the things we do to get through it all. The underlying thread through each piece on the album is the idea of hope, and the lights we can try to turn on within ourselves with a hopefully positive outcome of helping others out of their darkness.”
[Intro: Janet Mock]
ResponderEliminarSo, like, my favorite images
Are the ones were...
Someone who isn't supposed to be there
Who's like in a space, a space where
We were not ever walking down, we were not invited
Yet we walk in and we show all the way up
People try to, put us down by saying
"She doing the most" or "he's way too much"
But, like, why would we want to do the least?
[Chorus]
Cheap on your skin, smooth
Jewels that ring
Shine hit your eyes
Black kiss the ring
Ruby ebony sides
Change my eyes for something, cool
[Verse 1]
A dream never leaving my sight
A sun never leaving my side
A feeling, a door starts to close
I'm feeling the burn in my eyes
The eyes of a heavy best
Suited to staying indoors like a good nigga
I treated the hope like my home
And destroyed it, go figure
Still proud, best of my abilities
Still I think about an exit
No one ever will appreciate
The way you bare your soul for them to or attune
I'm through
I'm through
[Chorus]
Cheap on your skin, smooth
Jewels that ring
Shine hit your eyes
Black kiss the ring
Ruby ebony sides
[Verse 2]
Nigga, I'm feeling myself
(Nigga, I'm feeling myself)
Nigga, I'm still in my zone
(I'm still in my zone)
Got big books but I'm broke (I'm broke)
Nigga, I'm feeling myself
(Nigga, I'm feeling myself)
One time for the help
(One time, one time)
Two times 'fore I fell
Three times for the hopeless feeling
Look at how I'm spending my wealth
(Look at how I'm spending my wealth)
And I'm feeling myself looking up
But then the thoughts start filling me up, me up
Nigga, I'm feeling my, nigga, I'm feeling myself
(Nigga, I'm feeling myself)
One time for the help
When the news is way too fi'
And a man get shot on the passenger side
Too bad 'cos a nigga went live (went live)
Nigga, I'm feeling my, nigga, I'm feeling myself
Seek what you need to get by
Awake with one eye closed
In dark black clothes
Red and blue lights on my stone
Go back to being unknown
Relax your hair
Tuck your shirt
Put your glasses on
Play your guitar