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Watch Blood Orange’s Video for New Song “Charcoal Baby”
Watch Blood Orange’s Video for New Song “Charcoal Baby”
Source: Blood Orange

Watch Blood Orange’s Gorgeous Video for His New Single “Charcoal Baby”

Watch Blood Orange\u2019s Video for New Song \u201cCharcoal Baby\u201d Source: Blood Orange

Blood Orange's new video is breathtaking

We are about a month away from the release of Blood Orange's new album Negro Swan, the follow up to his 2016 classic (can we say it?) Freetown Sound.

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The singer has just released the first video from the album. It's for the breezy-sounding single "Charcoal Baby." In typical Dev Hynes fashion, the video is gorgeous, full of rich color and details about the everyday experiences of regular black people.

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Dev Hynes talked about what to expect with his new album in a statement. He said:

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. A reach back into childhood and modern traumas, and the things we do to get through it all.

Watch the "Charcoal Baby" video below.