Blood Orange Returns With New Song "Essex_Honey.mp3" Featuring Sample of Sky Ferreira's "Everything Is Embarrassing"
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Blood Orange (Dev Hynes) has released "Essex_Honey.mp3," his first new song of 2026, nearly a year after his album Essex Honey dropped in July 2025. The track samples Sky Ferreira's "Everything Is Embarrassing," which Blood Orange also produced. The song features a wistful synth paired with a clattering breakbeat.
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Essex Honey, which dropped in July 2025, was Dev Hynes' first new album under the moniker since 2018.
It featured Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, Mustafa Ian Isiah, Tirzah, Naomi Scott
“Essex_Honey.mp3” is Dev Hynes’ first release of 2026
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