Charcoal Baby
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“Charcoal Baby” is the first single from Blood Orange’s sixth studio album "Negro Swan". It was released on July 26, 2018. The song was already played live when Blood Orange was opening up for Solange’s fantastic Cosmic Journey show at the Hollywood Bowl on September 24, 2017. For an interview with Pitchfork in which he spoke about each song on "Negro Swan", Dev Hynes provided insight into “Charcoal Baby”: Pitchfork: Though you’re a great guitar player, you’ve sometimes backgrounded that skill on Blood Orange records. Read more on Last.fm.

Blood Orange is an alias of Devonté Hynes also known as Lightspeed Champion and member of the now defunct Test Icicles. His first release under the 'Blood Orange' moniker was in June 2009 via his personal blog. 'Said No' and 'Champagne Coast' appeared as a ltd. 7" bonus disc for the fourth release on Rise's album of the month club. 500 copies pressed on orange-coloured vinyl. 'Sutphin Boulevard' was the first release through Domino Recording Co., the label that would release the first album offering, 'Coastal Grooves', on August 8th 2011. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.