Aside from writing songs for the biggest pop stars going, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes is also working on his own follow-up to Cupid Deluxe. Today he shared a new single on his Soundcloud, but he was clear to note that it’s not a part of his forthcoming record just a list of “some things on his mind.” The track is titled “Do You See My Skin Through the Flames?” and though there’s a bit of singing, most of its 11-minute runtime is dedicated to spoken word self-reflection.
Hynes touches on the tragic Charleston shootings, James Baldwin, Kanye, and a whole lot more over a series of plaintive synth lines. He transcribed and posted a portion of the song over at Soundcloud, but it’s worth taking a listen to the whole thing — his thoughts here are just as good as his songwriting elsewhere.