Overview

• Essex Honey is Devonté Hynes’s first Blood Orange studio album since 2018 and is slated for release on August 29 via RCA Records.
• Hynes unveiled two lead singles—“Somewhere in Between” and “Mind Loaded,” the latter featuring Lorde, Caroline Polachek and Mustafa.
• The album’s diverse collaborators include Daniel Caesar, Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, Tirzah, Naomi Scott, Amandla Stenberg and Kelly Zutrau.
• Hynes describes Essex Honey as an exploration of grief, loss and the journey toward acceptance and resolution.
• He has announced a fall touring schedule across the US, UK and Europe to support the album’s launch.