Devonté "Dev" Hynes (born 23 December 1985), also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a British singer, composer, songwriter, producer and author. He has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers on their 2007 Grammy award winning album We Are The Night. He is currently signed to Domino Records. The name 'Lightspeed Champion' comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew... Read full biography of Dev Hynes →
Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety... →
I like to blur the line between remix and cover version and new song.
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure or something - this huge presence watching... →
I'm such a strong believer in making yourself happy. Almost in a selfish way. There are a lot of trends, and obviously you can get swept up into... →
The issue I had with the Lightspeed albums was that usually the main purpose with them was to fulfil really dorky musical goals, like, 'I wonder... →
I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can't quite remember what it was I was trying to describe, but I do remember my music... →
A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous work, or to... →
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over... →
I don't really care about audio quality. If people saw some of the ways that I record stuff, they'd see I don't care in that respect. I... →
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral... →
Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.'
Devonté "Dev" Hynes (born 23 December 1985), also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a British singer, composer, songwriter, producer and author. He has written for artists such as Florence and the Machine, Diana Vickers and The Chemical Brothers on their 2007 Grammy award winning album We Are The Night. He is currently signed to Domino Records. The name 'Lightspeed Champion' comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew...