The 2018 single "Charcoal Baby" offers a streamlined, deceptively simple distillation of Blood Orange's signature sound.
- "Charcoal Baby" was released on July 28, 2018, by Domino Records.
- The single was made available on 7-inch vinyl, with "Benzo as F***" as the B-side.
- This single arrived between the albums Freetown Sound and Negro Swan.
Blood Orange is the recording project of Brooklyn-based artist Devonté Hynes, known for his work in various genres including R&B, funk, and electronic music. "Charcoal Baby" arrived during a period of prolific output for Hynes, following the acclaimed 2016 album Freetown Sound and preceding the release of Negro Swan in 2018.
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