{"id":3186,"date":"2018-09-25T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:23:26","slug":"blood-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/blood-orange","title":{"rendered":"Episode 144: Blood Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Saint&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder144-BloodOrange-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder144-BloodOrange.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder144-BloodOrange-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SongExploder144-BloodOrange-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_cda0f074-e633-414b-9e6a-78cf7ac9a2a3\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/cda0f074-e633-414b-9e6a-78cf7ac9a2a3\/SongExploder144_BloodOrange.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Blood Orange is the project of songwriter and producer Devont\u00e9 Hynes. He\u2019s produced and co-written songs for artists like <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/carly-rae-jepsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/solange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solange<\/a>, HAIM, and ASAP Rocky, among others. He\u2019s been releasing his own music as Blood Orange since 2011. In August 2018, he released his fourth Blood Orange album, <em>Negro Swan,<\/em> and in this episode, Dev breaks down how he made the song \u201cSaint.\u201d You\u2019ll hear the original version of the track from 2015, as well as the layers and voices that were added over the months to create the final version that appears on the album.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1413299296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cSaint&#8221; here<\/a>, and watch the music video below. <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-blood-orange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy his album, <em>Negro Swan<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVH_wxk9ZtE\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/blood-orange-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/905116594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Russell &#8211; Let&#8217;s Go Swimming (Puppy Surf Dub)<\/a><br \/>\nGuest vocalists on the song: <a href=\"https:\/\/bea1991.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bea1991<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avaraiin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ava Rain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/porchesmusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Maine (Porches)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Bainbridge (Kindness)<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonplayssax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Arce, saxophonist<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Saint&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Blood Orange is the project of songwriter and producer Devont\u00e9 Hynes. 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