Dev Hynes

Dev Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, is one of those rare musicians whose restlessness is the point. Born in Houston, raised in London, working out of New York, he carries that rootlessness straight into the music, which slips between soul, indie, and something gauzy and nocturnal all its own. What I admire most is his refusal to sit in a single lane while writing, producing, and playing nearly everything himself. The 2024 Latin Grammy only confirms what fans already knew: he keeps quietly widening his palette. I trust artists who chase their own curiosity over trends, and Hynes is firmly one of them.

Name (English)

Dev Hynes

Name (Japanese)

デヴ・ハインズ

Reading

でゔ・はいんず

Born

December 23, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer / record producer / composer / songwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2024 Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song

• Official sitehttps://bloodorange.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/devhynes/
• Xhttps://x.com/devhynes
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev%20Hynes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311177

Tags

• Texas
• guitarist
• singer
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.