Just under a year after sharing Essex Honey, Blood Orange is back with “Essex_Honey.mp3,” his first new song of 2026. The track, which pairs a wistful top synth with a clattering breakbeat, samples Sky Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing,” which Blood Orange also produced. Check it out below.
Essex Honey, which dropped last July, was Hynes’ first album under the moniker since 2018. It featured Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, Mustafa, Ian Isiah, Tirzah, Naomi Scott, Zadie Smith, and more. He brought the record on a tour through the US, Canada, and Europe in fall 2025.
Read Jenn Pelly’s 2022 profile Burning CDs With Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes in the Basement of Madison Square Garden.