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Blood Orange is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kindness, Tirzah, John Carroll Kirby, Hayley Williams and Caroline Polachek. Those roots explain a lot about how Blood Orange arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Erika de Casier, Mk.gee, Nourished by Time, FKA twigs and Kilo Kish, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lorde, The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue, A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Blood Orange, reaching back through Kindness and forward to Lorde. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and director based in New York City. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was a member of the band Test Icicles, playing guitar, synth, and occasionally performing vocals. They released one full-length album in 2005. Hynes went on to release two solo studio albums as Lightspeed Champion, and subsequently five more as Blood Orange, between 2008 and 2025.
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Blood Orange connections
Blood Orange grew out of Kindness, Tirzah, John Carroll Kirby and Hayley Williams, shares an orbit with Erika de Casier, Mk.gee, Nourished by Time and FKA twigs, went on to shape Lorde, The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue and A$AP Rocky. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Blood Orange
Sounds and acts that shaped Blood Orange.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Blood Orange.
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- Wetartist
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Bands Blood Orange shaped
Where the influence of Blood Orange travelled next.
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- Caroline Polachekartist
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