Dev Hynes Looks Forward To His Next Release
>With a highly active mind, his stream of ideas is steady. Usually, he has the concept for a new project while finishing the current one, which, he admits, can be overwhelming. There’s never a moment of stillness. By the end of Negro Swan, Hynes had already envisioned his fifth album. It features appearances from his “usual” crew along with others and an under-the-radar rapper named Benny Revival, about whom Hynes is thrilled. He casually blurts out the secret news in the midst of our chat, laughing at his outlandish level of creative execution and productivity. He knew the length, the vibe, and mission of the intro and closing tracks before retreating to his quasi-utopia in LA to go full steam. Making an album cracks open a new emotional dimension for Hynes, getting him closer to a sense of openness and the core of his existential quandaries. For the new album, he’s leaving hope in the dust and plunging into the pits of black angst that he first mentioned on Negro Swan. “That was the first time I looked at it and the new one is like living in the guts,” he says.
