Favorite Songs of the 2010s # 51 “Charcoal Baby” by Blood Orange

Blood Orange

Charcoal Baby

2018

From the album Negro Swan

 

A swan is a beautiful animal and a black swan is rare and unique but it’s also an outlier or “other.” Dev Hynes uses this metaphor to speak of the experience of being black in America. It’s a powerful song and also has some great production.

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