“The Field” is the first single from Essex Honey, Blood Orange’s fifth album. It prominently samples and interpolates “Sing to Me” by experimental English rock band The Durutti Column, who are credited as featured artists alongside Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar, all of whom pro...
[Intro: Devonté Hynes]
Feel it every day
And the sun keeps you warm
[Chorus: Tariq Al-Sabir]
Hard to let you go
See you and I know why it's always grey (It's always grey, it's always)
Hard to let you go (Oh)
Healthy as we pray (Yeah) for a journey home (For a journey home)
For a
Oh
[Post-Chorus: Tariq Al-Sabir & Caroline Polachek]
Sing to me
In the heat of the sun
In the heat of the sun
And sing to me
Sing to me
When the day is done
The day is done
Sing to me
[Chorus: Tariq Al-Sabir, Daniel Caesar & Caroline Polachek]
Hard to let you go (Hard to let you go)
See you and I know why it's always grey (Oh)
Why it's always grey (Hard to let you go; and sing to me)
Hard to let you go (Ah)
Healthy as we pray (Ah) for a journey home (Home, oh)
[Post-Chorus: Caroline Polachek, Devonté Hynes & Devonté Hynes & Daniel Caesar]
Sing to me
In the heat of the sun
And sing to me (Hmm)
When the day is done
Sing to me
In the heat of the sun
And sing to me (Oh)
When the day is done
(In the end of day)
The Field was written by Devonté Hynes & Kier Stewart & Vini Reilly & Daniel Caesar & Caroline Polachek & Tariq Al-Sabir & The Durutti Column.
The Field was produced by Devonté Hynes.
Blood-orange released The Field on Thu Jun 26 2025.