A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly. Dev Hynes badlybeatbus Change image and share on social
I'm such a strong believer in making yourself happy. Almost in a selfish way. There are a lot of trends, and obviously you can get swept up into them. But I feel like if you just write songs you love, it can have trap beats in it or whatever's going on in the moment, but you don't stop loving songs. Dev Hynes beatbelieverfeel share on social
If I like something, I then have to study every single aspect of it to find out if there's more things that I would like, and it's just this weird hunger to want more. I always feel like there's so much that exists. Dev Hynes aspectexistfeel share on social
Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.' Dev Hynes buildconfidenceexecute Change image and share on social
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that. Dev Hynes chamalkaycomplimentaryday share on social