Mikey Freedom Hart is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He has worked with

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, Dev Hynes a.k.a. Blood Orange,

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, and

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. He has received three

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nominations, winning twice. A classically trained pianist, Hart has performed and recorded with various musical instruments. He now currently plays live for

and

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Life and career

Hart was born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana where he attended Barbe High School followed by McNeese State University. He started learning piano classically at age three, grew up performing and singing in church. He then moved to New York City at the age of 16. In 2018, Hart co-wrote the

Dev Hynes Devonté Hynes (born David Joseph Michael Hynes, 23 December 1985), 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, ...

song "Hope" featuring

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and

in the ''

Negro Swan ''Negro Swan'' is the fourth studio album by Blood Orange, an alias of British musician Dev Hynes. It was released on 24 August 2018 by Domino. The album was preceded by the singles "Charcoal Baby" and "Jewelry". Release and promotion On 19 July ...

'' album. He has played and added additional production to

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's single "Banshee". He co-produced and co-wrote the

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's song "Easy Tiger". In 2020, he played and recorded

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, electric guitar,

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, and

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's song "Gold Rush". He can be heard playing a number of instruments and adding his sound to Swift's albums '' Lover'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Red (Taylor's Version) ''Red (Taylor's Version)'' is the second re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 12, 2021, by Republic Records, as part of Swift's re-recording project following the Taylor Swift masters d ...

'', ''

Midnights ''Midnights'' is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records. She conceived ''Midnights'' as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepl ...

'', ''

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ''Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'' is the third re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on July 7, 2023, by Republic Records, as part of Swift's re-recording project following the 2019 dispute over the ...

'', ''

1989 (Taylor's Version) ''1989 (Taylor's Version)'' is the fourth re-recorded album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 27, 2023, by Republic Records, as part of Swift's re-recording project following the Taylor Swift masters disput ...

'', and ''

The Tortured Poets Department ''The Tortured Poets Department'' is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on April 19, 2024, by Republic Records. Swift developed the album amidst the Eras Tour in 2023, with the resultant, ...

''. He played piano on Lana Del Rey's albums ''

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'' and ''

Chemtrails over the Country Club ''Chemtrails over the Country Club'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on March 19, 2021, by Interscope and Polydor Records. Del Rey enlisted producer Jack Antonoff as her co-producer for t ...

''. Hart has also worked with several other artists including

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's single "Freedom" and album ''

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'' for which he was nominated for

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in 2021.

Bands

Hart plays keyboards for the

. He also plays keyboard and piano for

, He performed and helped direct the musical component of

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Fall 2019 Menswear Fashion show at

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Ex Reyes

In 2015, Hart started a solo project as

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-based psychedelic-soul band "Ex Reyes". Different musicians are performing for the band. In 2016, music video for the song "Keeping U in Line" was released. In 2017, an original song "Blame Me" was released with

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Accolades

Hart was nominated for three Grammy Awards for Album of the Year for producing and playing on

's album ''

'' in

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and for engineering on

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References

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