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Mikey Freedom Hart is an American Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He has worked with Bleachers, Taylor Swift, Empress Of, Dev Hynes a.k.a Blood Orange, ASAP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, and The Chicks.

A classically trained pianist, Hart has performed and recorded with various musical instruments. He currently plays live for Bleachers and Blood Orange.

Life and career
Hart was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was raised in New Orleans. He moved to New York City at the age of 16 where he started learning piano classically at age three, grew up performing and singing in church.

In 2018, Hart co-wrote the Dev Hynes song "Hope" featuring Puff Daddy and Tei Shi in the Negro Swan album.

He has played and added additional production to Santigold's single "Banshee".

He co-produced and co-wrote the Portugal. The Man's song "Easy Tiger".

In 2020, he played and recorded DX7, electric guitar, nylon guitar, Rhodes, and celesta on Taylor Swift's song "Gold Rush". He can be heard playing a number of instruments and adding his sound to Swift's albums Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Fearless (Taylor's Version), and Red (Taylor's Version).

He played piano on Lana Del Rey’s albums Norman Fucking Rockwell! and Chemtrails over the Country Club.

Hart has also worked with several other artists including Empress Of, ASAP Rocky, The Chicks, and Emily Lind.

He was a producer on the Jon Batiste's single "Freedom" and album We Are for which he was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2021.

Bands
Hart is currently playing keys for the Bleachers and they are currently performing for the NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts. He is also playing keyboard and piano for Blood Orange, and they are also performing for the NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.

He performed and helped direct the musical component of Louis Vuitton Fall 2019 Menswear Fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.

Ex Reyes
In 2015, Hart started a solo project as Brooklyn-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 Amazon Music.

Accolades
Hart is nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for producing and playing on Jon Batiste's album We Are and for engineering on Taylor Swift's album Evermore.

! scope="row" | 2022 ! scope="row" | 2022
 * We Are (producer)
 * Grammy Award for Album of the Year
 * Nominated
 * Evermore (producer)
 * Grammy Award for Album of the Year
 * Nominated