Akira Sky shares new music video

Brooklyn-based artist Akira Sky creates music for those swept up in the beautiful chaos of life. Born and raised in Los Angeles before making her way to the East Coast, she’s a multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer-songwriter who scores emotional waves, resulting in music that’s equally poignant and sonically engaging. Her sound brings together elements of high-octant pop, confessional songwriting, dreamlike textures and alternative pop aesthetic. The result is music that shimmers with emotion, holding space for both the euphoria and exhaustion of modern life.

She first cut her teeth writing songs and playing instruments in elementary school and eventually lighting up iconic stages like the Hollywood Bowl and Whisky A Go Go before most artists even enter the studio. Her formal training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts led her to New York’s Clive Davis Institute, where she’s developed her genre-fluid approach into something uniquely hers.

Influenced by artists like Janelle Monáe, Remi Wolf and Prince, Akira stitches a vast array of musical styles into a highly original and memorable musical fabric. Unveiling her sound in 2019 with the debut single “Torn,” over the next few years, she released a trio of well-received tracks before taking a brief hiatus from sharing her original sonic vision.

But now, she returns with “Block My Number,” a cinematic new single that feels like both a reintroduction and a transformation. It’s a dream pop slow-burn wrapped in emotional static, a track that simmers with unresolved tension to deliver a charming musical experience brimming with catchy songwriting, immersive arrangement and poignant context.

Opened by warm acoustic guitar plucks, Akira’s delicate vocals enter to craft an intimate, folk-inflected pop sound that gently rolls with elegant melodies and storytelling lyricism. Developing with atmospheric instrumental textures and the soft punch of percussion, sweeping backing vocals add dreamy tones as Akira’s expressive vocal performance glides above. Swelling with euphoric vocal layers and the hurried pulse of rhythm, the song rises into a truly dazzling dream pop soundscape to leave a lasting impression of Akira Sky’s stunning songwriting and performance panache.

Directed by the fast-rising Luiza Botelho, fresh off a win for Best Short Narrative at the 2025 Pan African Film Festival, the music video for “Block My Number” is set against the backdrops of Manhattan and Brooklyn, starring Brazilian model and actor Pablo Morais. Their onscreen chemistry amplifies the song’s themes of romantic dissonance and the quiet ache of detachment while the urban scenery mirrors the song’s emotional architecture; moody, restless and beautifully bleak, resulting in a superb visual pairing for the music.

Watch the music video for Block My Number below

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