Akira Sky doesn’t just play tracks—she fires off pure feeling into pedal-to-the-floor soundstorms. Her latest single, Block My Number, has the kind of unflinching honesty that’d make Alanis Morissette happy. This track isn’t here to hold your hand; it’s here to rip your chest open and let all the messy stuff pour out.
Born in LA but now calling Brooklyn home, Sky’s a one-woman wrecking crew—she writes, produces, and plays every instrument on the track. She’s got rock ‘n’ roll in her blood: she was tearing up iconic spots like the Whisky a Go Go (a must-do for any real rocker) and the Hollywood Bowl before she even had a driver’s license. After graduating from the Clive Davis Institute, she’s fine-tuned her genre-bending sound into this wild mix of 90s grunge attitude and modern pop swagger. “Block My Number” shows off how she can wrap hard-hitting guitar riffs around synth-heavy hooks, creating something that feels like a movie soundtrack but hits you right in the gut.
The music video, shot all over New York City with director Luiza Botelho (a big deal at the Pan African Film Festival) and Brazilian actor Pablo Morais, matches the song’s moody intensity. Picture dark subway journeys and rain-drenched Brooklyn rooftops—it’s a visual punch that really drives home the song’s themes of emotional explosions and protecting yourself. Sky’s voice swings between smoky and controlled to full-on defiant, bringing to mind Prince’s showmanship and Remi Wolf’s wild energy. The track’s title alone is a middle finger to toxic connections, delivered with the kind of urgency that’ll have you air-drumming on your steering wheel.
With her debut EP looming this summer, Akira Sky isn’t just knocking on rock’s door—she’s kicking it down. Block My Number cements her as an artist who thrives in the messy, glorious friction between vulnerability and rage. Plug in, turn it up, and let Sky’s chaos become yours.