Akira Sky’s new single “Block My Number” is a slow-burn stunner that is intimate, cinematic, and devastating in that quiet, beautiful way heartbreak sometimes hits you at 2 a.m. Known for crafting music that speaks to the beautifully overwhelmed, Akira writes emotional landscapes you can live inside.
Rooted in a gentle guitar strum and understated vocals, “Block My Number” builds with a restrained ache that never explodes—but lingers like smoke in your lungs. She sings plainly at first, like she’s just confessing something small, brushing it off. “I’m being weird / I wanna see you again,” she admits openly, which hurts more than it should. As the verses unfold, so does the emotion, and when the heartbeat-like drums kick in, the song pulses with a rising, unspoken urgency. The harmonies are subtle but soul-stirring, floating like fog as her restraint gives way to feeling.
The lyrics are filled with quiet contradictions: she’s trying to forget, but she’s up late thinking. She’s deleted his number, but she still wants to see him again. It’s messy and real and precisely the emotional limbo that makes letting go so hard. The chorus, “Block my number / Give me closure,” is simply gutting. It’s a plea disguised as a demand, closure delivered not with clarity, but with ghosting and silence.
The production lets the emotion take the spotlight. There’s just the right blend of rumbling bass, dreamy harmonies, and Akira’s velvety voice, which shifts between resignation and yearning with effortless control.
Check out the music video of “Block My Number” on YouTube.
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Review by: Naomi Joan