dexter in the newsagent - Blue Skies

What this video is

Released June 2021 via newly launched independent creative incubator Common Knowledge through AWAL, 'Blue Skies' arrived at a pivotal moment in the post-lockdown UK music landscape. dexter — then an 18-year-old artist from South West London who had built her initial following through entirely phone-recorded self-uploads in 2020 — represented a new generation of bedroom-pop artists navigating the transition from…

Why it matters

A key artefact of the 2020–2022 UK Bedroom Pop / indie-soul wave, 'Blue Skies' exemplifies the genre's fusion of confessional songwriting, jazz-inflected guitar loops, hip-hop drum production, and neo-soul vocal phrasing. Its video's documentary aesthetic mirrors the music's structural intimacy,…

The director

Amity Bloc is a UK-based music video director associated with the independent and emerging artist sector of the British music scene. Known for location-based, documentary-style visual work with new artists.