dexter - I Like Me (Official Video)

South West London’s dexter announced her debut EP today, and shares her latest track and video ‘I Like Me’. The I Do Love A Good Sandwich EP, which includes previous single ‘Blue Skies’, is due for release on Wednesday, August 4th on newly-launched creative incubator Common Knowledge via AWAL. dexter is the moniker of 18-year-old Charmaine, who first arrived with a series of self-uploads in 2020 that were created entirely on her phone. They caught the attention of the likes of Annie Mac and Sian Eleri on BBC Radio1, and were independently picked up by playlists including Spotify’s Fresh Finds and Our Generation, of which dexter was recently the cover. 

‘I Like Me’ is anchored by an addictively simple two-chord guitar lick, which provides the perfect backdrop for dexter’s conversational lyrics as she reflects on the relationship between individual expression and the desire for validation. Working again with director Amity Bloc, the video for ‘I Like Me’ sees dexter riding around London in a classic car. dexter comments “‘I Like Me' is about me feeling like I have to be a certain way to make boys like me or to feel more ‘like a girl’. I was inspired by a period of time in lockdown where I found myself trying to buy a bunch of clothes that would be make me feel more feminine and girly but I didn’t even like half the stuff I was buying. I would like it to let listeners know that girls shouldn’t have to act a certain way to feel like they are still feminine or worth people liking them and that it’s cool to be both girly and not girly."

Photo Credit: Lucy Hickling