Hedex’s My Home Is The Rave documentary offers fans a behind-the-scenes look into the evolution of MHITR and Hedex’s rapid ascent to fame.
In the age of social media, an artist’s personal brand is instrumental to putting them on the map. When UK-based jump-up producer Hedex first coined the “My Home Is The Rave” (MHITR) slogan, it didn’t just skyrocket him into fame—it became a cultural phenomenon within drum and bass. His viral 2023 track, “MHITR (Semi Automatic),” became a staple at raves, with “semi automatic, blap blap blap” itself a mantra screamed out by ravers like a battle cry.
For ravers who’ve found a second home within the rave scene, these iconic words ring true, though perhaps none more deeply than for Hedex himself. In his new documentary My Home Is The Rave, released on August 27, the opening footage from last year’s Wembley Arena show captures Hedex explaining that MHITR is the most authentic motto of what producing means to him. He describes it as “such a beautiful chaos that has unapologetically consumed my life. An obsession that allows me to communicate how I feel when I have no words that could possibly explain it.”
My Home Is The Rave traces Hedex’s journey as a producer, from his humble beginnings in Cambridgeshire and discovering drum and bass at 16, to the biggest show of his life at Wembley—which sold out in a single day—and the role MHITR played in getting him there. When Hedex announced the documentary’s premiere on Instagram, he wrote that the documentary gives fans “real, raw and unrestricted access to what turned out to be the craziest three years of my life.”
When MHITR first began, Hedex told his videographer, Jasper Visuals he wanted to make a documentary about MHITR one day. What started off as a simple idea evolved into the 51-minute documentary chronicling the project that propelled Hedex into stardom. It showcases all facets of what made MHITR so successful, from the music itself and its various collaborators to the marketing behind MHITR and the team that supported him along the way.
The documentary is also an honest account of the mental health struggles Hedex faced over the last three years in the face of such rapid success. Jump-up is a subgenre often criticized by old-school DnB heads for its perceived commercial appeal and its ability to draw in a younger crowd. With Hedex at the forefront of this new wave of jump-up, he experienced the brunt of the hate. It shows real-time footage of the sleepless nights, tears shed, and his all-time low when he woke up face to the floor of an airport tarmac.
For an artist whose music and live sets embody pure joy and fun, these clips were a solemn awakening to what happens behind the scenes in the lives of some of our favorite artists. There is a great deal that goes into organizing a project as massive as MHITR, and it is a feat that comes with euphoric highs and soul-crushing lows. Social media is often just a highlights reel, and a documentary like My Home Is The Rave peels back the layers, offering fans candid glimpses into reality.
Hedex has transformed a simple phrase into a lasting symbol of this era of drum and bass, one now immortalized on film in My Home Is The Rave. Check it out on YouTube and pre-save his debut album on your preferred streaming platform to be the first to listen when it drops on October 10.
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