Starting out making post-punk music after vocalist Arthur Nolan and guitarist Joe Nash moved from Scunthorpe to London, they later gravitated towards their own style.

Blue Bendy began in 2017, after vocalist Arthur Nolan and guitarist Joe Nash moved from Scunthorpe to London.

[2] After Olivia Morgan, Sam Wilson, Harrison Charles and Oscar Tebbutt joined the band, they began to shift more towards their own style.

[7] In October 2021, Blue Bendy announced their first EP, Motorbike, and simultaneously released the single "Spring 100".

[10] While they started out creating post-punk music, their EP Motorbike was described by Pitchfork as "monologue-rock" and "handclap indie-pop",[15] and Nolan stated after the release of So Medieval that "genre is dead as far as we're concerned.

[15] Some of their songs integrate pop culture references, such as the track "I'm Sorry I Left Him To Bleed" referencing Kendall Roy.