A Remi Wolf gig is a high-octane event. On stage, the US singer hurls herself around, a flurry of bright colours and curly hair throws. The audience lap it up. “It’s just a big house party normally,” she tells me, over video call from her hotel room in San Francisco. “I get people dancing and screaming and really up on their feet and cheering.” The shows embody Wolf’s personality: confident and energetic, but always in control. “I want to have complete control over my own career,” the 26-year-old agrees, adding that she’s glad she has the skills to back it up. “If I didn’t, I don’t know where the f*** I’d be right now. Probably in a ditch.”
Wolf’s music is rainbow-bright and trippy, with hyperpop elements woven in. Even the titles are fun: there were the canine-themed EPs You’re a Dog (2019) and I’m Allergic to Dogs (2020), followed by remix record We Love Dogs in 2021. That same year, Wolf (no, it’s not a stage name) also brought out her debut studio album, Juno, and a deluxe version that dropped this month. Her lyrics are a word-salad jumble peppered with expletives: “You got an ice cream cone on your leg motherf****er/ I got two fish kissing on my cl*t motherf***er,” she raps on “Liquor Store”.
