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There was an element of hiding the real story within these little hidden metaphors, Wolf says now.
But anyone will be able to understand her rocking new albumBig Ideas.
DespiteBig Ideas increasingly accessible storytelling, Wolf still maintains her looseness.
Its less a play to be more popular than showcasing where her head is currently at.
Im not trying to actively put anything on.
Im out here trying to be myself.
I started touring at the end of 2021 all the way until the end of 2023.
It was almost two and a half years of being on the road.
I was barely home and when I was, I was in the studio.
The magic and the story of this album is that I didnt have enough time to overthink anything.
Big Ideasfeels like a different side of you vocally it sounds bigger thanJuno.
Every song Ive ever made, theres a different persona Im trying to embody tonally.
I dont have any fear of going fully off the wall and sounding like a crazy person.
There are certain songs where Im singing in my rendition of a British accent.
I think about Alone in Miami, where you are absolutely belting your face off.
What is the Remi Wolf belting persona?She is me but she doesnt come out that often.
In my live show, I am belting up an absolute fucking storm.
Belting is something I love.
Its part of my DNA.
You get really tired.
I set myself up for failure a little bit.
But most of the time Im able to rise to the occasion.
One of these days I will write a song that is just easy and breezy.
You say you belt more live, and then onBig Ideas, you are belting more than ever before.
I was belting live constantly, and it makes sense that I would bring that into the studio.
A word that gets applied to you a lot isquirky.
Im confused about the idea of people perceiving me in any sort of way at all.
I think Im free.
I dont know if Id use it.
I mean, what do you think?
Why do you think that is?Its definitely more grown up.
Through my songwriting on this album, I got more direct with my language.
That was an intentional move on my part.
I wanted to open myself up.
Listening to the album, one song that stuck out to me as an excising was Cherries and Cream.
Theres an affecting self-loathing in that song.
Its its own universe.
That song is about being in a relationship with somebody who has another relationship.
Its about being a mistress, which is unfortunately something Ive been in my life.
With that song, we spent so long refining all the little details.
We had to get the right gear.
Lyrically, I wanted to tap into that too.
I was inspired by them and approached the storytelling of this mistress love affair through that lens.
You fly, morning dove, way above my terrain.
I used nature, mystical metaphors to tell this story.
In the pre-chorus, I sing Is it wrong?
But in terms of the cameras we used a lot of film or film-emulating techniques.
It still has the surrealist vibe, but the visuals have gotten a little bit more direct.
I was having all these insane experiences.
I was in and out of relationships, shit was hitting the fan.
I was 24 when I wroteJuno.I released it when I was 25.
A lot of time has passed.
I think I just grew up while writing this album.
I think right now mainly what I feel is excitement.
Ive been holding these songs in for two and a half years.
They were ready to be birthed or I would have gone crazy.
Itll feel like a cleansing or a purge of some kind.
Im honestly super stoked to get in the weeds on making the show awesome.
And then also writing a new album Im ready to get back into the studio ASAP.
