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Part emo vampire, part super tech genius: Remi Wolf is here to share her big ideas with you.

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GUESS WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN

It’s been quite a journey for the Californian indie star Remi Francis Wolf so far. From her American Idol elimination in 2014 to her taxing struggles with alcoholism in 2020, Remi Wolf has been a defining feature to sparkly summers and adolescent letting-your-hair-downs ever since her emphatic I’m Allergic to Dogs! hit us in lockdown. Led by both skittish Photo ID and funk-fuelled Disco Man, Remi has slowly built herself a reputation of an intoxicating but troubled artist with her fanbase of Gen-Z “remjobs” supporting her every step of the way.

Now, off the back of a flamboyant tie-dye performance at Worthy Farm a few weeks back for the first time – which featured an on-stage beckoning with Arlo Parks – she charts off another emphatic year with her second.

As a follow-up to 2021’s Juno, Big Ideas swoons in a new era for Ms Wolf. Infectious beats and vibrant energy are ever-present as always, it serves up a heavy scooping of groovy fun – and some of her most honest songwriting to date.

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SHOUTING AND SCREAMING: The Breakdown

Full of life and exasperations, Big Ideas whole thing is almost a 101 masterclass in how to write a perfect pop melody many times over. Kangaroo‘s cathartic horn-explosion or Cherries & Cream alien beam up are just two of this album packed to the rafters with indulgent designs. And we’ve not even got the big hitters yet.

The anthem of feminine self-empowerment comes the all-star of Cinderella. Behind a lucid droplet of lo-fi funk, Wolf questions the very constraints of society that box her in – “Is there something wrong with the way I am designed? Can’t find comfort in anything / Should I change, should I leave myself behind?” She squashes such thoughts with a dismissive shimmy and a shake as she declares that she can be anything she wants to be, just like every colour of the rainbow.

Soup and Motorcycle bring a new shade to Remi’s style, as we’re met with a more heartfelt outpouring in Soup‘s lyrics while Motorcycle aims for a borderline-ballad reach. Toro resumes usual programming with an indie-pop bop that will no doubt litter many-a folks’ soundtrack this Summer.

It’s not all indie and pop, mind. The bonus track of Slay Bitch was perhaps ummed and ahhed before it was finally placed in as the (un)lucky thirteenth track. The song charts a more electronic-dance cruise-in, with both title and lyrics being undeniably suggestive of Gen-Z tropes. Those high-ripping vocals see out an emphatic win for that girl. A progressive record with its foot firmly in placid indie-pop; it’s never too shy to bring out its nostalgic side to the silky funk sounds of the ’70s. It seems that Remi wasn’t wrong about this ideas thing..

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Remi Wolf embarks on subsequent tours with Lava La Rue and Rachel Chinouriri across the US in September and October. She’ll set on British soil again nearing the end of the year.