In this song, I tried to express feeling that insanity and that inner tension and just that desire to escape. At least for me, I just feel really insane sometimes. You feel crazy, you feel like everybody around you doesn’t understand, and you’re one person on this island. I feel like the issue with addiction and mental illness is, a lot of times, you feel super isolated and alone. I hope that people, when they listen to it, can either learn a little bit about me or learn a little bit about themselves or see a piece of themselves in the song and feel understood and not like they’re crazy. Even if it wasn’t your intention, I’m sure the song will also resonate with other people who might have gone through the same thing. And you can hear the emotion, which I’m really proud of. I feel like you can really hear it in the songwriting. It was such a fuckin’ roller coaster of an experience, honestly. I could not stop crying, and it would be like, sob, sob, sob for maybe 20 minutes, then I’d be like, “Okay, I’m ready to write a verse.” And then I wrote the verse, and then I’d cry again or go outside. During the session, while writing the song, I was just sobbing. And this was maybe like the third day that we were hanging out with each other again after this hiatus. It was the first time I saw him in five months or something, and it was very emotional because we’re very close.
The week that I made “Liquor Store” was the first time I had seen Jared, who has been my collaborator throughout pretty much my entire career thus far. I was just trying to get my footing as a sober person in the real world, instead of in this really isolated campus. When making this song, I had been out of rehab for maybe a month and a half, which was barely any time. So it gave me the time to really think about my life.
I went to rehab and everything, which was a very strange thing to do during the pandemic for a lot of reasons, but also it was kind of the perfect time to do it, too, ’cause work was slowing down for everybody. I got sober this year during quarantine, so that was a major life event. I made the song back in late November, early December. I want to talk to you a little bit about “Liquor Store” and how it came to be. Here, the singer, songwriter, and producer walks us through her writing process post-pandemic, where she gets her hats, and how her fans got the nickname “Remjobs” (yes, really). Now, Wolf is gearing up to release her debut album later this year. It also didn’t hurt that her single “Photo ID” went viral on TikTok. The praise continued to pour in with her EP, You’re a Dog!, that same year, and with her follow-up, I’m Allergic to Dogs!, in 2020.
Wolf’s big break came after she earned a music degree from USC, with her debut single, “Guy,” in 2019. “But in this one specifically, I feel like I was really sad and really expressing some deep shit, like some deep personal trauma. “I want you to feel really good when you’re listening to my songs, and when I’m listening to my songs, I want them to be upbeat and danceable, you know?” she continues. It’s honestly such a personal song to me,” she tells. “In the song, I’m talking about my sobriety and codependency and my fear of being cheated on. She doesn’t flinch while diving into her new single, “Liquor Store,” out now, and its link to her journey getting sober. The same goes for the 25-year-old California native herself, who takes the video call from her phone, outside, pacing on a sidewalk in New York's SoHo neighborhood while sipping on what’s left of an iced latte “from four hours ago.” (The view from her vertical screen is close up and angled at her face.)Īs much as Wolf is a master of mixing humor, funk, and good vibes in her songs, she’s also not afraid to get real and sad. Her unconventional pop-which has impressed John Mayer, Nile Rodgers, Beck, and more-and psychedelic-inspired videos exude a lovable weirdness, eccentric charm, and joy. The rosy look is playful and humorous and fun, much like the singer’s usual wardrobe (fuzzy hats and colorful makeup are go-tos) and her music.
Remi Wolf appears on our Zoom call in a pink sweatshirt, a pink-and-white trucker hat-her thick brown curls spilling out from all sides-and pink oversized sunglasses covered in rhinestones.
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