Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

Remi Wolf doesn’t give a fuck about your pop rulebook. On ‘Big Ideas’, she’s taken that rulebook, set it on fire, and used the ashes to draw a moustache on the Mona Lisa.

Where debut ‘Juno’ was Wolf dipping her toes in the waters of pop stardom, ‘Big Ideas’ sees her diving in head-first, leaving a technicolour splash in her wake. Recorded in stolen moments between relentless touring (because who needs sleep when you’re reinventing pop?), the album crackles with an urgent, frenetic energy that’s impossible to ignore.

Take ‘Cinderella’, strutting in like it’s wearing seven-inch platforms. It’s got both brass and sass, Wolf’s voice sliding from syrupy sweet to gritty growl faster than you can say “bibbidi-bobbidi-boo”. But beneath the bravado, there’s vulnerability: “Is there something wrong with the way I’m designed?” she muses, before brushing it off with a defiant “Baby girl, won’t you dry your eyes?”

This interplay between confidence and self-doubt is the beating heart of ‘Big Ideas’. On ‘Soup’, Wolf serves up emotional honesty with a side of funk, creating a breakup anthem for people who process their feelings by starting a one-person dance party in their kitchen at 3 AM. It’s a testament to Wolf’s growing prowess as a songwriter that she can tackle themes of loneliness and insecurity without losing an ounce of her infectious charisma.