Wolf Alice have released a new single ‘Smile’ with an accompanying music video. The alternative rock group shared the second single from their upcoming new album ‘Blue Weekend’. The Mercury Prize winners highly anticipated third LP is due to be released June 11th. The London natives premiered the new track ‘Smile’ on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show on April 20.
Smile is out now
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— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) April 20, 2021
The song was inspired by lead singer Ellie Rowsell’s desire to fight back against those who try to define her. “It’s about people that make assumptions about you,” she told Annie Mac.
Rowsell also said of the track “This is one of the songs we wrote thinking that we would play it live.” She added “I miss that feeling of singing on stage. It’s like screaming into a pillow or something — you can get away with being more nasty. There’s a whole other part of me missing.”
The song is both heavy and hypnotic, guaranteed to make an impact when played live. In the music video, the saturated visuals of old punk pub-goers is combined with the shaky fisheye lens of the band’s live performance in a trippy and riotous video that provides the perfect accompaniment to the rocking track.
The music video directed was by Jordan Hemmingway who has also done work for Gucci, Raf Simons, and Comme Des Garçons. ‘Smile’ is the band’s second collaboration with Hemmingway. It follows the release of the first single from ‘Blue Weekend’, February’s ‘The Last Man On Earth’.
You can stream ‘Smile’ now. Preorder ‘Blue Weekend’ here.
‘Blue Weekend’ Tracklist:
- The Beach
- Delicious Things
- Lipstick On The Glass
- Smile
- Safe From Heartbreak (if you never fall in love)
- How Can I Make It OK?
- Play The Greatest Hits
- Feeling Myself
- The Last Man On Earth
- No Hard Feelings
- The Beach II
