Remi Wolf on “gritty, emotional” ‘Mud’: “This album is a sonic sidestep – there’s always fear in trying something new”

Remi Wolf has spoken to NME about her “gritty, emotional” third album ‘Mud’, as well as her viral appearance in romantic drama Off Campus and the chances of a Hayley Williams collaboration after the pair performed together earlier this year. Following two funk-driven albums of party-starting alt-pop (2021’s ‘Juno’ and 2024’s ‘Big Ideas’), Wolf wanted to change things up for album three. “My first goal was that I wanted to be able to play every song on an acoustic guitar around a campfire, and it still hit you in the gut,” Wolf told NME from a hotel room overlooking New York City. “And because of that, the songs just ended up feeling more confident.” READ MORE: Remi Wolf – ‘Big Ideas’ review: funk-fuelled catharsis The Californian artist also teamed up with people she trusted – regular collaborator Jared Solomon, long-time friend Jack DeMeo, and friend and sister-in-law Gigi Grombacher – to create ‘Mud’, which she described in a press release as a “very cleansing record” to make. “I wanted to write songs about the way I was feeling, and I needed to heal,” she told NME. “I wanted to do that surrounded by people that felt like home to me, because I’m happiest when I’m with my friends,...