Remi Francis Wolf (born February 2, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter from

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. As a senior in high school, she appeared as a contestant on ''

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'' in 2014. After completing her undergraduate music studies in 2018, she made her solo debut with the self-released

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''You're a Dog!'' in October 2019. Wolf subsequently released her second EP and major-label debut, ''I'm Allergic to Dogs!'', on

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and

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in June 2020, followed by her debut studio album, '' Juno'', in October 2021. She released her second album, '' Big Ideas'', on July 12, 2024.

Early life and education

Wolf was born in

, California, on February 2, 1996, to a Sicilian mother and a Russian-Persian father. At around the age of eight she became interested in competitive skiing; she represented the US in alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games for two consecutive years. When she was 14, Wolf formed her first band with a friend. They called it Remi and Chloe (later, Remi, Chloe, & The Extracts). As a senior at

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, Wolf appeared as a contestant during the audition rounds on the thirteenth season of ''

'' in 2014, being cut in Hollywood week without being aired there. At age 17, she moved to Los Angeles, where she attended the

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, graduating in 2018 at the age of 22.

Career

Wolf met producer Jared Solomon, known as

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, while in high school and began collaborating with him thereafter. Her first single, "Guy", was produced by Solomon and was released in 2019. Off the success of that song, Wolf opened for

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on his tour in April of that year. She also toured with

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and performed at both the ''Los Angeles Times'' Festival of Books and Viva Pomona! later in 2019. She released her first EP, ''You're a Dog!'', in September 2019. She was later signed to

, a division of the

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. Her first single as an Island signee, "Woo!", was released in April 2020. That was followed by the singles "Photo ID" and "Disco Man". Those tracks would go on to appear on Wolf's second EP, ''I'm Allergic to Dogs!'', released in June 2020 via Island. "Photo ID" accrued numerous streams and shares on

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throughout 2020. In November 2020, her single "Hello Hello Hello" was featured in an ad for the

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. In May 2021, she released ''We Love Dogs!'', a remix EP with guest appearances from acts like

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, and others. Later in 2021, Wolf began releasing new singles, including "Liquor Store", "Grumpy Old Man", and "Quiet on Set". These would appear on her major label debut studio album, '' Juno'', released via Island in October 2021. In March 2022, she released the single "Pool" with Still Woozy. Later that year, Wolf opened for

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on the North American leg of her "Solar Power" tour. In June 2022, Wolf released a "deluxe" version of ''Juno'' with four additional tracks. That month, she toured throughout Europe, including a stop at the Firenze Rocks festival in

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where she performed with the

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and

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. Those dates constituted the first leg of Wolf's "Gwingle Gwongle" tour, which had stops across North America later in the fall of 2022. In August 2022 in collaboration with

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, Wolf released the ''Live at Electric Lady'' EP, a collection of six live songs, including a cover of

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's " Pink + White". In November 2022, Wolf announced her first tour of

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and

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during which she was scheduled to play multiple festivals and a handful of headlining shows in December 2022 and January 2023. Wolf performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. Her hit song "Monte Carlo" was featured in the

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movie '' You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah'' in August 2023. A single, "Cinderella", was released in March 2024, and an album, '' Big Ideas'', was announced for a July 2024 release. Before the release she appeared as the supporting act on some of the European concerts of

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Artistry

Musically, Wolf performs in what she describes as a "

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. In a 2021 interview, she stated she wants to "constantly try to innovate the sound of

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" and "erase the rules of pop". ''

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'' wrote that she turns the

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genre into "hypercolored explosions". Wolf cites

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, and

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as musical influences.

Personal life

Wolf identifies as

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. She has been based in

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, California, since circa 2014. In June 2020, she was checked into

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for

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. She has stated she has been sober ever since, and that in past instances she frequently drank to the point of blacking out; although she could easily function in daily life, she had started fighting with family, friends and collaborators. She has

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Live collections

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

Tours

Headlining

* Gwingle Gwongle Tour (2022) * Big Ideas Tour (2024)

Supporting act

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's Context Tour (2019) * Halsey's Love and Power Tour (2022) *

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(North American dates) (2023) *

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's This Is Why Tour (Oceania dates) (2023) *

(European dates) (2024) * Kuzey's Angel of Tears World Tour (Selected dates) (2024)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Remi 1996 births 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers American funk singers American Idol participants American LGBTQ singers American musicians with disabilities American people of Iranian descent American people of Italian descent American people of Russian descent American women in electronic music American women pop singers American women singer-songwriters Bedroom pop musicians Bisexual women musicians Island Records artists LGBTQ people from the San Francisco Bay Area Living people Musicians from Palo Alto, California Palo Alto High School alumni People of Sicilian descent People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Singer-songwriters from California USC Thornton School of Music alumni LGBTQ women singers