After finally releasing their new album Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian) recently, Yeah Yeah Yeahs are releasing today the music video for their single (and of my album favorites) “Wolf.”
Directed by Allie Avital and starring Man Seeking Woman‘s & Severance‘s (Apple TV+) Britt Lower as a disillusioned housewife who follows a bluejay into the forest, where she winds up going feral. She reemerges to go into a home where she encounters the YYY gang in a lounge before returning home and showing her puzzled husband a wilder side to her.
Watch the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs video for “Wolf” above.
Karen O spoke about the video saying:
It was our great fortune to collaborate with the powerhouses Allie and Brit on this video for ‘Wolf.’ Allie casts a spell with the gorgeous world she weaves- always with teeth that bite, and Brit embodies all the contradictions in the themes of ‘Wolf,’ so enamored with her performance that’s got as much heaven as it does hell. We were beside ourselves with excitement when Allie cast Brit as the lead in the video, YYYs are serious nerds for Severance, what luck when the stars align.
Allie Avital added about the idea behind the video:
‘Wolf’ has so much narrative built into the lyrics, and it was such a dream to delve into these themes of hunger, connection, and wildness. Britt Lower and I used a movement-based technique to play with the nuances of this character as she seeks various forms of connection and moves from feeling trapped to wild to rediscovering a new form of intimacy with her husband. As a director, it’s rare to find such open minded artists like Karen, Nick, and Brian and I’m so grateful they put so much trust in our creative process.
Video protagonist Britt Lower also shared via a press release:
When I heard the title of the song and description of the role were both ‘WOLF’ it was a full body ‘yes.’ To get to work on a story about a woman discovering the wild within and without was a dream. And to do so alongside legend Karen O….I mean, I’m speechless.
