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Lolawolf

{{short description|American R&B and pop duo}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lolawolf

| image = Lolawolf 2014.jpg

| image_size =

| landscape = yes

| alt =

| caption = Lolawolf in 2014

| alias =

| origin = Brooklyn, New York City, United States

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| label = Innit Recordings

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL|lolawolf.com}}

| current_members = * Zoë Kravitz

  • Jimmy Giannopoulos

| past_members = * Raviv Ullman

}}

Lolawolf (styled as LOLAWOLF) is an American R&B and electropop duo, formed by actress and singer Zoë Kravitz and drummer and producer Jimmy Giannopoulos, based in Brooklyn, New York City. The band released the self-titled EP, Lolawolf in February 2014, a full-length album titled Calm Down in October 2014 followed by EP Every Fuckin Day in June 2015.

History

Lolawolf is composed of frontwoman Kravitz, and drummer, producer and film maker Jimmy Giannopoulos (also of MOTHXR and Pretty Good Dance Moves).{{cite web |first=Kim Taylor |last=Bennett |date=November 5, 2013 |url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/zo-kravitz-her-band-lolawolf-and-the-video-for-wanna-have-fun |title=Zoë Kravitz, Her Band Lolawolf, and Their Video For "Wanna Have Fun" |publisher=Noisey |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405003521/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/zo-kravitz-her-band-lolawolf-and-the-video-for-wanna-have-fun |url-status=live }} Kravitz became friends with Giannopoulos while living in Brooklyn. They began collaborating on music and released the track "Wanna Have Fun" in May 2013.{{cite web |date=September 17, 2013 |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/house-playlist-fka-twigs-lolawolf-beck-azealia-banks-katy-b-sleigh-bells-four-tet-ejecta |title=House Playlist: FKA twigs, Lolawolf, Beck, Azealia Banks, Katy B, Sleigh Bells, Four Tet, & Ejecta |publisher=Slant Magazine |accessdate=September 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906213050/http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/house-playlist-fka-twigs-lolawolf-beck-azealia-banks-katy-b-sleigh-bells-four-tet-ejecta |url-status=live }} Kravitz asked them to join her in Los Angeles while working on the independent film The Road Within, to help take her mind off the difficult role of playing an anorexic. The band began recording tracks at movie producer Bruce Cohen's home studio in Hollywood at night. Cohen is Kravitz's godfather.{{Cite news|date=February 5, 2014 |url=http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/lenny-kravitzs-actress-daughter-records-album-tracks-in-between-filming_42551637 |title=Lenny Kravitz's actress daughter records album tracks in between filming |publisher=WRTV |accessdate=September 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119091523/http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/lenny-kravitzs-actress-daughter-records-album-tracks-in-between-filming_42551637 |archivedate=November 19, 2015 }} Actor and drummer Raviv Ullman was a member from 2013 to 2014.{{Cite news |first=Victoria Dawson |last=Hoff |date=January 24, 2014 |title=I Was Very on Edge": Zoë Kravitz Explains Why Her New Band Lolawolf Came Together at Just the Right Time |magazine=Elle |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a18950/zoe-kravitz-lolawolf-interview/ |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915214906/http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a18950/zoe-kravitz-lolawolf-interview/ |url-status=live }}

Lolawolf debuted at Manhattan's Mercury Lounge in November 2013, and released the self-titled EP, Lolawolf, in February 2014. The band is named after Kravitz's half-siblings, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf, children of her mother, Lisa Bonet and step-father Jason Momoa.{{Cite news |first=Henry |last=Barnes |date=August 20, 2015 |title=Zoë Kravitz: 'Why do stories happen to white people and everyone else is a punchline?' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/20/zoe-kravitz-why-do-stories-happen-to-white-people-and-everyone-else-is-a-punchline |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=May 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525153056/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/20/zoe-kravitz-why-do-stories-happen-to-white-people-and-everyone-else-is-a-punchline |url-status=live }} They rejected major label offers to release music with the independent label Innit Recordings through Kobalt Label Services, letting them retain creative control.{{Cite news |first=Brooke |last=Mazurek |date=December 12, 2014 |title=This Is What Lolawolf Wears on Stage |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/is-what-lolawolf-wears-stage-747462 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 }} Lolawolf released their debut album, Calm Down, in October 2014, which was recorded in the Bahamas and Las Vegas.{{Cite news |first=Allison P |last=Davis |date=December 17, 2014 |title=Lolawolf: The Most DGAF Band on the Planet |magazine=New York Magazine |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/12/lolawolf-the-most-dgaf-band-on-the-planet.html |accessdate=September 20, 2015 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806012853/https://www.thecut.com/2014/12/lolawolf-the-most-dgaf-band-on-the-planet.html |url-status=live }} Rapper ASAP Rocky appeared in the video for the 2014 single, "Jimmy Franco".{{Cite web |first=Evan |last=Minsker |date=March 26, 2014 |title=Watch A$AP Rocky Flirt With Zoë Kravitz in Lolawolf's "Jimmy Franco" Video |publisher=Pitchfork Media |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/54508-watch-aap-rocky-flirt-with-zoe-kravitz-in-lolawolfs-jimmy-franco-video/ |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923035326/http://pitchfork.com/news/54508-watch-aap-rocky-flirt-with-zoe-kravitz-in-lolawolfs-jimmy-franco-video/ |url-status=live }}

Lolawolf opened for Lily Allen, Azealia Banks, Warpaint, and Miley Cyrus, for her shows in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as part of the Bangerz Tour in late 2014.{{Cite news |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |date=December 26, 2014 |title=Zoe Kravitz's Band Lolawolf Finds Its Bold, Sexy Electro-Pop Beat |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/zoe-kravitzs-band-lolawolf-finds-its-bold-sexy-electro-pop-beat-20141226 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=July 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707020834/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/zoe-kravitzs-band-lolawolf-finds-its-bold-sexy-electro-pop-beat-20141226 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |first=Marissa G. |last=Muller |title=Lolawolf Just Made the Most Unpredictable R&B Album of the Year |date=23 October 2014 |publisher=Noisey |url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/lolawolf-just-made-the-most-unpredictable-rb-album-of-the-year |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917082017/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/lolawolf-just-made-the-most-unpredictable-rb-album-of-the-year |url-status=live }} They released the five-track EP, Every Fuckin Day, on June 23, 2015.{{Cite news |first=Ashley |last=Monaé |date=June 23, 2015 |title=Premiere: Lolawolf 'everyf–ckinday' EP |magazine=Vibe |url=http://www.vibe.com/2015/06/lolawolf-everyfuckinday-ep/ |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084612/http://www.vibe.com/2015/06/lolawolf-everyfuckinday-ep/ |url-status=live }} They toured with Twin Shadow, and performed at Austin's South by Southwest, the Paris Afropunk, and Philadelphia's Made in America music festivals in 2015.{{Cite news |first=Joe |last=Coscarelli |date=March 16, 2015 |title=Paying a Price to Play at South by Southwest |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/arts/music/few-dollars-but-maybe-career-sense-for-struggling-bands-at-sxsw.html |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023154155/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/arts/music/few-dollars-but-maybe-career-sense-for-struggling-bands-at-sxsw.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones to Headline AfroPunk NYC |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/lenny-kravitz-lauryn-hill-grace-jones-to-headline-afropunk-nyc-20150602 |accessdate=September 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925231806/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/lenny-kravitz-lauryn-hill-grace-jones-to-headline-afropunk-nyc-20150602 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |first=Michael |last=Christopher |date=September 3, 2015 |title=Made in America Festival, summer's swan song, takes place this weekend in Philadelphia |newspaper=Delaware County Daily Times |url=http://www.delcotimes.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150903/made-in-america-festival-summers-swan-song-takes-place-this-weekend-in-philadelphia |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914192928/http://www.delcotimes.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150903/made-in-america-festival-summers-swan-song-takes-place-this-weekend-in-philadelphia |url-status=live }} In 2016, they appeared at Lollapalooza, released the song, "Teardrop", featuring Miley Cyrus, and were currently in the studio recording a follow-up to the EP Every Fuckin Day,{{cite news |first=Althea |last=Legaspi |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Hear Miley Cyrus' Eerie Vocals on Lolawolf's New 'Teardrop' Song |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-miley-cyrus-eerie-vocals-on-lolawolfs-teardrop-song-w430191 |accessdate=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812180818/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-miley-cyrus-eerie-vocals-on-lolawolfs-teardrop-song-w430191 |url-status=live }} reportedly titled Prom.{{cite tweet|number=695580911090274306|user=lolawolfband|title=The new Lolawolf album will be called "Prom". We WeRkiN on it now in LA. #prom |date=5 February 2016}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Details

! scope="col"| Track listing

scope="row"| Calm Down

|

  • Released: October 21, 2014
  • Label: Innit Recordings
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Lolawolf-Calm-Down/release/6579342 |title=Lolawolf - Calm Down |date=21 October 2014 |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123071635/https://www.discogs.com/Lolawolf-Calm-Down/release/6579342 |url-status=live }}

|

  1. "Calm Down"
  2. "Ayo"
  3. "Jimmy Franco"
  4. "Bitch"
  5. "Dirty Feeling"
  6. "Skipping Days"
  7. "What Love Is"
  8. "What's Up"
  9. "Stay With Me"
  10. "Start Now Stop"
  11. "Only You"
  12. "Take a Hint"
scope="row"| Tenderness

|

  • Released: July 3, 2020
  • Label: Innit Recordings
  • Format: Digital download{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - Tenderness by LOLAWOLF|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tenderness/1521224252|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=2020-07-03|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814060604/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tenderness/1521224252|url-status=live}}

|

  1. "Heart Attack"
  2. "Whole House"
  3. "Do Ya Think?"
  4. "Not Diana"
  5. "Tenderness"
  6. "Girl Crush"
  7. "It Was Real"

=EPs=

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! scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Details

! scope="col"| Track listing

scope="row"| Lolawolf

|

  • Released: February 4, 2014
  • Label: Innit Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download

|

  1. "Drive (Los Angeles)"
  2. "What Love Is"
  3. ”Too Lovely"
  4. "Chainz"
  5. "Wanna Have Fun"
scope="row"| Everyfuckinday

|

  • Released: June 23, 2015
  • Label: Innit Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download

|

  1. "Every Fuckin Day"
  2. "House Key"
  3. "Real4U"
  4. "Normally I Get"
  5. "Risky Business"

=Singles=

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! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:8em;" | Album

scope="row"| "Drive (Los Angeles)"

| rowspan="2"| 2013

| rowspan="2"| Lolawolf

scope="row"| "Wanna Have Fun"
scope="row"| "Jimmy Franco"

| rowspan="3"| 2014

| Calm Down

scope="row"| "Summertime"

| {{n/a}}

scope="row"| "AYO"

| Calm Down

scope="row"| "Every Fuckin Day"

| 2015

| Every Fuckin Day

"

! scope="row"| "Teardrop"

| 2016

| {{n/a}}

scope="row"| "Baby I'm Dyin'"

| 2017

| {{n/a}}

"

! scope="row"| "Not Diana"

| 2020

| Tenderness

Music videos

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Title

! Year

! Director(s)

! Ref

scope="row"| "Wanna Have Fun"

| rowspan="1"| 2013

| Jonathan Hoeg

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz3UQBM_p8w |title=Lolawolf - Wanna Have Fun (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=November 5, 2013 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819005219/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz3UQBM_p8w |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "What Love Is"

| rowspan="6"| 2014

| Jonathan Hoeg

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzGKRKmfyU |title=Lolawolf - What Love Is (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=January 7, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316180531/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzGKRKmfyU |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "Drive (Los Angeles)"

| Jordan Harkins

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkMlfUPfEk |title=Lolawolf - Drive (Los Angeles) (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=March 9, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207204854/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkMlfUPfEk |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "Jimmy Franco"

| Jonathan Hoeg

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_-IVEZwcU |title=Lolawolf - Jimmy Franco (Official Video ftr A$AP Rocky) |publisher=YouTube |date=March 26, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911042101/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_-IVEZwcU |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "Summertime"

|

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbzVQm5z8I |title=Lolawolf - Summertime |publisher=YouTube |date=July 8, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806012958/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbzVQm5z8I |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "AYO"

| Trouble Andrew

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYekhopaJCU |title=Lolawolf - AYO (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=October 6, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809011012/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYekhopaJCU |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "Calm Down"

| Jonathan Hoeg

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubUrFOfYFzs |title=Lolawolf - Calm Down (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=November 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816141222/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubUrFOfYFzs |url-status=live }}

scope="row"| "Bitch"

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| Trouble Andrew

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb2mxwLUYrI |title=Lolawolf - Bitch |publisher=Vevo |date=May 4, 2015 |accessdate=September 19, 2015}}

scope="row"| "Every Fuckin Day"

| Trouble Andrew

| {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMZmw-1wj5Q |title=Lolawolf - Every Fuckin Day |publisher=Vevo |date=June 1, 2015 |accessdate=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809013231/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMZmw-1wj5Q |url-status=live }}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.lolawolf.com}}

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