Enter the Wild with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in Their New Video for “Wolf”

Severance’s Britt Lower stars in the visual from the band’s new album Cool It Down.

Enter the Wild with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in Their New Video for “Wolf”

Severance’s Britt Lower stars in the visual from the band’s new album Cool It Down.

Words: Mike LeSuer

October 31, 2022

A month ago, Yeah Yeah Yeahs made a triumphant return with their fifth studio album and first release in nearly a decade, Cool It Down. While the record is steeped in elements of horror—born as it was as the result of the pandemic and all the anxieties that came flooding up to the surface during those early months—the track “Wolf” stands out as a worthy candidate for any Halloween playlist. Today they’re further building a case for the song’s spooky themes with an Allie Avital–directed music video that feels particularly seasonal due both to its subject matter and its star, who you may recognize from a recent TV series dealing in a very different kind of horror. 

“When I heard the title of the song and description of the role were both ‘Wolf’ it was a full-body ‘yes,’” shared Severance star Britt Lower, who becomes increasingly wolf-like as the new visual progresses. “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.”

“We were beside ourselves with excitement when Allie cast Brit as the lead in the video,” Karen O added of the collaboration. “YYYs are serious nerds for Severance—what luck when the stars align.”

The video arrives alongside a new remix from the track courtesy of Boys Noize—watch the visual below, and stream the remix here.