Torii Wolf
Breathy, simultaneously soaring and delicate, Torii Wolf’s voice has been described as “reminiscent of a Bjork” by her producer, DJ Premier, whose “weird, wicked style” provides the emotional thread to the famed DJ’s hip-hop tracks. Wolf is the first female artist whose album he produced in full, a point of profound pride for Wolf. It’s something of a breakout for the New York native, who swapped coasts to make music in California, and whose latest project has brought her back east. “I try to stay out of the way, mostly,” she says of her writing process now. “I’m trying to honor the fact that I might be a portal for this other power coming through—like a messenger or vessel. What I do like to do is let go and channel myself into this place of vulnerability—that may or may not be my own. It helps having compassion and being close with other human beings.” Her work, she says, is a message for the LGBT community “in the way of how special it feels to create a platform for expression and connection in some of the darkest and brightest of times.” Wolf encourages her LGBT listeners “to remember to be fluid. We are water in love, in life.” —SJ
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