Photos | Remi Wolf Packs Out Richmond With a Wild, Joyful Riot

by | Apr 27, 2025 | ELECTRONIC & EXPERIMENTAL, FUNK & JAZZ, PHOTOGRAPHY, POP & TOP 40, QUEER RVA

Last weekend in Richmond, Remi Wolf took Brown’s Island and didn’t give it back. Her sound doesn’t fit in a box — pop, funk, soul, indie — all smashed together and dragged through the dirt. Openly fluid, proudly weird, she’s built a world where you don’t ask permission to be yourself — you just are.

The music hit like a punch and a field full of people showed up loud and left louder. Wolf’s been carving out this space since You’re A Dog! and pushed it even further with Juno. She’s not aiming for perfect — she’s aiming for real. If you were there, you might have caught her right before the whole world catches on. Remember it: this is the good part.

Photographers Joey Wharton and Alex Burrus were there to document.

Main photo by Joey Wharton


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PHOTOS by JOey Wharton

PHOTOS by ALEX BURRUS

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