The band began in 2010, initially as a solo project of Ellie Rowsell, with the name taken from a short story by Angela Carter. She was joined by guitarist Joff Oddie and later by Joel Amey and Theo Ellis. They released a self-titled EP, Wolf Alice in 2012 as well as a single called "Leaving You" which gained airplay from BBC Radio 1 and featured in NME's 'Radar' section.
They then toured with Peace, recorded a session for Huw Stephens' Radio 1 show in January, and released their first physical single "Fluffy" in February 2013 on the Chess Club label. Their second single "Bros", released in May, is about friendship and is one of the first songs Rowsell wrote and the band usually played it during their early stages.
2017–2020: Visions of a Life, Mercury Prize Win
In June 2017, Wolf Alice released the lead single "Yuk Foo" off their second studio album, Visions of a Life. They released three more singles, "Don't Delete the Kisses", "Beautifully Unconventional", and "Heavenward", before the release of their album on 28 September. In 2018, they also released "Formidable Cool", "Sadboy" and "Space & Time" as singles from the album.
In September 2018, the band won the Mercury Prize for their album Visions of a Life
2021–present: Blue Weekend
On 15 February 2021, the band's website was updated to show a looping video of an eye, with the heading "The Last Man on Earth". On 22 February 2021, the band announced that their single "The Last Man on Earth" would be released on 24 February 2021, and would debut on Annie Mac's show on BBC Radio 1. The release of the single was backed by the announcement of their third studio album, Blue Weekend, which was released on 4 June 2021. The second single from the album, "Smile", was released on 20 April 2021.
Blue Weekend received widespread critical acclaim, and was nominated for the 2021 Mercury Prize. On release, music publication The Forty-Five called Blue Weekend "a ballsy idyll of feeling: the sound of a band satisfying themselves rather than proving themselves, and completely filling the space they’ve carved out over the years."
Wolf Alice won the 2022 Brit Award for Group of the Year.
On October 29th 2021, the band released Blue Weekend: Tour Deluxe which includes four live versions of tracks from the album ('Smile', 'How Can I Make it OK', 'Safe From Heartbreak', and 'The Last Man on Earth') as well as a live cover of 'Bobby' by Alex G.
On 5 May 2022, the band released a lullaby version of "The Last Man on Earth" as a single and announced Blue Lullaby, an EP featuring reworked lullaby versions of five tracks from Blue Weekend, which was subsequently released on 24 June 2022. During the summer of 2022, the band played 17 shows supporting Harry Styles' Love On Tour, the first date in Hamburg on the 26th of June and the last show in Lisbon on the 31st of July.
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Safe From Heartbreak
Wolf Alice Lyrics
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To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording
When you told me you're leaving
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing (I ain't a player)
To make life exciting (life just falls short)
You fucked with my feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording (there are no words)
When you told me you're leaving
Not sure what I believe in
But I'll be safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
The lyrics of Wolf Alice's song "Safe From Heartbreak" speak of the vulnerability and complexity of love and relationships. The singer asserts that she is not a mere plaything for someone to use for their own amusement, but a person with feelings that deserve respect and consideration. However, she also acknowledges the danger of heartbreak and suggests that it might be safer to avoid falling in love altogether than risk getting hurt.
The repetition of the phrase "safe from heartbreak" throughout the song highlights the fear and caution that often accompany romantic relationships. The verses describe a sense of confusion and uncertainty, with the singer questioning the honesty and sincerity of her partner's words and struggling to reconcile her own emotions of hurt and disappointment. The chorus offers a glimmer of hope, encouraging listeners to "look beyond your wall" and take risks in love, even if it means bending their own rules.
Overall, "Safe From Heartbreak" is a poignant exploration of the joys and pitfalls of relationships, and the courage it takes to open oneself up to the possibility of love.
Line by Line Meaning
I ain't a play thing
I am not an object to be used for someone's amusement
To make life exciting
To create some temporary thrill and excitement in someone's life
I have feelings
I am capable of being hurt by others' actions, and I experience emotions just like everyone else
Safe from heartbreak
I am guarded against the pain and emotional turmoil that comes with falling in love, in order to protect myself
If I never fall in love
If I don't allow myself to become emotionally invested in someone else
As weak as your wording
Your words were not strong enough to convey the full extent of the pain you caused me
When you told me you're leaving
When you informed me that you would be leaving, ending our relationship
Like you don't have feelings
As if you are unaffected by the pain and emotions involved in ending a relationship
Look beyond your wall
Expand your perspective and consider viewpoints beyond your own
Bend your own rules
Be willing to make exceptions and deviate from your usual practices in order to grow and change
See how far you fall
Experience the consequences of your actions, even if they result in negative outcomes
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
Because ultimately, experiencing pain and difficulty is a part of life and can be survived
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ellen Rowsell, Jonathan Oddie
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Big Daddy
Dabbling in the ministry of magic , will cause your closet loved ones , too become deathly sic or die tragically.
I hope this isn’t the case,,
I hope she gets out of her bathroom and gets ahold of me.. And finds herself, walking alone” with a guide , in the blue ridge mountains as she will have a new perspective on her life and other people she cares about lives.
She needs the blue ridge mountain parkway in western North Carolina to meet her halfway.
If she don’t know the way. I’ll happily have a guide take her there and back safely.
She will come out of this experience , being one with nature , for a couple hours , she will come out a stronger and more clear headed woman (not that she isn’t already ) it will only make her stronge. All of her questions (or how ever , deep and dark they maybe ) or how year glowingly heavenly bright the might be , finding the true meaning about the world we can see, and the world we can’t see. That world that’s right next to us, only in a different dimension, they dimension were you get all your gut feeling from. , for lack of a better word, you will find your beautiful guardian angel .
Everything question you had and never though it would be answered, in your thoughts everything you said done done will become relevant to her or you.
We,, (She) will find the purpose for her life. I’m mean her other purpose. We know her music , is one of the main purposes of her / your beautiful life. We have 3 purposes in life .
Many people don’t ever uncover what they are. Some do. Threw my many experience’s of making a lot of mistakes in my life so far. I understand that for most people , who live life with an open mind. And a willingness to see beyond the clouds and the hectic day to day like vex some of us might have , some might see there window , and Abel to look in threw, the pane staind hallway that might be to congested to walk threw in most days. We can take a look at all the collected feelings that are filling up our hallways. We all have that preverbal hallway that we can seem to reach the end of it to walk three the open door that’s waiting for me /her/us to star looking at everything that’s blocking are way to the room you Havnt been able to reach in a long time. That room , at the end of our hall way. We look at each item and deal with it. either we put it on a storage unit for a date in the future. Or we just toss them into the roaring fire that I’ve lit for you/ me/ us. For her to trough the literal fire. We will write down the junk in our hall way that needs to be physically burned in the fire pit. So it can be finally taken care of properly. Words that are written in your own hand writing. Describing that items that blocked your way down the long and dark lonely hall way of life.
In the evening, once o start a warm glowing radiant fire, the flickering light bouncing all over our faces , take you a pad and paper , get your favorite pencil. Or pen . And wright down the one thing in your hallway that you wish more than anything else was gone. How would that make you feel? If it some how disappeared,, would any empty place in side your chest feel full again? You will be amazed in how different you will feel when this is all said and done. They best time to do this is early fall. Before the snow comes , but yes , leave the black magic alone . And come feeling my white energy , let our energy’s charge each other’s energy..✌🏼
Once you written the words down in pencil on paper , after you written down, how the items made you upset, uneasy, scared, nervous, desperation, depressed. Write down how it block you from being the white light you were always men’t to be. How did this obstacle get stuck in your way. Did you put it there or did someone else put it right in fount of our open door. 💕✌🏼.
I’m totally serious. What I have in mind, won’t be to tiresome . It will be a positive thing. Essentially for me , Because it’s been a long time since I took a deep hard look at myself and at the world around me. And really understand why , I need to clean my hallway out. It’s a different way to heal. It’s a different way to get to know yourself again lord knows , and learn about someone you never laid eyes on before , finding a true friend or friends.
it’s easy to fall into the hard life and fast pace of New York City. And become hard after enough time living in the city that never sleeps . You need to leave that life for a while. Even if it’s for just a couple days .( California is a state that you should probably only visit once in a while ,, It’s hard to sometimes pick yourself back up after living a slow relax life in California that will make you soft and become competitive, with the rich ones that have more substances then you. In the long run , you some day just may burn out or should I say fade away , maybe you should leave before California makes you to soft. Leave before people start telling you how much better then they are then you. ✌🏼
Fontana Lake is beautiful , a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National ForestMain purpose. and a stronger bonding of herself and new friend.. please someone that knows this lead singer girl. Will you kindly pass this message along to her. And also tell her , when ever she finally desires to go , find herself and find a new love for life and fellow men and women , the opportunity is her , and I would reschedule my calendar so she will have plenty of time to finally breath , to finally feel free. And to know. She will be never alone anymore if she chooses to except my offer .. I don’t know her at all. But my gut is telling me , that she needs this , more than she knows. It will be a serine and clean. Crisp and new out look of things she probably have never thought of or even realized before about herself and her loved “ ones “ ..
if she says yes. Then we need to prepare yourself “ ourselves” for an amazing possible energy transfer . That will leave whoever who desides to ride to , The western North Carolina’s 8 mile. The words and lyrics will pour from you. When your finish , and step back into society grip. You will beable to loosen the worlds hold (grip) on you (her). The thought of this really happening. Is filling my body with pure white energy. And I need to share. Everyone who goes , should expect a different person , that will return from the blue ridge mountain . We leave are black energy and vibes behind and like God deal with them. So I hope she can hold off on anymore magic. Before it harms her closest loves. Please have her respond to this message. Leave a not on one of my video I have on my page. That way i be sure to get it. Youtube don’t like telling me anything when some one leaves me a message. Thanks for listening to me ramble on about the blue ridge. But to be honest. It don’t end at the blue ridge park way. We need to take a short ride , an hour and a half give or take ... to a friend that has these beautiful cabins , that over looks the man made Fontana lakes reservoir . I went up there for 3 days. Just being in a different environment . With the most stunning view from the out stretched front porch. Made me feel I was actually living in the photographs of Fontana lake , I was looking at before I went. The picture don’t do it justice. The perfect time to go is when it’s cloudy at night and into the early mornings light. The clear up threw out the whole next day. It made me think of what a masterpiece it was and loved how it made me think of was an awesome artist and poet our creator is .. I say poet. Because it was like I actually was thinking of this Beauty of a place I was looking down in, that it felt like I was in a different dimension , I can here in my mind , in the most beautiful Music being played on , these unusual instruments , many of the instruments I’ve never seen before or heard before. One of them gave me the sense that it was being played with hollow rocks that gave out different frequencies that hit the exact spot in your soul, that you need. ( or I should say, I needed) it was a feeling that if I were to say I’m sorry or I forgive you. That it would be a great burden that it has been lifted from your heart and soul and thrown back up into the universe , so that our maker can fix this for me .. (or you). Serenity can be achieved. With an open mind, and that natural light that always shines from your eyes, before it gets to dull. (Life has a way of sucking your energy Dry,). You can have your preverbal Rebirth And found only in North Carolina and boarders gets Tennessee.
This is were fantana lake reservoir and dam is. Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National Forest
Please tell the singer to respond to me ,,, ✌🏼. The year is half over soon. In like 2 days. Stay safe my friend. And don’t forget to love one another 💕
bubanik
Lyrics:
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording
When you told me you're leaving
Like you don't have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing (I ain't a player)
To make life exciting (life just falls short)
You fucked with my feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording (there are no words)
When you told me you're leaving
Not sure what I believe in
But I'll be safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Big Daddy
I like to read the lyrics when listening to the song. Here’s the lyrics for the people who are like me,, ✌🏼.
Lyrics
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording
When you told me you're leaving
Like you don't have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing (I ain't a player)
To make life exciting (life just falls short)
You fucked with my feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording (there are no words)
When you told me you're leaving
Not sure what I believe in
But I'll be safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love...
❤️
Clara
They are about to enter the ministry of magic
shan
Cackling 😭😭
Amra Sheriffdeen
ROFL😂😂
Big Daddy
Dabbling in the ministry of magic , will cause your closet loved ones , too become deathly sic or die tragically.
I hope this isn’t the case,,
I hope she gets out of her bathroom and gets ahold of me.. And finds herself, walking alone” with a guide , in the blue ridge mountains as she will have a new perspective on her life and other people she cares about lives.
She needs the blue ridge mountain parkway in western North Carolina to meet her halfway.
If she don’t know the way. I’ll happily have a guide take her there and back safely.
She will come out of this experience , being one with nature , for a couple hours , she will come out a stronger and more clear headed woman (not that she isn’t already ) it will only make her stronge. All of her questions (or how ever , deep and dark they maybe ) or how year glowingly heavenly bright the might be , finding the true meaning about the world we can see, and the world we can’t see. That world that’s right next to us, only in a different dimension, they dimension were you get all your gut feeling from. , for lack of a better word, you will find your beautiful guardian angel .
Everything question you had and never though it would be answered, in your thoughts everything you said done done will become relevant to her or you.
We,, (She) will find the purpose for her life. I’m mean her other purpose. We know her music , is one of the main purposes of her / your beautiful life. We have 3 purposes in life .
Many people don’t ever uncover what they are. Some do. Threw my many experience’s of making a lot of mistakes in my life so far. I understand that for most people , who live life with an open mind. And a willingness to see beyond the clouds and the hectic day to day like vex some of us might have , some might see there window , and Abel to look in threw, the pane staind hallway that might be to congested to walk threw in most days. We can take a look at all the collected feelings that are filling up our hallways. We all have that preverbal hallway that we can seem to reach the end of it to walk three the open door that’s waiting for me /her/us to star looking at everything that’s blocking are way to the room you Havnt been able to reach in a long time. That room , at the end of our hall way. We look at each item and deal with it. either we put it on a storage unit for a date in the future. Or we just toss them into the roaring fire that I’ve lit for you/ me/ us. For her to trough the literal fire. We will write down the junk in our hall way that needs to be physically burned in the fire pit. So it can be finally taken care of properly. Words that are written in your own hand writing. Describing that items that blocked your way down the long and dark lonely hall way of life.
In the evening, once o start a warm glowing radiant fire, the flickering light bouncing all over our faces , take you a pad and paper , get your favorite pencil. Or pen . And wright down the one thing in your hallway that you wish more than anything else was gone. How would that make you feel? If it some how disappeared,, would any empty place in side your chest feel full again? You will be amazed in how different you will feel when this is all said and done. They best time to do this is early fall. Before the snow comes , but yes , leave the black magic alone . And come feeling my white energy , let our energy’s charge each other’s energy..✌🏼
Once you written the words down in pencil on paper , after you written down, how the items made you upset, uneasy, scared, nervous, desperation, depressed. Write down how it block you from being the white light you were always men’t to be. How did this obstacle get stuck in your way. Did you put it there or did someone else put it right in fount of our open door. 💕✌🏼.
I’m totally serious. What I have in mind, won’t be to tiresome . It will be a positive thing. Essentially for me , Because it’s been a long time since I took a deep hard look at myself and at the world around me. And really understand why , I need to clean my hallway out. It’s a different way to heal. It’s a different way to get to know yourself again lord knows , and learn about someone you never laid eyes on before , finding a true friend or friends.
it’s easy to fall into the hard life and fast pace of New York City. And become hard after enough time living in the city that never sleeps . You need to leave that life for a while. Even if it’s for just a couple days .( California is a state that you should probably only visit once in a while ,, It’s hard to sometimes pick yourself back up after living a slow relax life in California that will make you soft and become competitive, with the rich ones that have more substances then you. In the long run , you some day just may burn out or should I say fade away , maybe you should leave before California makes you to soft. Leave before people start telling you how much better then they are then you. ✌🏼
Fontana Lake is beautiful , a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National ForestMain purpose. and a stronger bonding of herself and new friend.. please someone that knows this lead singer girl. Will you kindly pass this message along to her. And also tell her , when ever she finally desires to go , find herself and find a new love for life and fellow men and women , the opportunity is her , and I would reschedule my calendar so she will have plenty of time to finally breath , to finally feel free. And to know. She will be never alone anymore if she chooses to except my offer .. I don’t know her at all. But my gut is telling me , that she needs this , more than she knows. It will be a serine and clean. Crisp and new out look of things she probably have never thought of or even realized before about herself and her loved “ ones “ ..
if she says yes. Then we need to prepare yourself “ ourselves” for an amazing possible energy transfer . That will leave whoever who desides to ride to , The western North Carolina’s 8 mile. The words and lyrics will pour from you. When your finish , and step back into society grip. You will beable to loosen the worlds hold (grip) on you (her). The thought of this really happening. Is filling my body with pure white energy. And I need to share. Everyone who goes , should expect a different person , that will return from the blue ridge mountain . We leave are black energy and vibes behind and like God deal with them. So I hope she can hold off on anymore magic. Before it harms her closest loves. Please have her respond to this message. Leave a not on one of my video I have on my page. That way i be sure to get it. Youtube don’t like telling me anything when some one leaves me a message. Thanks for listening to me ramble on about the blue ridge. But to be honest. It don’t end at the blue ridge park way. We need to take a short ride , an hour and a half give or take ... to a friend that has these beautiful cabins , that over looks the man made Fontana lakes reservoir . I went up there for 3 days. Just being in a different environment . With the most stunning view from the out stretched front porch. Made me feel I was actually living in the photographs of Fontana lake , I was looking at before I went. The picture don’t do it justice. The perfect time to go is when it’s cloudy at night and into the early mornings light. The clear up threw out the whole next day. It made me think of what a masterpiece it was and loved how it made me think of was an awesome artist and poet our creator is .. I say poet. Because it was like I actually was thinking of this Beauty of a place I was looking down in, that it felt like I was in a different dimension , I can here in my mind , in the most beautiful Music being played on , these unusual instruments , many of the instruments I’ve never seen before or heard before. One of them gave me the sense that it was being played with hollow rocks that gave out different frequencies that hit the exact spot in your soul, that you need. ( or I should say, I needed) it was a feeling that if I were to say I’m sorry or I forgive you. That it would be a great burden that it has been lifted from your heart and soul and thrown back up into the universe , so that our maker can fix this for me .. (or you). Serenity can be achieved. With an open mind, and that natural light that always shines from your eyes, before it gets to dull. (Life has a way of sucking your energy Dry,). You can have your preverbal Rebirth And found only in North Carolina and boarders gets Tennessee.
This is were fantana lake reservoir and dam is. Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National Forest
Please tell the singer to respond to me ,,, ✌🏼. The year is half over soon. In like 2 days. Stay safe my friend. And don’t forget to love one another 💕
Aarti Gupta
https://youtu.be/y4ayRewr104
Aliuros
You have no idea how much I'm laughing
Mudit Chauhan
As If there weren't reasons enough already to love this album, Wolf Alice keeps giving us these aesthetically beautiful music videos to top the wonderful music
As long time Wolf Alice fans, last few weeks with the new album and music videos have been nothing short of absolute freaking awesome
chrislox1
Listening to this track on headphones is like having your soul being kissed by angels.
bubanik
Lyrics:
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording
When you told me you're leaving
Like you don't have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing (I ain't a player)
To make life exciting (life just falls short)
You fucked with my feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
As weak as your wording (there are no words)
When you told me you're leaving
Not sure what I believe in
But I'll be safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Look beyond your wall
Bend your own rules
See how far you fall
'Cause I bet it won't kill you
I ain't a play thing
To make life exciting
I have feelings
Safe from heartbreak
If I never fall in love
Aarti Gupta
https://youtu.be/y4ayRewr104