Lolawolf is an American R&B/electropop trio, formed by actress and singer Zoë Kravitz, keyboardist James Levy, and drummer/producer Jimmy Giannopoulos, based in Brooklyn, New York City. The band released the EP, Lolawolf, in February 2014, followed by the full-length album, Calm Down, in October 2014.
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Lolawolf is composed of frontwoman Kravitz, keyboardist James Levy, and drummer/producer Jimmy Giannopoulos (also from Pretty Good Dance Moves).Kravitz became friends with Levy and Giannopoulos, members of the band Reputante, while living in Brooklyn.They began collaborating on music and released the track “Wanna Have Fun” in May 2013.[4] Kravitz asked them to join her in Los Angeles while playing an anorexic in the independent film The Road Within, to help take her mind off the difficult role.The band began recording tracks at movie producer Bruce Cohen’s home studio in Hollywood at night. Cohen is Kravitz’s godfather. Actor and drummer Raviv Ullman was also a member from 2013–14.
Lolawolf debuted at Mercury Lounge in Manhattan 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.They rejected major label offers to release music with the independent label Innit Recordings through Kobalt Label Services, letting them retain creative control. Lolawolf released their debut album, Calm Down, in October 2014, which was recorded in the Bahamas and Las Vegas. Rapper A$AP Rocky appeared in the music video for the 2014 single, “Jimmy Franco”, and Miley Cyrus appeared in the video for the single, “Bitch”.
Lolawolf opened for Lily Allen, Warpaint, and Miley Cyrus, on the Australian leg of her Bangerz tour in late-2014.[12][1] They released the five track EP, Every Fuckin Day, on June 23, 2015. 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.