Liquor Store

* Liquor Store
* Juno

"**Liquor Store**" is the lead single designated for American singer-songwriter Remi Wolf's debut album, *Juno*. Released on the 20th of July, featuring the virtual production of both Wolf and Solomonophonic. Its official music video premiered on July 21st, 2021, at 3:00 PM EST.

## Song Leakage

* July 19th, 2021 - A snippet is posted to Remi's socials.
* July 20th, 2021 - A visual snippet is posted to Remi's Instagram Stories.

## Background

On July 18th, 2021, a fan accidently discovered a video in the database of Remi Wolf's website. The video consisted of a building labeled "Liquor Store" on top of a hill plastered with grass. Stepping stones led up to building, whilst the surrounding sky teemed with clouds. The fan continued to ask about the video in a Discord server, at the time, Remi saw the question and replied, telling the fan to check her Instagram. On her Instagram, Remi had posted the same exact video, the only difference being a snippet of an upcoming track was included in the post. With this, Remi also changed her profile picture from the previous "Liz" cover art image. The following day, Remi's website displayed "'*LIQUOR STORE' OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON 7/20*" with a button below entitled *"PRE-SAVE NOW"*. Clicking on the link would result in a redirection to the project's pre-save page. Remi later announced the upcoming release of the item on all of her socials along with the reveal of the cover art. Less than an hour later, the single's feature and premiere on BBC Radio 1 was mentioned in an Instagram post.

### Journal Entry

On July 21st, 2022, exactly a year after the initial release of "Liquor Store", Remi infiltrated an activity she had not yet acted upon. In celebration of the track's anniversary, she had posted a journal entry to fess her thoughts surrounding her music career, virality, and the process of rising to where she is today.

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> *Hello people. Remi here. I have never done this before. Write a public journal entry or whatever one may call this thing, but I gotta start somewhere. It has officially been a year since Liquor Store was released. And what a crazy, magical, and brutal one it's been. They are not lying when they say that time flies. [Haha.] The ways I've changed since last July are kinda unfathomable. The number of shows my body has lovingly and ungracefully carried me through (70, to be exact) is just nuts. The amount of screeching hot bubbling love I have received from so many of you beautiful people across all corners and crevices of this tiny massive world is so overwhelming. I am so grateful. I am also extremely exhausted. It's been a long ass year. I'm here to talk about [the conception of "Liquor Store"] and [the single's] birthday. But [for] you to understand the full picture, I owe you some context. 2020 was obviously a very psychotic year for a lot of reasons, but the beginning of my 2020 was pretty jumbled. I signed my record deal in February. And then the world immediately shut down. And then quickly released* I'm Allergic To Dogs! *in the height of covid lockdown and fear. And soon after that, "Photo ID" became a TikTok hit and [etc], my career was a career all [of a] sudden. As all this was going on, I was un-shockingly confused and overwhelmed. I was also drinking a lot and had been drinking a lot for a long while. But there was something about being alone in my house with nothing but time and my brain that made me question, well, kinda everything. [So] in a grand Hail Mary to save [me] and my budding career, I quickly sent myself off to rehab, got sober, and four months later came back to LA to immediately start writing my debut record. Yeehaw, baby. Let's rock. "Liquor Store" was the first song I wrote back in Los Angeles. And it was written mid-mental break. There's something about being four months sober where everything starts to get [really] real. Too real. It was four like all that shit I had been ignoring for years now was following me around in plain sight, instead of watching me from behind a dumpster. Anyone who has gone through early sobriety I'm sure can relate to this feeling. You are being stalked by your past and neuroses and there is no easy escape anymore. You gotta kinda just accept that life is hard. And then live life. Anyway, looking back on it, the beginning of the day I wrote "Liquor Store" [was] some of the worst but most necessary hours I've pretty much ever lived through. I was staying in an [Airbnb] in Silver Lake, alone, having some sort of episode, completely unable to control my emotions, despite having a therapist try to talk me down. I called Jared, hysterical, and told him I wanted to come over and record. He was down, so, I went over, he already had a bit of an idea built out, I think maybe bass, drums, and guitar. I freestyled the chorus about 30 seconds after walking through the door (I'm not kidding) and just like that (hehe, "Sex and the City" vibes), in a matter of 4 hours, we pretty much had finished the song and production. And it's a banger. I have still never been so proud of a song. It was so real, overflowing with energy and feeling. After we finished, my hurt ... eased a bit. I emerged out the other end feeling good and accomplished. I had more understanding of what I was going through and why my emotions were so out of whack. And I was grateful that [at] that moment, music saved me from so much ache. It was that day I ... started to understand on a deep level the healing power that making music has on me and how much I need it. I carry that knowledge with me still. If I am hurting, I just need to write a song, and I'll feel at least 50% better, which is pretty good. Luckily over the next two days, the hot streak continued. [I] and Jared wrote "Anthony Keidis", "Grumpy Old Man" and ["wyd"] all with [the] same explosiveness as we had "Liquor Store". A true creative dream. I am proud. But it's wild to think about how much pain I was in at the time. Annoying how that works. In Liquor Store, I obviously touch on my struggles with alcohol addiction. I was sober ... throughout the Juno writing process. Addiction and sobriety have become a large part of what I think about [daily]. It has been and probably will continue to be a major struggle for me in my life. I haven't been completely sober for the past year since the release of Liquor Store and ... a while I was ashamed of that. But just like life, sobriety is a winding, dirty, [non-linear] journey. And I'm happy that I am open and willing enough to share some of my struggles in my songs and ... writing. Not only because [of] the possibility that someone out there may be able to relate to my experience and feel a bit more understood, but the opportunity it gives me to understand myself better. Songs are a magical little portal into the exact people, places, and things that were going on at that time of your life. So thank you songs and thank you "Liquor Store" to getting me to where I am today! Ok, I'm done being sappy and weird. Until next time. Happy [first] birthday, "Liquor Store"! I love you. I love me. And I love you.*
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> *If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse — you are not alone. ... Call +1 (800) 950-6264 or visit NAMI.org for more resources.*
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> Remi Wolf, via Instagram
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## Theme

On July 20th, 2021, Remi revealed in a BBC Sounds interview that the song was about overcoming a drug/alcohol addiction in the midst of the pandemic.

## Lyrical Similarities

* "'Cause you like getting in bed with the enemy" is thematically similar to "Slept With A Monster".

## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**

You can go if you want to

But you know my mind will be walking a tight rope

'Cause you like having sex like an animal

And I keep thinking you're running away from

**[Verse 1]**

You got an ice cream cone on your leg mother fucker

I got two fish kissing on my clit mother fucker

I got headaches on headaches on headaches all day

But the handshakes are chasing my troubles away

**[Verse 2]**

I'm a thrift store baddie with my booty on the sink

I'm a shitty ex-nanny with my marbles on the brink

Spillin' all over the carpet, the kitchen floor

You clean them up with a mop and the liquor store

**[Bridge]**

Liquor store, 'cause I want more, carnivore

Eating my heart out, liquor store

'Cause I always want more walking into the liquor store

Into the liquor store

'Cause I always want more walking into the liquor store

**[Verse 3]**

Got a fire in my lungs and my legs keep runnin'

And the headlock, knocked up, babies keep comin'

And the fantasy, what that we

Keep makin' up, keep fuckin' up

Keep dreamin' up, keep talkin' bout

Oo oo oo

**[Verse 4]**

We got short legs, long legs

Everybody big legs

2 4 6 8 who do we appreciate?

You mother fucker, you-you mother fucker

You mother fucker, you-you mother fucker

**[Chorus]**

You can go if you want to

But you know my mind will be walking a tight rope

'Cause you like having sex like an animal

And I keep thinking you're running away from me

I'm three steps ahead of you

And now I'm waking up to a nightmare

'Cause you like getting in bed with the enemy

And I keep thinking you're running away, aye

**[Outro]**

Running away, hey

Running away, hey

Running away, hey

Running away, hey

## Gallery

* Behind the Scenes

@raganhenderson / IG@raganhenderson / IG
## Trivia

* Remi posted a snippet of the song on TikTok,[?] although the video was later taken down for copyright as TikTok's Content ID system recognized the song was unreleased.
* This is the first song Remi performs the drums in.
* To celebrate the release, on July 20th, 2021, Remi had a picnic with some of her friends. A "Liquor Store"-themed cake was also featured as the dessert.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/remiwolf/status/1417535764858949641
2. ↑ **Instagram**: https://www.instagram.com/p/CReyou8lthc/
**Twitter**: https://twitter.com/remiwolf/status/1416850320005632001
**TikTok**: https://www.tiktok.com/@remiwolf/video/6986360401260711174
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhDB4KF28F/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhKiMhlMfq/
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSPKdiJZ7B/
6. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@remiwolf/video/6986360401260711174
7. ↑ File:RemiOnDaDrums2.png250px
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