Wolf Alice - Smile (Mercury Prize 2021)

Wolf Alice perform Smile at The Mercury Prize 2021. UK viewers can watch more from the Mercury Prize 2021 on BBC iPlayer

[@estevezalexa]

I love them so so much. they so deserve to win

[@brinkybrinkz]

I like them too, this is a cool sounding song. Rock On!

[@user-pq1js1bz6h]

Every different video of this song I see it seems to get better and better!

[@snookerwither9955]

The new members mean the instrumental and especially the vocal harmonies sound amazing

[@OBear07]

they give every performance a little something extra. such a great band

[@matthewwoodgate8384]

@@snookerwither9955 the other female singer is Izzy Phillips from a band called Black Honey and she also appears in some of the stunning pool sessions videos

[@sarahgarratt6235]

The intro is so bouncy and rocky loved this performance

[@EllieAngharad91]

Love them and love Smile but I so wish they'd played Lipstick on the Glass instead

[@maebrando]

True! It’s my favorite song from the album but for some reason they don’t play it live.

[@steadyrhythms9571]

definitely agree, to be fair though smile is their most popular song on spotify right now and lipstick on the glass is like 7th, but lipstick on the glass is my favorite song off the album for sure, it blows my mind quite a bit.

[@inanothercrap7812]

Damn true

[@NancyinNYC]

I so wish she'd been able to sing, "But that isn't fucking relevant."

[@Cupidssatan]

@@maebrando I’m pretty sure they do at their concerts,

[@paulnickson8734]

Top notch performance by the entire band. Lots of people focus on the drums (rightly so) and Ellie's vocals (flawless), but let's not forget Theo's bass playing. He always looks like he's having the time of his life.

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

I love Joel's epic drum fill on this song!

[@miguelmonroygarzon]

Ellie looks like Nancy Wilson in this performance, i love it. You guys rock, since My Love is Cool until Blue Weekend, and all that come in the future, i love Wolf Alice, thanks for all

[@mishatomskovich7103]

Wolf Alice rebooting musical tastes.. timeless sounds

[@niallq8447]

Great band. We need more wolf Alice please.

[@punkchan]

im obsessed with this band

[@es2056]

Joel Amey is the best drummer I have heard since Jim Gordon. And that's going way back to the sixties and seventies.

[@VIDS2013]

He is awesome--like a great jazz drummer. Really nice guy, too.

[@louierichards1207]

She’s beyond cool

[@pulvi3329]

For me, Currently the best British band around at this time.

[@theempire00]

Nah man.. Oasis

[@trevorcoop001]

Brilliant band, proper music, all their songs are great & this is the best rock song in a long while!

[@EllieVieira95]

What a beautiful woman!!!!!!!!!! This hair looks great on her! They're all so handsome! (special mention to Joel hahahaha ♥)

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Most superficial comment ever.

[@EllieVieira95]

@@guitaristssuck8979 You suck! So a person can't make a cumpliment anymore...? I always make comments about their awesome song!

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@EllieVieira95 what a snowflake

[@bassmeisterful]

@@guitaristssuck8979 Well, there’s always your tag...

[@guitaristssuck8979]

@@bassmeisterful sounds revengeful

[@martinblache3944]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@whoisjue]

this song is pure gold

[@wmanadeau7860]

They just keep getting better, outstanding!

[@manolocorp]

Who else liked the video in the first 5 seconds?? Wolf Alice is the BEST band around, period.

[@thislife3655]

Five seconds, before we realised that was the actual song 😂.

[@jmborne]

Aaaahhhh....

[@amangogna68]

Great music and amazing band !

[@leofriel4556]

This song reminds me of Ride - leave them behind

[@davidovics92]

then i'm pretty sure you haven't heard that song yet

[@markarend8226]

She is a god damn goodness from outer space,💯

[@SamilSukru]

Band is on fire 🤟

[@stefanonappa294]

What a Band! 👏👏👏👏🎸🥁🎤🩱🍾

[@mlenamendoza11]

Amazing performance as always!!! 🖤💙🖤💙

[@denisefreitas6727]

Amazing performance!

[@soonerk5]

They are getting better. As an oldster, I love seeing this quality and genre being produced today.

[@felipeceballos5624]

Magníficas sonido potente

[@gildamartina31]

Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@migueltoledo4404]

Ellie you're so awesome. Rock n roll is in good hands.

[@BoxOfCurryos]

Love this song but the mix is really off. Guitars and drums just aren’t loud enough. Acoustic is mixed too high, everything is like center panned.

[@msvalk]

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!

[@panchiolarranaga1616]

Espectacular awesome band indeed brought some extra muscle on this one mostro!!

[@alexmarra7148]

Wow God Blesses Wolf Alice ❤️✨ Amazing band

[@samirajaouad]

LOVE U GUYS!❤🎵🙌

[@chriscrouch7576]

So rock n roll its ridiculous love it.also Kurt Cobain would have loved Wolf Alice.

[@rockinzhu7998]

太NM帅了

[@ixa2273]

Great…🇯🇵

[@yeol1424]

I like their metalic sound goooood

[@jamesvick7558]

Contest is over! All hail Alice’s wolves!

[@marthag3537]

I'm really sorry to be the one to say this because I love wolf alice and black honey, but how is Izzy B Phillips adding to this song, I can't hear her at all? Might just be me

[@MonticArckeys]

Yeah she's adding nothing

[@EllieVieira95]

I didn't understand why they included them, her and this other guy... They are great just them, don't need anyone else to make a good performance. Actually I think this performance wasn't so good like the others... 😕 But I love them!

[@probitionate]

The descriptor I decided on for this album is 'Glorious'.

[@npp2129]

Beautiful! Wish they'd won. Who are these other new band members?

[@Elwooddudes]

Izzy from Black Honey was doing some backing vocals 🤘🏼

[@paulsmith1519]

Apart from Izzy, the other two are Bradley Griffiths from Bloody Knees and Ryan Malcolm from Superfood.

[@VIDS2013]

Izzy & Brad were there as friends, and for exposure. Ryan is in the touring band.

[@dirkkannengieer8722]

Boom!

[@nyandine]

❤️

[@JoshJimenez_]

She's such a babe

[@jawswasnevermyscene4258]

Didnt know young coriolanus found time to play bass

[@myHorribleMusic]

1:54 What the heck happened to the mixing just here? 2:10 and here

[@jhutch888]

Is Ellie singing "slip in the shower" in the chorus???

[@LSIproduction]

Anyone else think the main riff sounds a lot like 'Madman' by Silverchair?

[@SuperAdriano96]

obrigado forza horizon 5 delicia de musica

[@seanmadison6360]

She hits her effects pedals more times than she hits her guitar strings.

[@wilthomas]

incorrect

[@annenonymous2574]

ck out arlo parks tune at merc award: 1:47 - bass man appears

[@liammccann8763]

Who are the two interlopers?

[@samuelrowark4519]

- Bradley Griffiths on acoustic from Bloody Knees (not sure if they're still active. They toured with Wolf Alice in 2015ish). - Izzy Baxter Phillips on backup vocals from Black Honey (think they met at Bands 4 Refugees roughly 2015ish). Still active. - Ryan Malcolm on keys from Superfood (back in the 'b-town' 2014 days of Swim Deep, who Wolf Alice were/are very close to).

[@liammccann8763]

@@samuelrowark4519 Much obliged Samuel. I've been asleep at the wheel, discovering Wolf Alice only in July this year. This has been a thoroughly pleasant surprise as at the age of 52 I sometimes think I've heard it. all.

[@gledsonduartedealmeida6787]

😯😯😯😯👏👏👏👏👏

[@husker22chad63]

It’s too bad they couldn’t punch it as hard as they wanted too……..but I suppose this was pandering a bit to a different audience.

[@daraotl5187]

I think 'How Can I Make It Ok' would've been more fitting for this kind of audience, though this was good all the same

[@3headeddawgdawg]

I’ve seen about 5 performances of smile and they still haven’t done that song justice.

[@husker22chad63]

@@3headeddawgdawg it’s one of those songs that is tough to do really good live. It’s a great song. It’s just not conducive to really punching out the lyrics and chorus. Something about the first couple verses that is off. Maybe too many words, too many syllables, too few hard consonants……something that I can’t put my finger on. And then the chorus is too light. Totally my opinion here.

[@Finjodb]

@@husker22chad63 she doesnt deliver the vocals with much feeling. I think a bit distortion on the voice would help

[@tedstevens6293]

@@husker22chad63 that verse doesn't sound particularly great in the album speaking as a WA die hard myself. I really don't get why they are pushing Smile so hard while there are obviously better choices

[@3wan657]

What is up with the mixing

[@VIDS2013]

Yeah, not the best mix. It's tough when several bands are playing at an awards show, and they're not using the normal engineers.

[@stefanocaiazzakindergartenchef]

☝️🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@aertuy123]

Why did they replace all the F bombs 😂

[@awhellaye7323]

Poorly mixed

[@myHorribleMusic]

'Sip a drink, sip it more and you're a STAAAAAAR!' *extremely relaxed acoustic guitar chord*

[@glengamble526]

Very Alice In Chains inspired…good stuff.

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

Very good. Lose the acoustic guitar guy. He adds nothing to the sound

[@VIDS2013]

They included him (and Izzy Phillips) because they're good friends of the band. Perfectly fine, and great exposure for those two.

[@triffus]

Celeste was robbed. :(

[@ShabirAhmed-yt6wt]

She really needed that back up singer. Lifesaver.

[@jackjude]

Sounds very much like a lesser Wolf Alice album track. It rocks well in parts though.

[@rodrigo33370]

No entiendo como nominaron a Wolf Alice con ese disco dejando afuera a black midi y dry cleaning que presentaron discos más interesantes. Anyway espero que gane bcnr

[@Faeriecoma]

Awe Theo’s Gf

[@EllieVieira95]

Is it really her? I thought it was when I saw, but someone said it's a girl who's a singer... I didn't know his girlfriend was in a band.

[@evieholmes2198]

@@EllieVieira95 no, it's Izzy from Black Honey. I think her, Theo's girlfriend & Ellie all resemble each other funnily enough lol

[@robinemanuel5238]

A truly terrible band with nice people

[@VIDS2013]

FANTASTIC band with some of the kindest people you'll ever meet.

[@thislife3655]

I’m sure the members of Wolf Alice tick a lot of boxes but if this is the level, guitar music is finished.

[@ash_akv2281]

wym?

[@harrythejack3366]

The audience seem to enjoy it.

[@thislife3655]

Case closed 😂.

[@harrythejack3366]

@@thislife3655 but so did 4 people to the 74 who liked it 😆

[@Grim19931803]

You say that like other more guitar focused bands dont exist, go listen to them instead then? ...

[@Purrrelll]

Nothing special.

[@FranMjolnir]

That riff is AMAZING then the verse starts and the song goes to the toilet.

[@ash83]

Awful lol .

[@raycarter4030]

snore.

[@therepublicofcynica]

This woman can't sing....see I said it....someone had to.

[@ZZubZZub416]

You’ve obviously never listened to them apart from this performance

[@therepublicofcynica]

@@ZZubZZub416 Nope, listened to loads of their songs.

[@axelk.4273]

Well, as a musician I can only say... Yes you're right. She's not a great singer, and none of the musicians is really great - in *technical* terms. BUT: That doesn't mean that the music cannot be great nonetheless. You don't have to be a technically great musician to create great music. Think about Lou Reed. This guy could neither sing nor play the guitar, but created some of history's most important (guitar) albums (Velvet Underground & Nico, Transformer, New York etc.). And I'm sure you've heard of a certain "Bob Dylan" - a world star who's neither good at singing nor at guitar playing. You see, it's not always that easy when it comes to "art" in general...

[@therepublicofcynica]

@@axelk.4273 yep, I get that but in my defence I didn't say the band was poor or the song - although someone did point out to me they stole the riff. Arguably both Reed and Dylan, whilst they couldn't/can't sing that well were/are able to emote into a song. This woman simply can't even do that.

[@lamary_rodriguezfx6850]

Shut up!!!

[@globalhole]

Clowns))