{"id":3350,"date":"2021-09-10T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2022-01-29T00:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:55:27","slug":"artistes-to-watch-will-the-wolf-powers-music-through-filmmakers-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/artistes-to-watch-will-the-wolf-powers-music-through-filmmakers-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistes to Watch: Will the Wolf powers music through filmmaker’s eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watching a Will the Wolf music video will leave you entertained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wacky, edgy and often funny with unexpected bits, his videos complement his songs but do not rely on the music to keep your interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music video for \u201cBang\u201d <\/a>for instance, takes the viewer on a journey from Will\u2019s stage performance at The Little Carib Theatre to a beach where he is unexplainably doing martial arts which morphs into a dance routine and a chase by photographer Marlon James clad in nothing but his “tighty whities”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will, a filmmaker, uses his skill in that field to fuel his budding music career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, while spending the pandemic lockdown at home in Trinidad and Tobago, he decided to develop his music and use videos as a way to showcase what he can do as a filmmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith film, there is no limit with me and with music, I feel I have more limitations, I have so much more to go with music. With film, I feel I have more leeway with storytelling. I love music as much as film but I am better at film. The film enables me to continue getting better with the music,\u201d he told Loop News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will the Wolf from a scene in the video I’m Thinking You Should featuring XO Drew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born Jeff Wight, Will is the grandson of legendary T&T cricketer Jeffrey Stollmeyer. He was named after his grandfather, a man he describes as an incredibly integral person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His sobriquet, Will the Wolf, is inspired in part by Heath Ledger’s 2001 film A Knight\u2019s Tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill, the person he portrayed, was such a noble character and I think I always wanted to be like my grandfather\u2026I would like to aspire to being noble,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wolf part of his name reflects the different facets of his personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always felt like I was a wolf, they are part of a pack but they can be moody, alone and aggressive. And I feel like I am all of that. It represents a desire to become something I really am,\u201d he said, noting that if wolves are in a safe environment they become goofy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will got into music in his early teens when his sister Sophie put him onto bands such as Radiohead and Prodigy as well as R&B and Hip Hop. His singing voice didn\u2019t develop until his late teens around the time he met Andrew McIntosh from T&T rock band Skid Nevely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was a huge fan, he was my hero, so when we started making music together he said we could be in a band together and I was blown away. That was about eight years ago,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They formed an indie band called Buffalo Impact and even fielded a couple of label offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n