Wet Leg – pokemon
Fresh from their three GRAMMY nominations last month – for ‘Best Alternative Performance’ (“mangetout”), ‘Best Alternative Album,’ and ‘Best Album Cover’ – Wet Leg have shared the new video for “pokemon.”
The band’s second album moisturizer is largely an album about being, as the band exclaim on the track “pond song,” so “DEEP! IN! LOVE!!!!” and it contains love songs of every stripe: stressed-out, gooey-eyed, gratuitously horny, blissed out, obsessive, mysterious.
On “pokemon,” Rhian Teasdale takes in nearly all of these emotions across its three and a half minutes running time.
The video – directed by Elliott Arndt of Faux Real – who are a frequent tour support for Wet Leg – reveals a story of a person (played by Alice Longyu Gao) in an unusual relationship with a giant egg, a fitting entry into the surreal Wet Leg archive.
Wet Leg are Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth).
Wet Leg have just wrapped their UK & Ireland headline tour including a thundering show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The band head back to the US later this month for a string of further live dates, including Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night in Denver, KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas and a GRAMMY Museum performance in Los Angeles.
Upcoming live dates – 2025
Sun 7th December – Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night @ Mission Ballroom, Denver
Tues 9th December – Twisted @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Thurs 11th December – 94/7FM Presents @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland – sold out
Sat 13th December – KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas @ Kia Forum, Los Angeles
Mon 15th December – GRAMMY Museum, Los Angeles – sold out
Wed 31st December – Hogmanay @ West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
Upcoming live dates – 2026
Thurs 5th February – Laneway Festival, Auckland
Sat 7th February – Laneway Festival, Gold Coast
Sun 8th February – Laneway Festival, Sydney
Mon 9th February – Roundhouse, Gadigal Land, Sydney
Tues 10th February – Northcote Theatre, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne
Fri 13th February – Laneway Festival, Melbourne
Sat 14th February – Laneway Festival, Adelaide
Sun 15th February – Laneway Festival, Perth
Wed 18th February – Toyosu Pit, Tokyo
Thurs 19th February – Gorilla Hall, Osaka
Fri 20th February – Diamond Hall, Nagoya
Sunday 12th April – Coachella @ Indio, California
Sunday 19th April – Coachella @ Indio, California
Wed 3rd June – Primavera Sound @ Barcelona
Fri 19th June – Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight
Sun 21st June – PinkPop, Landgraaf, NL
Sun 28th June – La Prima Estate, Italy
Wed 1st July – Trinity College, Dublin
Wed 8th July – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thurs 9th July – Millenium Square, Leeds
Fri 10th July – Alexandra Palace Park, London
Sat 25th July – Latitude Suffolk
Sun 26th July – Tramlines, Sheffield
Wed 12th August – Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal
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