Before she became Wisp, Natalie R. Lu uploaded a shoegaze track called “Your face” to TikTok and SoundCloud in 2023. The song went viral overnight, resulting in a deal with Interscope Records and a place within the shoegaze revival. Since then, she’s toured with Slowdive, unveiled new music at Coachella, and will release her long-awaited debut album, If Not Winter, on Aug. 1.
When we connected with Wisp last year, she told us that she was in the middle of making the record with Max Epstein of Photographic Memory, who worked on her Pandora EP. “I’m sticking to the ethereal, fairy tale-esque stuff [that] circulates around Greek mythology, the mermaids and the angels, and I really want to incorporate more mystical creatures into my music, which will be fun to experiment with,” she revealed. That’s felt on her latest singles, including the recently released “Save me now,” which “represents the desperation for attention, sometimes mistaken as love, when you are in a lonely and vulnerable place. It’s about being infatuated with the idea of a savior that blindly leads you to making sacrifices on your wellbeing.”
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In the fall, Wisp will tour with System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, and Avenged Sevenfold. Then she’ll embark on her own headlining run, bringing along Dream, Ivory, aldn, Photographic Memory, and Temachii. See those dates, plus the visualizer for “Save me now,” below.
Wisp – 2025 tour dates
08/22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
08/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/24 – Boston, MA @ Royale Boston
08/25 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
08/27 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (supporting System of a Down and Korn)
08/28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (supporting System of a Down and Korn)
08/31 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (supporting System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold)
09/01 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (supporting System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold)
09/03 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium (supporting System of a Down and Deftones)
09/05 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium (supporting System of a Down and Deftones)
09/06 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
09/07 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/08 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
09/10 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
09/11: Saint Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
09/13 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
09/16 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
09/18 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
09/19 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
09/21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
09/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
09/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
09/27 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
09/29 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
09/30 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/01 – Houston, TX @ Numbers
10/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/04 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/06 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/07 – Saint Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
10/08 – Kansas City, MO @ recordbar
10/22 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
10/23 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
10/24 – London, UK @ EartH
10/25 – Paris, FR @ Maroquinerie
10/27 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
10/28 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
10/29 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Old Room
10/31 – Hamburg, DE @ headCRASH
11/01 – Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
11/02 – Warsaw, PL @ Klub Hybrydy
