- 2025-10-15
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MUSIC
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Wyldest Releases New Song “Wax Museum”
London-based singer-songwriter Zoë Mead, aka Wyldest released the fourth single called “Wax Museum” from her upcoming fourth studio album “The Universe Is Loading” on October 14, 2025, following “Old Flame”, “All It Would Take Is A Phone Call” and “After The Ending”.
The album is set to be released on November 14, 2025 digitally and on 12" vinyl via Hand In Hive.
The song was inspired by painter Philip Guston's warning: “Don't be a wax museum” - a call against stagnation and repression.
Over crystalline guitars and a hazy dream-pop glow, Wyldest explores what it means to stay vulnerable and alive in a turbulent world, asking instead for openness and rawness.
As with the previous singles, it was written and produced by Zoë Mead, with production by Luciano Rossi.
The accompanying music video was directed by Zoë Mead herself.- Wyldest said of the song, “To be a 'Wax Museum,' as Philip Guston said, is to be stagnant, lacking honesty and mimicking what already exists - and at times I find myself moving through days like that, choosing the easy road rather than the ones that require thought and action. Familiarity is comforting, but we risk becoming caricatures of ourselves, plucking the flower before it can thrive, too impatient to let it reach its potential. With so much noise and automation in the world, I wanted this song to set a precedent of being honest and present, un-numbing myself to injustice and making music I was 100% excited by.”
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The new album comprises 11 tracks, produced by Zoë Mead and Luciano Rossi.
Across its 11 tracks, Wyldest pours herself into her music more fully than ever before, with songs about illness, estrangement, and resilience.
It presents an apocalyptic dreamworld inspired by sci-fi, gothic horror and romance, and the natural world's ability to adapt and endure.
Wyldest said of the album “It's ultimately an intense realisation that life and love doesn't always go as planned and sometimes we need to take time to make sense and peace within the chaos.”
Photo by Tom Gaiger - source : Apple Music
