Artist Detailed Info: Bearwolf

There are at least two artists sharing the name Bearwolf: 1) a Russian musical performer; 2) a Belgian garage rock band

1) bearWOLF

Василевская Валерия Алексеевна (родилась 14 ноября 1996 года во Владивостоке) — российская музыкальная исполнительница.

Первую известность получила как блогер и фитнес-тренер — Валерия ещё со школы занималась фитнесом, а благодаря роликам в Инстаграме и ТикТоке получила первую популярность в интернете.

В конце 2023 года с трека «Мы падали» начала свою музыкальную карьеру. В мае 2024 года выпустила трек «GODZILLA», который быстро стал виральным и возглавил вершины стриминг-чартов.

Выпущенный в августе этого же года трек «Один в поле воин» также стал крайне успешным и закрепил за Валерией статус одной из главных поп-звёзд года.

EN:

Valeriya Vasilevskaya (born November 14, 1996 in Vladivostok) is a Russian musical performer.

She gained her first fame as a blogger and fitness trainer - Valeria has been doing fitness since school, and thanks to videos on Instagram and TikTok, she gained her first popularity on the Internet.

At the end of 2023, she began her musical career with the track "We were Falling". In May 2024, she released the track "GODZILLA", which quickly became viral and topped the streaming charts.

Released in August of the same year, the track "Warrior Alone in the Field" also became extremely successful and cemented Valeria's status as one of the main pop stars of the year.

2) Bearwolf (Belgium)

Once whispered about as one of the best-kept secrets crawling out of the forests of Limburg, Belgium, there’s the monstrous four-headed beast known as Bearwolf. A primitive garage-punk gang that prefers to strike at night, under a full moon.
Bearwolf is:
- Clara Schoofs on vocals and percussion/drums
- Tommy Peters on drums, guitar and vocals
- Erik Wilmots on bass and vocals
- Stijn Thys on vocals and guitar.

The band was born as a trio in 2007, founded by Erik (co-founder of the legendary garage outfit El Guapo Stunteam), alongside Clara and Stijn (both ex-Overdo Hykers). After a long hibernation (2016–late 2019), Bearwolf came back swinging (de nouveau bagarre) with the original lineup reinforced and sharpened by Tommy (Tale of the Bunny Picnic / From Cocktail to Fire).
The name Bearwolf goes back to Erik’s Guapo years. Together with Cedric Maes (El Guapo, The Sore Losers, The Shalalees,...), he spotted a crooked tattoo (a wolf or a bear) on some random passerby’s arm. Bearwolf stuck and later clawed its way into Erik’s new band. Only afterwards did it turn out that Bearwolf is also a mythical creature in certain regions of the US, a happy accident. The Limburg Maas-dialect word bère(-n) — riding, in its most gloriously filthy interpretation, felt like the perfect fit to underline the raw and sometimes sexy nature of our songs. All of this bled straight into the band’s logo.

Musically, Bearwolf lives in the gutter between primitive garage punk, blues and soul, heavily inspired by the old gods: The Oblivians, The Gories, Dead Moon, Thee Headcoats, … the unmistakable garage bands of another era. With different backgrounds, but one shared obsession: raw, primal energy in music, mixed with a critical, parody-soaked take on society. Bearwolf hunts for the cracks in the musical landscape, and then fills them up its own way.
We see Bearwolf as a slap in the face of an industry that reduced music to a product (usually with way too much seriousness). The wild reactions from kindred spirits in the crowd prove we’re not alone. With a zero-compromise DIY punk attitude, a solid dose of self-mockery and reckless nonchalance, we work by trial and error until the songs hit straight and true.
When passion overflows, it becomes contagious, and the audience forgives the messy, raw edges of how we deliver it. Again, the vibe comes straight from the gut and the heart, and the crowd feels it. A Bearwolf show is no-bullshit, pure, savage garage punk, packed with energy, shifts in momentum and constant tension. Thanks to the rotating roles and a multiple-voice arsenal, Bearwolf slides effortlessly across the full garage-punk spectrum, with the determination of a fat kid attacking his birthday cake. Whether it’s Clara pulling you into a daydream with her sixties-tinged angel voice, or Stijn whipping things into a frenzy with his raw blues-punk snarl, both backed by Tommy’s razor-sharp rhythms and Erik’s primitive blues-punk grooves. It all hits hard.
Without grand plans or ambition, Bearwolf has creeped its way through the last 18 years, stacking encounters and high points: sharing stages with Jack Oblivian, Pierced Arrows, El Guapo, … tearing up places like Kinky Star during “de Gentse feesten”, or the countless clubs, festivals, house parties and cafés across Flanders and beyond, often reaching full-blown collective ecstasy with the crowd. Like a slow-acting poison, our reputation kept spreading.

Finally, after 18 years and a kick in the ass, we scraped our songs together and unleashed our debut LP “Between the Soup and the Potatoes,” released on the UER label. Maybe only a handful of die-hards were waiting for this, but for everyone else who hasn’t discovered us yet, “Between the Soup and the Potatoes” will make their vinyl collection a whole lot dirtier and more interesting. The songs, written over many years, were forged into a raw, honest record by Cedric Maes and Alessio di Turi. A record that shows Bearwolf exactly as we see ourselves: stripped bare, no polish, all live feel. A mix of “classics” and new cuts finally pressed to wax.

Bandcamp:
https://bearwolfgrr.bandcamp.com/

Socials:
https://www.facebook.com/thebearwolf
https://www.instagram.com/bearwolfgrr

Videos:
Clip Night Howlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP-FCWJMGPo
Clip Bearwolf theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syEa6qD_jMQ

Discography:
Singles:
March 2026 'Lost in Memphis'
April 2026 'For al While now'
Album:
April 2026. “Between the Soup and the Potatoes”
On Ultra Elektric Records (UER 008)

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