Wolf Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen.Photo: Wolfgang Van Halen/Instagram
Wolf Van Halenis making his late father proud.
Wolf, 30,shared a screenshot on Instagram from the music videowhich plays home videos of his family growing up. Alongside the photo of Wolf as a young boy with his father, he reflected on the inspiration behind the song.
“‘Distance’ released a year ago today. It’s a special song for two very important reasons. A song commemorating my Pop and our bond, as well as being the very first Mammoth release,” he wrote. “It marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life in more ways than one.”
He continued, “I never could’ve imagined the overwhelming outpour of responses from something so close to my heart. It blew me away.”
Wolf then went on to thank his fans for their support, “I just wanted to take this moment to thank you all for listening and for the amazing support you’ve given me and Mammoth this past year. You have no idea how much it means to me. Thank you 🙏.”
The musician closed with a special note to his father.
“I hope you’re watching and I hope you’re still proud, Pop. I love and miss you more than you could ever know ❤️,” he wrote.
In October, Wolfshared a touching letter to his fatherto commemorate the first anniversary of his death — and wrote he was “not OK.”
“One year. You fought so hard for so long but you were still taken away,” Wolf wrote. “It’s just so unfair.”
“I’m not OK. I don’t think I’ll ever be OK,” he continued. “There’s so much I wish I could show you. So many things I wish I could share with you. I wish I could laugh with you again. I wish I could hug you again. I miss you so much it hurts.”
Ahead of the release of his debut recordMammoth WVH,he told PEOPLE in June that Eddie was the “only thing that keeps me going.”
Wolf Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen.Ethan Miller/Getty
“What really helps me keep going is my dad, because if I just gave up and stopped and crawled in a hole, which I feel like doing every day, I know he’d be really pissed off at me,” he said. “He’s the only thing that keeps me going.”
“It’s really tough,” he added. “I guess I’m a good actor when it comes to pretending that everything is okay. But it’s really not.”
Since kicking off his solo career as Mammoth WVH, Wolf released his debut album and recently concluded an opening tour with Guns ‘N’ Roses. He’s now set to kick off hisYoung Gunstour with the band Dirty Honey in 2022.
source: people.com
