 It features noisy and distorted industrial techno-style production, similar to "Pluto" on Björk's 1997 album "Homogenic", and has been compared to Atari Teenage Riot because of its stylistic nods to punk.The lyrics are dedicated to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.Björk has described "Wanderlust" as being the heart of "Volta", and has said that the song is about "the state of looking for something and almost knowing you're never going to find it" and that it makes fun of her hunger for "something new".