Rina Sawayama on Her Wildly Eclectic and Disarmingly Personal Debut Album In this Rising interview, the London pop rebel talks about exorcising her past through music that slithers and thrashes in equal measure. By Dani BlumMarch 12, 2020 Photos by Jillian Freyer Rina Sawayama is singing to ...
We spoke to Rina Sawayama about the release of her debut studio album, 'SAWAYAMA,' which came out April 17 via Dirty Hit Records.
” Sawayama said of putting the new song together. “BloodPop sent us the beat and the melody flowed out so easily that I remember at one point I started hoovering ’cause I knew this would be easy to write lol. I’ve kept this song secret for 2 years so I...
Rina Sawayama has become one of the most exciting queer voices in pop. Now she’s making room for anyone else who feels like an outsider.
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Sawayama doesn’t spare herself from criticism. In “Tokyo Love Hotel,” for example, she acknowledges that she acts similarly to obnoxious tourists who use Japan for personal pleasure — just like the titular love hotels are used solely for sex — when she sings, “Thought I was original, ...
“Hold the Girl” sees Sawayama taking risks at every turn. Yet, she holds onto the anthemic storytelling that makes her Rina Sawayama as she contemplates the personal issues she’s faced in her life.
With a 2000s-era Christina Aguilera voice, a touch of an awkward pop-punk pop phase, and nu-metal vocals reverberating in the background, Sawayama brings the depths of her life experiences to her music, creating a nostalgic sound with explicitly relevant subject matter. Rina Sawayama is our ...
Well, I’ve been out for a bit in my personal life. I think this was the first time that I’ve written so obviously about it that I just couldn’t hide it. When releasing it as a single, I didn’t want to mask it as something that it wasn’t. It was really ner...
Well, I’ve been out for a bit in my personal life. I think this was the first time that I’ve written so obviously about it that I just couldn’t hide it. When releasing it as a single, I didn’t want to mask it as something that it wasn’t. It was really ne...