Rina Sawayama Says Pop Music Became a 'Way to Fit in' at School as a Japanese Immigrant “I think when you spend your whole life trying to make other people happy, whether it's your parents or school or this societal notion of what’s good [...] you genuinely forget what you want...
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AIM 21 September, London: Stormzy and Rina Sawayama will be recognised for their outstanding achievements and ground-breaking work at this year’s Association of Independent Music (AIM) Awards. The final list of nominees are also unveiled ahead of the star-studded ceremony on 28 September at Lon...
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.
We spoke to Rina Sawayama about the release of her debut studio album, 'SAWAYAMA,' which came out April 17 via Dirty Hit Records.
Rina Sawayama is set to star in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in her debut big-screen role, Deadline reports. Not much is known about the fourth installment of the franchise yet, including who Sawayama will be playing, although it has been confirmed that Ian McShane will be ...
“I hope it’s significant,” she says of Sawayama’s arrival. “I hope in general the album makes people feel, or just distracts people from this situation.” But don’t get it twisted: “I’ve always got the Asian agenda in me, don’t worry. [Laughs.] Sorry. I’m constantly ...
After an encore consisting of her clubbiest songs, “Lucid” and the Gaga collaboration “Free Woman,” Sawayama announced that next week will be the start of her new pop era. If “Catch Me in the Air” — a soaring anthem of a new song she previewed earlier in the night — is any...