Rina Sawayama
Listen to Rina Sawayama’s Blistering Pop-Rock Single ‘Hurricanes’
Rina Sawayama has just shared the final single, “Hurricanes,” from her upcoming album, Hold the Girl, which is out this Friday. The song features a slew of melodic guitars and a gradual build before taking off and becoming a blissful anthem with lyrics about conquering and enjoying the challenges life throws at a person. “Hurricanes” follows the previously released Hold The Girl tracks “Phantom,” “Hold The Girl,” “Catch Me In The Air,” and “This Hell.” Sawayama is slated to trek throughout North America this November. The headlining 13-date run kicks off with a two-night stint at Brooklyn’s Great Hall at Avant Gardner and will close in on Nov. 23 in Los Angeles. Rina Sawayama 2022 Tour Dates 10/12 – Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG310/13 – Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG310/15 – Dublin, Ireland @...
Rina Sawayama Unveils Second Hold the Girl Track, ‘Catch Me in the Air’
Rina Sawayama has been performing the previously unreleased “Catch Me in the Air” at her recent shows, but today, she officially shared the track alongside its own fan-submitted footage visualizer. [embedded content][embedded content] The song is the second one Sawayama has released from her forthcoming sophomore release, Hold the Girl, which is due Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit. “Catch Me in the Air” is a tribute to her mother, who raised Sawayama as a single parent. “I really wanted to write about this weird relationship with single parents,” Sawayama said in a statement. “You do catch each other in the air.” Sawayama previously released “This Hell” off of Hold the Girl. The upcoming record follows her breakthrough debut, Sawayama, and she wrangled an impressive string of collaborators to h...
Rina Sawayama’s Invitation to Eternal Damnation Is One We Cannot Refuse
Any wedding DJ in their right mind knows you can’t just start out the night with “Call Me By Your Name.” Jesus. That’s one you’ve got to build up to. And that’s why Rina Sawayama had to create “This Hell.” It’s the perfect amuse-bouche to Lil Nas X’s Temple of Raunch because it’s a love jam with the same warning label: If I’m not enough for God, I’ll happily ride with the Devil. Or as Sawayama puts it: “God hates us? Alright then!” “Saw a poster on the corner opposite the motel, turns out I’m going to hell If I keep on being myself,” Sawayama sings in the first verse. “Don’t know what I did, but they seem pretty mad about it.” With that out of the way, Sawayama spends the rest of the song in celebration mode. The video, which was directed by Ali Kurr, shows the pop star two-stepping down t...
Hear Rina Sawayama’s New Song ‘This Hell’ From Forthcoming Album
Rina Sawayama has announced her sophomore album, Hold The Girl, which is set to be released September 2 via Dirty Hit. The breakout pop-R&B singer previewed the upcoming LP with a new single, “This Hell.” [embedded content][embedded content] According to a press release, Hold The Girl will “once again juxtapose intimate storytelling with arena-sized songs creating another ambitious and original album to excite fans and critics alike.” “The past couple of years I’ve been listening to lots of female country singers and wanted to write a euphoric and tongue-in-cheek country-pop song,” Sawayama said in a statement. “Country music at its core to me represents comfort, brilliant storytelling, and authentic expression of the writer’s reality. I’ve been dreaming of working with Paul Epworth my...
Charli XCX Unveils New Single ‘Beg For You’ Featuring Rina Sawayama
In anticipation of Charli XCX’s upcoming album, CRASH, she released her new single “Beg For You” featuring Rina Sawayama. Charli and Rina have reigned over the pop world in recent years, producing fun and futuristic pop records that expand upon the ever-growing genre of hyperpop. Their years-long friendship seemed to indicate that a studio collab was always a possibility and here we are. The track evokes the bubblegum sweetness of early 2000s pop that Sawayama and Charli are known to bring to their tracks. A dance sample from September’s “Cry For You” is featured on the song alongside production from Digital Farm Animals. Charli’s highly-anticipated album, CRASH, is set to be released on March 18th. It has been two years since her last full-length album release, how i’m feeling now. This w...
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EDM.com Playlist Picks: Armin van Buuren, SOFI TUKKER and The Glitch Mob [9/3/21]
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits Jonson’s Play – Armin van Buuren & Sander van Doorn Love Tonight (Robin Schulz Remix) – Shouse Free Woman (Rina Sawayama & Clarence ClaritRemix) – Lady Gaga Festival Hits 2021 Dimensions – JLV Time Capsule – AXMO & STVW Recommended Articles Take My Hand (Walker & Royce Remix) – LP Giobbi Electronic Avenue Wasted Love – Matt Nash Shadows (Xavi Remix) – Seven Lions & Wooli Know &...
Lady Gaga’s “Dawn of Chromatica” Remix Album Is a Captivating Rush of Hyperpop: Listen
Little Monsters, rejoice: Lady Gaga‘s Dawn of Chromatica remix album has finally arrived. Fans have endured over 15 months and a revolving door of rumors since Gaga’s chart-topping, cyberpunk-themed Chromatica album dropped, but the wait was worth it. Executive produced by BloodPop®, Dawn of Chromatica is a supercollider of genre-bending dance music. Hyperactive electronic crossover bangers speckle the album like a paintball gun gone haywire. Renowned producer A. G. Cook teamed up with Charli XCX for a fierce rendition of Gaga’s Madeon-assisted “911,” a captivating cry for help that came with a spine-chilling short film. Meanwhile, Arca warps the tempo of “Rain On Me” (with Ariana Grande) in a blissfully quirky house rendition w...
Lady Gaga Confirms Release Date and Tracklist of “Chromatica” Remix Album
Lady Gaga‘s long-awaited remix album for her 2020 dance-pop album Chromatica finally has a release date. BloodPop®, Gaga’s A&R and the album’s Executive Producer, first teased the idea of a remix album back in April. In the months since, speculation surrounding the artists affiliated with the project was feverish. Now, Gaga has dropped the full list of remixers: LSDXOXO, Coucou Chloe, Arca, Rina Sawayama, Clarence Clarity, Pabllo Vittar, Charli XCX, A. G. Cook, Ashnikko, Shygirl, Mura Masa, Doss, Dorian Electra, Chester Lockhart, Mood Killer, Lil Texas, Planningtorock, Bree Runway, Jimmy Edgar, and Haus Labs. Notably absent is Grimes, who said she was set to appear on the album back in July. According to Mother Monster herself, the remix project—dubbed&...
Rina Sawayama Gives ‘Enter Sandman’ an Electro-Pop Makeover
Rina Sawayama is one of the latest singers to unveil her contribution in honor of Metallica’s The Blacklist Album compilation. The pop-R&B singer infused the metal band’s “Enter Sandman” with her signature Nineties-pop flair. Earlier this month, Weezer tackled the song as well. The British rock band IDLES also released a new Metallica cover for the project: a passionate, alt-rock rendition of “The God That Failed,” with trippy visuals in the accompanying video. The band transmits a similar kind of raw intensity as Metallica, just with some more punk and grunge vibes added to the pot. The massive cover collection of The Black Album, celebrating the album’s 30th anniversary, arrives on September 10. The artist roster is vast and eclectic, with more than 50 artists including We...
Watch Rina Sawayama, Elton John Duet on LGBTQ+ Anthem
“Chosen Family,” Rina Sawayama’s soaring ballad dedicated to LGBTQ+ individuals who lost family and friends after coming out, has just gotten a piano-driven makeover courtesy of Sir Elton John. A new lyric video shows Sawayama with flowing, mermaid hair and peony silk gloves, singing beside John in a glistening black blazer. The new version scales down some of the production of the original. The British singers trade verses over John’s delicate piano playing, before duetting on the triumphant, gale-force chorus: “We don’t need to be related to relate/ We don’t need to share genes or a surname,” John and Sawayama sing, poignantly. “You are, you are, my chosen family.” “It was such a joy and honor to rework ‘Chosen Family’ with the legendary Elton John,” Sawayama said in a statement. “I...
The 20 Most Interesting New Artists of 2020
With most indie venues closed due to the pandemic and many record stores altering their business methods, it was a challenging year for music discovery. Luckily, we live in the Internet age, where a glowing album review, trending social media post or intriguing Bandcamp tag can instantly connect fans to their next favorite band. As the music world remained stuck in quarantine limbo, upcoming songwriters had more time than usual to record, hype, network and livestream — and it’s safe to say we all needed the distraction. To cap off the year’s depressing madness with a glimmer of optimism, we gathered this list of our 20 Most Interesting New Artists of 2020 — from indie-pop to Afrobeat. Where there are fresh sounds, there’s hope. Anjimile The trendy comparison for Anjimile is Sufjan Stevens,...
The 50 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)
Great songs have a freedom that albums don’t because great songs only have to pull off their trick once. It’s like how a great SNL sketch can be a terrible movie or why Vine was an underrated miracle of online comedy. Sometimes an artist can get a lot more done in miniature. When people say that no one listens to albums anymore, they’re obviously mistaken, but they mean that no one listens to certain kinds of albums anymore. They won’t wait to get to the good part, and an industry that’s been padding out their wares for decades has had to adapt to a new reality where the customer is always dope. From Hailey Whitters to Hayley Williams, from King Von to Christine and the Queens, here’s a supercut of just the good parts: The songs that have challenged and delighted and comforted us through a...
