News / 24.06.23

Rina Sawayama appears to call out The 1975’s Matty Healy during Glastonbury set

The artist performed earlier this evening (24 June) on the newly renamed Woodsies stage

Rina Sawayama: Hold the Girl review

‘Hold the Girl’ is Rina Sawayama at her most electric on an album that’s otherwise difficult to warm to

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News / 24.01.22

Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama confirm release date for collaboration, Beg For You

It’s coming soon

News / 17.11.21

Labour MP attends Rina Sawayama show, hears her own speech being played

Zarah Sultana described the moment as “maybe the most surreal experience of my life”.

News / 27.08.21

Metallica enlist Rina Sawayama and IDLES for latest The Black Album covers

Sawayama takes on Enter Sandman, while Bristol band IDLES put their own spin on The God That Failed

News / 13.05.21

Charli XCX teases possible collaboration with Rina Sawayama

The ‘How I’m Feeling Now’ singer hinted to a potential collaboration on Twitter

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News / 24.02.21

BPI changes rules of eligibility for award shows after Rina Sawayama calls process “othering”

The pop star was seen as “not British enough”

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News / 29.07.20

Rina Sawayama accuses Mercury Prize and BRITs of creating “border control” around awards

Sawayama’s debut album was ineligible for a Mercury Prize nomination as she was born in…

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Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA

SAWAYAMA exists in a full-throttle future that Rina Sawayama has built for herself

Events / 07.03.18

Rina Sawayama and BADBADNOTGOOD announced for Leeds festival World Island

The three-day event will stage its sophomore edition on 25-27 May

News / 14.02.18

Rina Sawayama drops new anti-Valentine’s Day track

The Japanese artist sings about a fleeting love affair on ‘Valentine (What’s It Gonna Be)’

Aesthetic: Rina Sawayama

In our latest Aesthetic feature, the rising pop sensation talks internet activism and making sense of life in an Instagram era

Selections: Rina Sawayama

The rising Japanese pop star lets us in on the tracks that shaped her mini album, RINA