Rina Sawayama was born in Niigata, Japan on 08/16/1990.

She lived there until the age of five when her family relocated to the UK.

 

She’s a Cambridge graduate who studied Politics, Psychology, and Sociology,

and it was during her studies that she decided to pursue music.

 

Sawayama was first in a hip hop group called Lazy Lion with Theo Ellis of Wolf Alice during her time at university,

where she honed her songwriting and performing skills. She released a series of singles from 2013-2016.

 

In 2017, she released her first full-length project, the mini album RINA.

 

Discography:

Spoiler

 

"The Way Down" - Single (Lazy Lion) - 2011

"Cry" - Single (Lazy Lion) - 2012

"Sleeping In Waking"/"Who?" - Double A-Side - 2013

"Terror" - Single - 2014

"Tunnel Vision" - Single - 2015

"Where U Are" - Single - 2016

"This Time Last Year" - Christmas Single - 2016

"Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" - Single - 2017

"Alterlife" - Single - 2017

RINA - Debut Mini-Album - 2017

"Valentine (What's It Gonna Be" - Valentine's Day Single - 2018

 

 

 

LATEST RELEASES:

 

WHERE. TF. IS THE PEOPLE. 

 

Hold the Girl album is such a grower and jesus christ, it grew SO MUCH ON ME. 

Def her worst project, but the bar is so high with R and J Still one of my favorites of 2022, though!

 

So I guess she won't do a soundtrack song for JW4..

The less you feel, the more you know
A reason to leave me in a cruise control
A little white pill to take me back
I hope you understand, it's my last resort
I've done it all

 

Surprised there aren't more posts, love ha! Seeing her live in Munich made me a stan, she is so funny too.

I guess I do get some of the criticism for Hold The Girl though. There are a few clunky lines here and there (hey there little girl etc.) and some of it is a bit basic, but I enjoy both the sound of Sawayama and HTG.

What's y'all favorite song of hers btw? I think it used to be Alterlife, but nowadays it's probably between that, Imagining & Bad Friend.

 

However, I wish she would stop overusing 'slayy' all the time (and the whole slaywayama thing) + the fake Eurovision teasing was also not it ms. girl.

Edited March 12, 20233 yr by abrantino

29 minutes ago, abrantino said:

Surprised there aren't more posts, love ha! Seeing her live in Munich made me a stan, she is so funny too.

I guess I do get some of the criticism for Hold The Girl though. There are a few clunky lines here and there (hey there little girl etc.) and some of it is a bit basic, but I enjoy both the sound of Sawayama and HTG.

What's y'all favorite song of hers btw? I think it used to be Alterlife, but nowadays it's probably between that, Holy & Bad Friend.

 

However, I wish she would stop overusing 'slayy' all the time (and the whole slaywayama thing) + the fake Eurovision teasing was also not it ms. girl.

"Slay" and "mother".... More like "lame" and "embarrassing". She needs to stop acting so immature

 

Top 5 songs might include any of Dynasty, Akasaka Sad, Bad Friend, Alterlife, CSS, CMITA, Frankenstein, Hurricanes... 

33 minutes ago, abrantino said:

Surprised there aren't more posts, love ha! Seeing her live in Munich made me a stan, she is so funny too.

I guess I do get some of the criticism for Hold The Girl though. There are a few clunky lines here and there (hey there little girl etc.) and some of it is a bit basic, but I enjoy both the sound of Sawayama and HTG.

What's y'all favorite song of hers btw? I think it used to be Alterlife, but nowadays it's probably between that, Imagining & Bad Friend.

 

However, I wish she would stop overusing 'slayy' all the time (and the whole slaywayama thing) + the fake Eurovision teasing was also not it ms. girl.

oop I meant Imagining not Holy although Holy is great as well

Stanning since I heard Take Me As I Am back in 2017

SAWAYAMA is my fav debut album of all time

I own both of her vinyls and while HTG is not better than SAWAYAMA I still think it s a VERY good album.

 

Top 5 songs: Who's Gonna Save You Now, Bad Friend, XS, Snakeskin and Frankenstein  

4 minutes ago, Rider said:

Stanning since I heard Take Me As I Am back in 2017

SAWAYAMA is my fav debut album of all time

I own both of her vinyls and while HTG is not better than SAWAYAMA I still think it s a VERY good album.

 

Top 5 songs: Who's Gonna Save You Now, Bad Friend, XS, Snakeskin and Frankenstein  

RINA was also pressed on vinyl 

1 minute ago, helpthomas said:

RINA was also pressed on vinyl 

rfkfkfk I know and Im planning to get it soon  

https://deadline.com/2026/03/john-wick-spinoff-caine-donnie-yen-latest-1236764685/

She's gonna be in the upcoming John Wick spinoff 'Caine'...anything but music ffs, happy for her tho

Edited March 25Mar 25 by abrantino

please come back to us

I kind of don't blame her for dipping out of music for a bit. People have been weird as hell towards her basically since the second the Hold The Girl era started.

Like it truly felt like she dropped This Hell and then everyone flipped on her in a second and she's basically been treated as a punchline by twitter stans since then.

41 minutes ago, That Bad Eartha said:

I kind of don't blame her for dipping out of music for a bit. People have been weird as hell towards her basically since the second the Hold The Girl era started.

Like it truly felt like she dropped This Hell and then everyone flipped on her in a second and she's basically been treated as a punchline by twitter stans since then.

it got really nasty really quick over virtually nothing

Rise up queen