RINA SAWAYAMA Release New Single “This Hell”

RINA SAWAYAMA Releases New Single “THIS HELL”

New Album “HOLD THE GIRL” Out 2nd September 2022 & 

UK & IRELAND Autumn Tour Announced!

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It's music updates again! This time around I'm going to introduce to you all a powerful dynamic
Japanese female artiste called RINA SAWAYAMA (澤山 リナ, Sawayama Rina). 

ABOUT RINA SAWAYAMA

Born ★16 August 1990 (age 31) ♥ Niigata, Japan

Citizenship ★Japanese

Education ★Magdalene College, Cambridge (BA)

Occupation ★ Singer ♥ Songwriter ♥ Model ♥ Musical career

Origin ★ London, England

Genres ★ Pop ♥ R&B ♥ Rock ♥ Art Pop ♥ Electropop

Years ★ active 2013–present

Labels ★ Make Mine ♥ House of Us ♥ The Vinyl Factory ♥ 88rising ♥ 12Tone ♥ Different ♥ Dirty Hit

Driven with passion, this Japanese-born is not only a singer. She also is a songwriter, model and actress under her belt. Rina was born in Japan but moved to London as a child and was raised by her single mother.

A relationship she lovingly pays tribute to on the soaring second single Catch Me in the Air, which combines the homespun Irish recorder-arranged catchiness of The Corrs and the vocal jumps of Ray of Light-era Madonna and was debuted on her Dynasty tour to her rapturous fanbase, who call themselves Pixels. 

“I really wanted to write about this weird relationship with single parents – you do catch each other in the air,” she explains. “When my mum sees my shows now, she can’t believe I’ve been able to make it work… It’s like we’re both flying through the air.” 

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NEW SINGLE " THIS HELL "

Today sees the multidimensional pop sensation Rina Sawayama releases her new single “This Hell”, out now via Dirty Hit. The single is taken from her forthcoming sophomore album “Hold The Girl” announced today and to be released this September 2nd via Dirty Hit. 

Stream “This Hell” and pre-order “Hold The Girl” HERE 

Rina’s triumphant return kicks off with “This Hell”; a joyous and roaring slice of pop-meets-country which was produced by the legendary Paul Epworth and written by Rina alongside Epworth and long-term friend and collaborator Lauren Aquilina (Demi Lovato, Little Mix). 

Rina kicks off the track with an ode to Shania Twain as she says “let's go girls” before bursting into the first verse. The new single is awash with glam rock riffs and lyrics that are peppered with tongue-in-cheek one-liners shouting out a pantheon of gay icons Britney, Whitney and Princess Di and are destined to be screamed on sticky dancefloors for years to come. 

Rina is set to perform the new single for the first time on Jimmy Fallon this evening.

Speaking about the new single, Rina explains 

“I had so much fun writing '“This Hell”.' For 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. 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 entire career so I knew it was meant to be when we finished this song in a day. I put in as many iconic pop culture moments as I can, but the song is more than that.”

She continues, 

“It’s an important song for me given the human rights that are being taken away from minorities at a rapid rate in the name of traditional religious beliefs, more specifically I was thinking about the rights being taken away from the LGBTQ community when I wrote this song. When the world tells us we don't deserve love and protection, we have no choice but to give love and protection to each other. This Hell is better with you."

ALBUM RELEASED

Today also sees Rina announce “Hold The Girl”, the highly anticipated sophomore album, set to be released September 2nd 2022 via Dirty Hit. Following on from her critically acclaimed debut “SAWAYAMA”, the new record will see Rina once again juxtapose intimate storytelling with arena-sized songs creating another ambitious and original album to excite fans and critics alike.

Written and recorded over the last ​​year and a half, Rina once again teamed up with long-term collaborators Clarence Clarity and Lauren Aquilina as well as enlisting help from the likes of the legendary Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence & the Machine), Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, The Killers, Madonna) and Marcus Andersson (Demi Lovato, Ashnikko) for their magic touch. 

The product of Rina and these collective minds coming together is an album that melds influences from across the pop spectrum and is a bold and honest statement of Rina’s personal evolution; coming to terms with her own past and the jubilation of turning to the future.

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UK and US headline tours 

Fresh off the triumph of her sold-out UK and US headline tours and packed-out sets at Coachella, Rina has today announced her forthcoming UK and Ireland tour. 

This October tour kicks off with two shows at Glasgow’s SWG3 before making its way to end in London with a show at the iconic Brixton Academy. Full tour dates are below including forthcoming sets at Primavera and Latitude festivals. 

Tickets are available on pre-sale from 10am on Wednesday 25th May and general on-sale is from 10am on Friday 27th May. Exclusive pre-sale access will be given to fans who pre-order "Hold The Girl" via the Dirty Hit Store by 2pm UTC on May 24th 2022.

1st June 2022 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival

2nd June 2022 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival

9th June 2022 - Porto, Portugal - Primavera Festival

26th June 2022 - Dublin, Ireland - Mother Pride Block Party

21st July 2022 - Southwold, England - Latitude Festival

5th August 2022 - Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival

20th Aug 2022 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Osaka 

21st Aug 2022 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival 

3rd Sept 2022 - Stradbally, Republic of Ireland - Electric Picnic

12th Oct 2022 - Glasgow, Scotland - SWG3

13th Oct 2022 - Glasgow, Scotland - SWG3

15th Oct 2022 - Dublin, Republic of Ireland - Olympia Theatre

18th Oct 2022 - Nottingham, England - Rock City

20th Oct 2022 - Manchester, England - Manchester Academy

21st Oct 2022 - Birmingham, England - O2 Academy Birmingham

23rd Oct 2022 - Brighton, East Sussex, England - Brighton Dome

26th Oct 2022 - London, England - O2 Academy Brixton

RINA SAWAYAMA MILESTONES

​​In 2020 Rina’s debut album “SAWAYAMA” became one of the most critically acclaimed albums that year landing on over 50 albums of the year lists, including the New York Times (#2), The Guardian (#3) and Rolling Stone (#6). The last 18 months have seen Rina Sawayama achieve a magnitude of milestones including changing the Mercury Prize and BRITs eligibility rules which meant Non-British artists could apply if they have been permanent residents in the UK for more than 5 years. 

In 2021 Elton John joined forces with the pop star to release a special rendition of “Chosen Family”, a powerful and emotional ode to her LGBTQ+ family. Elsewhere Rina injected new life into Lady Gaga’s instant club classic “Free Woman”. 2023 will see Rina in her film acting debut as she stars in John Wick 4 alongside Keanu Reeves.

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Here's the video and lyrics for you to enjoy! 

THIS HELL Lyrics

Let's go, girls

Saw a poster on the corner opposite the motel

Turns out, I'm going to hell if I keep on being myself

Don't know what I did, but they seem pretty mad about it

God hates us? Alright then, buckle up, at dawn we're riding

Walk a mile on these coals, busy cleansing my soul

Getting ready for the night

Damned for eternity, but you're coming with me

Into the afterlife

This hell is better with you

We're burning up together, baby, that makes two

'Cause the devil's wearing Prada and loves a little drama, ooh-ooh

This hell is better with you

With you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

With you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Oh, with you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

This hell is better with you, haha

Flame red, caught the moment, posing for the paparazzi

Fuck what they did to Britney, to Lady Di', and Whitney

Don't know why we're here, but might as well get down and dirty

That Satan's looking thirsty, not even he can hurt me

Walk a mile on these coals, busy cleansing my soul

Getting ready for the night

Damned for eternity, but you're coming with me

Into the afterlife (wow, that's hot)

This hell is better with you

We're burning up together, baby, that makes two

'Cause the devil's wearing Prada and loves a little drama, ooh-ooh

This hell is better with you (with you)

This life gave us nothing to lose

We're going down together, got a ticket for two

'Cause the devil's wearing Prada and loves a little drama, ooh-ooh

This hell is better with you

With you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

With you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Oh, with you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

This hell is better with you

Got my invitation to eternal damnation

Get in line, pass the wine, bitch, we're going straight to Hell

Got my invitation to eternal damnation

Get in line, pass the wine, bitch, we're going straight to Hell

This hell is better with you

We're burning up together, baby, that makes two

'Cause the devil's wearing Prada and loves a little drama, ooh-ooh

This hell is better with you

This hell is better with you (I'm in hell with you)

This hell is better with you (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)

This hell is better with you (ooh, ooh)

This hell is better with you

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Paul Richard Epworth / Lauren Amber Aquilina / Rina Sawayama / Vic Jamieson

This Hell lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

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