Sawayama
Sign in to saveSawayama is the debut studio album by Japanese and British singer Rina Sawayama. It was released on 17 April 2020 by Dirty Hit. The follow-up to her self-released debut EP Rina (2017), it received widespread acclaim from music critics, specifically towards the wide variety of music genres used, as well as its Y2K nostalgia and "intelligent" nature. Described by Sawayama herself as being "about family and identity", she lyrically explores personal experiences from both her childhood and adulthood.
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Key facts
- Album.length
- 19:09
- Album.name
- Sawayama Remixed
- Album.type
- remix
- Album.artist
- Rina Sawayama
- Album.cover
- Rina Sawayama - Sawayama Remixed (2020) (official remix album cover).jpg
- Album.alt
- A woman with gold makeup has her hands folded together.
- Album.caption
- Digital cover. The cover of the physical edition features the title on the image's upper side.
- Album.recorded
- 2018–2019
- Album.studio
- Heavy Duty Studios (Los Angeles) DH00270 (London) Shelter Studios (London)
- Album.label
- Dirty Hit
- Album.producer
- Clarence Clarity Chris Lyon Bram Inscore Danny L Harle Rina Sawayama Jonathan Gilmore Kyle Shearer
- Album.prev_title
Key dates
- Published
- 2020
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- Instance of
- album
- Performer
- Rina Sawayama
- Distribution format
- music streaming
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- P407
- English language
- P750
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Background and composition
- Promotion
- Singles
- Tour
- Critical reception
- Year-end lists
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Charts
- ''Sawayama Remixed''
- Track listing
- Release history
- References
Sawayama is the debut studio album by Japanese and British singer Rina Sawayama. It was released on 17 April 2020 by Dirty Hit. The follow-up to her self-released debut EP Rina (2017), it received widespread acclaim from music critics, specifically towards the wide variety of music genres used, as well as its Y2K nostalgia and "intelligent" nature. Described by Sawayama herself as being "about family and identity", she lyrically explores personal experiences from both her childhood and adulthood.
Sawayama was primarily produced by Clarence Clarity and written by Sawayama, with additional work from musicians such as Danny L Harle, Kyle Shearer, Jonathan Gilmore, Bram Inscore and Lauren Aquilina among others. Musically, the album is influenced by 2000s mainstream pop, nu metal, rock, R&B, and dance-pop among other genres.
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