Rina Sawayama is getting candid.
The rising music famous person is the newest singer to grace the coveted cowl of Vogue Singapore.
Lensed by Jenny Brough, Sawayama stuns for a compelling photoshoot, but in addition offers an equally compelling interview.
Speaking all the things from the inspiration behind ‘Maintain The Woman,’ to future collaborations, and a lot extra, she doesn’t maintain again.
Peep pics and quotes from the unfold beneath…
On the inspiration behind her ‘Maintain The Woman’ album:
“The songwriting is what I’m proudest of. I labored actually laborious on my lyrics within the ‘Maintain The Woman’ periods and I used to be penning this document beneath some tough circumstances. I used to be battling my psychological well being for numerous it. My writing periods have been on Zoom that are horrible; it’s important to actually work to get vitality going and whenever you’re speaking about intense topic issues, not having that fast connection of being within the room is kind of unusual.”
On future collaborations:
“I haven’t executed many collaborations. Working with Charli XCX on ‘Beg For You’ was an exquisite expertise as a result of I like the best way she works with individuals. Since then, I’ve been excited to do extra. I really like Rosalia, so if that have been ever to be a chance, I’d like to check out some concepts together with her and see what comes out of it.”
On the songs she is most pleased with on ‘Maintain The Woman’:
“It’s superb to see individuals reacting to the songs. The discharge of a tune for me isn’t full till you’ve performed it dwell, so my favourites have modified from the writing course of, to when the album got here out, to now enjoying them dwell. At the moment ‘Imagining’ and ‘Frankenstein’ are up there as a result of I really like the viewers response—there’s this unbelievable vitality from them.”
On future plans:
“I realised enjoying dwell is one of the best a part of what I do, so framing my targets round that’s the healthiest method to plan because it’s one thing I really like focusing my vitality on. Taking part in at The O2 in London is a aim of mine.”
