More about: Rina Sawayama

Delivering a reminder to nurture your inner child, Rina Sawayama shares the title track for her upcoming album; ‘Hold The Girl’. Merging Lady Gaga-esque rich vocals, big beats and an undertone of country guitar, it’s Rina at her finest.

Summarising the entire album to come, ‘Hold The Girl’ shares a sweeter side. With tender lyrics and a clearly personal message; your therapist is sure to be adding it to their playlist right now.

Talking of the track, Rina said: “'Hold the Girl' was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020–I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song...that was the start of it. I was crying before going into the studio to write about it."

While sadly coming along with the announcement that the album has been pushed back to 16 September, the multi-genre artist has promised another single will be coming before then. Everyone say Thank You Rina.

Hold The Girl arrives 16 September via Dirty Hit.

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More about: Rina Sawayama