On 'Hold The Girl,' pop rebel rinasawayama channels her twisted visions into straight-ahead tunes with arena-ready confidence. Here's our review.
“This Hell” sets the tone, lashing out at homophobes with a brash mix of disco and yeehaw country — the intro has synthesized horse neighs and a quote from Shania Twain, declaring “Let’s go, girls!” “Catch Me in the Air” comes to terms with her mother, in a witty trip through Nineties radio, mixing guitar from the Smashing Pumpkins and vocals inspired by Gwen Stefani and the Corrs, with clubby beats from Madonna producer Stuart Price.
She’s at her weirdest and best when she ramps up the tempo for kinkier sonic twists and turns. “Your Age” is a mix of bhangra and electro-warp sound effects, as she tries to process some early trauma. She keeps asking, “Now that I’m your age/I just can’t imgaine/Why did you do it, what the hell were you thinking?” Then all of a sudden, the music cuts dead and she spits “You fucked up my life.”
“Frankenstein” is her peak, a high-energy meditation on the strange love between the mad scientist and the monster. She begs for a Dr. Frankenstein to take control of her and rebuild her — “please put me together” — until she breaks down in the chant, “I don’t want to be a monster anymore.” She lusts to be the perfect laboratory creation , yet she also wants to escape and find her authentic self.
She started writing these songs via Zoom with her trustiest collaborators, producer Clarence Clarity and co-writer Lauren Aquilina. But it seems the isolation of lockdown made her bolder about looking inside herself. The most exciting thing aboutis that you can’t even guess where Sawayama might go next. She’s a cultural-pastiche artist on so many different levels — she’s even co-starring with Keanu Reeves inEditor’s Note: You may have noticed that we got rid of the stars on our reviews.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Rina Sawayama Shares Final Hold the Girl Single, 'Hurricanes'The British-Japanese pop artist's star continues to go supernova in the lead-up to her sophomore album 'Hold the Girl,' coming this Friday (Sept. 16) via Dirty Hit.
Les mer »
Julia Jacklin And Rina Sawayama Tackle The Work Of ReparentingOn their respective albums, Rina Sawayama and Julia Jacklin reconnect with their younger selves to find catharsis.
Les mer »
Listen to Rina Sawayama's Blistering Pop-Rock Single 'Hurricanes'Rina Sawayama has just shared the final single, 'Hurricanes,' from her upcoming album, Hold the Girl, which is out this Friday. The song features a slew
Les mer »
McFarlane’s Dragons Return with the Eternal Clan Dragon StatueICYMI: Fantasy returns to shelves as McFarlaneToys announces the return of their Dragon Series with the Eternal Clan Dragon making a debut
Les mer »
How 'Channel 5' Is Changing Journalism, One YouTube Post at a TimeAs the host of Channel 5, Youtube’s leading street-journalism team, Andrew Callaghan is one of the hardest working, and possibly the best known, journalists of his generation.
Les mer »