Credits:

Rina Sawayama

Description:

A voice that brings strength, healing, and hope. It has been two and a half years since her debut album, which was a worldwide success and made her an instant rising star. Rina's second album is now complete, and it is a candid account of her personal growth as she confronts her past and expresses the joy of moving forward into the future. Her debut album "SAWAYAMA" was named to the annual "Album of the Years" list by over 50 music media outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone, and her sixth album "CHROMATICA" is now available. She has also remixed Lady Gaga's song "Free Woman" from her sixth album "Chromatica" and collaborated with Elton John for the first time on "Chosen Family (with Elton John)," and is steadily on her way to pop stardom. This is her second original album.Featuring "Dis Hell," a song dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community with which she is intimately connected, and a host of higher-level pop songs, Hold the Girl has been written and recorded over the past year and a half, and is a joyous celebration of Lina coming to terms with her past and moving into the future. The work is a bold and naked account of her personal growth as she expresses herself.