As many artists can attest the coronavirus crisis has gripped the music industry with events and shows being canceled or postponed, but that’s not stopping certain musical warriors from mustering and releasing some good music. A certain buzz surrounds Rina sawayama, a British singer-songwriter, and model, on social media, especially after the release of the infectious new song, ‘bad friend’ on April 15.
Fans are already having a meltdown over the new track, but some of you need a quick intro to the 29-year-old pop singer. Sawayama was born in Niigata , Japan, but moved to London with her family at five. After attending a local school, she then pursued sociology, psychology, and politics at Cambridge University and earned herself a degree in the latter of the three.
During her studies, she turned to fashion and became a successful model. Her uninhibited stance towards her fashion sense is evidence by the numerous, completely varied pics of her doing everything from high- fashion – inspired attire to an enchanting mix of traditional – Japanese -cum- western makeup to a wide range of hairstyle.
According to Dazed Rina sawayama was chosen as of the young muses of versus Versace’s fall-winter campaign in 2017 and in the same year, she was a part of British model Jourdan Dunn’s collaboration with UK fashion brand Missguided, according to FashionUnited. She was also been deemed as a ” star on the rise” by Vogue.
AS far as her music goes, she is just as colorful as her fashion choices. Bad friend as the purview single to her upcoming debut studio album, “sawayama” which will be out on April 17. Unlike many other artists, sawayama has chosen not to postpone the album’s release during the COVID- 19 pandemics.
Some fans are taken aback by the numbers, saying ” This song really hit hard. Thank you so much for making this ” I love you so much ” and ” this song is something else ”
