Rina Sawayama has spoken about her second album, saying how she just needs “to write really big songs”

In a brand new interview with Music Week, Sawayama has admitted she’s nonetheless attempting to end writing the followup to her 2020 self-titled debut however she’s working with “with some unimaginable individuals” together with producers Paul Epworth and Stuart Worth.

“A lot of the songs had been began with me and Clarence Readability, so it’s nonetheless obtained that core that ‘Sawayama’ had. I just want to write really big songs, songs that make me really feel a sure means,” stated Sawayama.

“All these newcomers have been unimaginable. A lot of it was written throughout lockdown on Zoom classes, which I hated. However one way or the other they yielded good songs. Will probably be out subsequent yr, hopefully.” In September, Sawayama instructed a fan she hoped the file could be out “subsequent yr, late summer season”.

Rina Sawayama is at present touring the UK. At a gig in Glasgow, she aired new music ‘Catch Me In The Air’ and defined how her second album is “ much more private” than her debut.

Talking to NME in regards to the new album in Could, Sawayama defined how she’s “not locking herself into one style”.

“I’ve been listening to lots of Rubbish, prog rock, grunge, loads early ’00s Britpop, ‘Sound Of The Underground’ by Ladies Aloud, lots of the Xenomania stuff, and even ’90s rave as effectively. Plus storage and stadium rock – every little thing!”

In a overview of her present in Manchester, NME stated: “The meticulous choreography and altered preparations of her songs lead to a blinding, all-encompassing pop assault on the senses, the kind which normally takes place on far bigger levels than these.”

Rina Sawayama can also be anticipated to seem on Charli XCX’s upcoming fifth album ‘Crash’