Sawayama

Sawayama
Sawayama
	Digital cover. The cover of the physical edition features the title on the image's upper side.
Studio album by Rina Sawayama
Released	17 April 2020
Recorded	2018–2019
Studio	Heavy Duty Studios (Los Angeles); DH00270 (London); Shelter Studios (London);
Genre	Pop; rock; R&B; dance-pop;
Length	43:34
Language	English; Japanese;
Label	Dirty Hit, Avex Trax
Producer	Clarence Clarity; Chris Lyon; Bram Inscore; Danny L Harle; Rina Sawayama; Jonathan Gilmore; Kyle Shearer;
Rina Sawayama chronology
Singles from Sawayama
	"STFU!"; Released: 22 November 2019; "Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)"; Released: 17 January 2020; "XS"; Released: 2 March 2020; "Chosen Family"; Released: 3 April 2020; "Bad Friend"; Released: 15 April 2020;

Sawayama is the debut studio album by Japanese and British singer Rina Sawayama. It was released on 17 April 2020 by Dirty Hit. The follow-up to her self-released debut EP Rina (2017), it received widespread acclaim from music critics, specifically towards the wide variety of music genres used, as well as its Y2K nostalgia and "intelligent" nature. Described by Sawayama herself as being "about family and identity", she lyrically explores personal experiences from both her childhood and adulthood.

Sawayama was primarily produced by Clarence Clarity and written by Sawayama, with additional work from musicians such as Danny L Harle, Kyle Shearer, Jonathan Gilmore, Bram Inscore and Lauren Aquilina among others. Musically, the album is influenced by 2000s mainstream pop, nu metal, rock, R&B, and dance-pop among other genres.