Rina Sawayama
Oct 15, 2021
3 minutes
BY KAT MOON
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHLOE SHEPPARD
INA SAWAYAMA CALLS HER FAVORITE songs her “problem childs.” They’re the Japanese British singer-songwriter’s deeply personal tracks that record labels are wont to reject. Take 2019’s “STFU!,” which rages against the racism Sawayama often faces as a woman of East Asian descent. The song hit multiple walls before Dirty Hit, the indie record label she now calls home, agreed to release it. Other times, it’s Sawayama who says no. After presenting
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