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Rina Sawayama Performs At White Oak Music Hall November 15th In Support Of Her New Album Hold That Girl

RINA SAWAYAMA SHARES NEW SINGLE “PHANTOM” • LISTEN HERE AT rinasawayama.ffm.to/holdthegirl PRE-ORDER/SAVE Hold The Girl At rinasawayama.ffm.to/holdthegirl

To continue building anticipation for her forthcoming sophomore album Hold The Girl due September 16th via Dirty Hit, British-Japanese pop sensation Rina Sawayama shares the new single “Phantom.” The emotive power ballad provides an additional taste of the myriad of influences Rina touches on in Hold The Girl and comes alongside a visualizer of Rina pouring her heart out through the lyrics. “Phantom” also arrives on the heels of Rina gracing the covers of V Magazine, The Guardian Film & Music, Music Week, and Who What Wear, where she discusses her rising pop stardom.

Rina shares about the meaning behind “Phantom”, “I realized as an adult that I have spent my whole life pleasing other people and not realizing it – constantly pushing my boundaries and not realizing the difference between what I wanted to do and what other people wanted from me. Through the lyrics in the verse I’m trying to tell this story and then in the choruses I’m morning the loss of my real self.”

Rina recently announced her North American headline tour set for this