Sawayama

From the moment Sawayama emerged onstage in knee-high denim boots and a matching cowgirl hat, everyone was already wrapped around her finger.

In true Rina fashion, “This Hell” somehow combines dazzling whimsy and real substance, filling the emptiness left behind in the wake of hate.

Well worth the two-year wait, the future of the Sawayama enterprise is even brighter than it was in 2020.

With her sophomore LP Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa put the pop music genre on her shoulders — and needless to say, she carried it without wavering.

An eclectic mix of things from everything beloved about 2000s pop to sounds as rattling as nu metal, 'SAWAYAMA' is a welcome smorgasbord of starkly different musical styles that each have a solid place on the record.