Her debut album, Sawayama, was released on 17 April to widespread critical acclaim. The following month, Sawayama released another single from the album titled "Chosen Family". A third single, the rock and 2000s R&B-inspired " XS", was released on 2 March. In 2020, after signing to Dirty Hit records, Sawayama released the singles " STFU!", a nu-metal, heavy metal, pop and avant-pop song, and " Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)", a "homage to early 2000s dance tracks", both from her then-upcoming debut album. 2020–present: Sawayama and the Dynasty Tour In 2019, she performed as the supporting act for Charli XCX's tour across the UK. Sawayama embarked on her Ordinary Superstar Tour across the UK, the US and Canada in late 2018. In August 2018, Sawayama released the track "Cherry", in which she explores her sexual identity. The music video for album track "Ordinary Superstar" was released in June 2018. In 2018, Sawayama released the single "Valentine" on Valentine's Day. Pitchfork ranked Rina in its list of best pop and R&B albums of the year. The Guardian deemed the EP "bracing and modern", stating that Sawayama had proven "she can shepherd pop into the future, too". Sawayama was then an unsigned artist, and Rina was released independently she confirmed on Twitter that she worked for two to three years to save money to release the EP. In 2017, the singles "Alterlife" and "Tunnel Vision", a duet with Shamir, were released, followed by her debut EP Rina. That's what 'Cyber Stockholm Syndrome' is about: pessimism, optimism, anxiety, and freedom." Sawayama described the genesis of the themes of the track as: "the digital world can offer vital support networks, voices of solidarity, refuge, escape. In March 2017, her single "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" premiered on The Fader. Weirdest of all – you're together, but also very alone." The song has been described as "nostalgic greatness… ultra-sweet and shimmering pop", and "90s R&B pop perfection". The single explored human interaction with digital media, with Sawayama explaining: "Online, you can present your best edited self your overheating phone substitutes human warmth. In 2016, she released the single "Where U Are", with an accompanying music video co-directed by Alessandra Kurr. In June 2015, she released a music video, directed by Arvida Byström, to her track "Tunnel Vision". Sawayama would later reveal in a 2021 Billboard interview that the reason she used only her first name is because her last name was "an inconvenience". Later that year, she released the single "Terror" on Halloween under the stage name of "Riina". A 7-inch vinyl of the single, featuring a new song titled "Who?" as the B-side, was released in April 2013 through UK label Make Mine. Sawayama began her solo career in February 2013, with the single "Sleeping in Waking", produced by Justin "Hoost" Tailor. In May 2020, Sawayama said that she was doing an online course at the University of Oxford. She graduated from the university with a degree in political science.
During her time at university, she performed in a hip-hop group called Lazy Lion with Theo Ellis from the indie rock band Wolf Alice.
While studying politics, psychology and sociology at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Sawayama decided to pursue music and modelling.
She holds an indefinite leave to remain (ILR) visa in the UK. She lived there until the age of five, when her family decided to move to London, where she was raised and currently resides. Sawayama was born on 16 August 1990 in Niigata, Japan. 2.3 2020–present: Sawayama and the Dynasty Tour.
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