Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl
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Mvnl
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It's probably 80% responsible for me getting her previous album too. Love it.
Yes, this happened for me too! Her vocals are so incredible and strong here
Mvnl
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Yeah and I in general have properly new albums more on heavy rotation than older ones, so the live album sold all of her material to me while SAWAYAMA kinda ended up in the bottomless pit of pop my iTunes is
I never got round to posting about the London show. She was sensational, vocally impeccable (I think it was all live vocals?), fully living her popstar fantasy. A relatively simple stage/production which they used very effectively, budget might not have been huge for this tour but her sheer talent completely made up for it.
My favourite thing was seeing her beam with joy at the crowd's reaction to the 'put your hands up' part of Bad Friend. I mean going from a cute fake crowd effect in your song to seeing it play out in real life to a sold out Brixton Academy must have felt fucking amazing.
Speaking of the crowd, this was probably my favourite audience at a concert ever, they were fantastic before, throughout and after the show. Such a positive energy in the air which helped make the heat more tolerable. The This Hell sing-off was iconic!
A very touching speech introducing Send My Love To John where she practically told us she *is* our mother almost brought me to tears.
What a night!
My favourite thing was seeing her beam with joy at the crowd's reaction to the 'put your hands up' part of Bad Friend. I mean going from a cute fake crowd effect in your song to seeing it play out in real life to a sold out Brixton Academy must have felt fucking amazing.
Speaking of the crowd, this was probably my favourite audience at a concert ever, they were fantastic before, throughout and after the show. Such a positive energy in the air which helped make the heat more tolerable. The This Hell sing-off was iconic!
A very touching speech introducing Send My Love To John where she practically told us she *is* our mother almost brought me to tears.
What a night!
Was it just me who thought the Strictly routine was a bit shit?
The professional dancers appeared out of time with each other?!? Also, I was expecting something much more creative with it - Frankenstein coupled with Dracula, Satan with Morticia, etc. Not… LBD and a bit of white make-up.
The professional dancers appeared out of time with each other?!? Also, I was expecting something much more creative with it - Frankenstein coupled with Dracula, Satan with Morticia, etc. Not… LBD and a bit of white make-up.
The Strictly performance was a real missed opportunity. For her highest promo slot I expected more from the routine and staging but it was all just a bit uneventful and safe. She sounded great but she should have been included more in the routine because it didn’t highlight her as a performer at all.
That was pretty Big Pop Girl-esque for me. Easily her best TV performance.
Not that it means anything these days, but would this give the song any boost? I checked Kworb and it's in Top 40 on iTunes. It would've been pretty cool to send the song in the final Top 100 but I doubt it made any noise on streaming to maintain the figures.
Well done Rina also!
Well done Rina also!
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I really liked the performance, it also got her two new fans in my parents. Plus it meant we got some more Neil Jones action.
I kept trying and got through again eventually, as it’s a big bank. Only for the payment provider to block after too many tries. Credit card also declined somehow. So I created a new account and I got through again, and rushed to my Mum to have her pay with another bank and I got in.
Non-Chosen Family comes through!!!
Non-Chosen Family comes through!!!