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Rina Sawayama shares energetic new single ‘Hold the Girl,’ announces tour

Rina Sawayama has shared the title track to her forthcoming album, Hold the Girl, out September 2nd via Dirty Hit. Alongside the track, she’s announced a forthcoming tour.

Featuring a pretty killer key change, “Hold the Girl” is an energetic, uplifting tune. It boasts rollicking instrumentals with an almost country sensibility, as Sawayama’s powerhouse vocals take the lead.

“‘Hold the Girl’ was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020,” Rina Sawayama said in an interview on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 Show, Future Sounds. “I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song… that was the start of [the writing process for the album]. I was crying before going into the studio to write about it.”

Listen to “Hold the Girl” below.
 

 
In addition to “Hold the Girl,” the forthcoming album features the previously released “Catch Me In The Air” and “This Hell.”

Check out the tracklist for Hold the Girl below.
 

Hold the Girl Tracklist:

Check out Rina Sawayama’s upcoming tour dates below.
 

Rina Sawayama Tour Dates:

San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival – 08-06
Osaka, Japan – Summer Sonic Festival – 08-20
Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic Festival – 08-21
Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic – 09-03
Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 – 10-12
Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 – 10-13
Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre – 10-15
Nottingham, England – Rock City – 10-18
Manchester, England – Manchester Academy – 10-20
Birmingham, England – O2 Academy Birmingham – 10-21
Brighton, England – Brighton Dome – 10-23
Cardiff, Wales – The Great Hall – 10-24
London, England – O2 Academy Brixton – 10-26
Brooklyn, NY – Great Hall at Avant Gardner – 11-01
Boston, MA – Roadrunner – 11-04
Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore – 11-05
Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore – 11-06
Atlanta, GA – The Eastern – 11-08
Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works – 11-09
Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom – 11-11
Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin – 11-12
Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall – 11-13
Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren – 11-16
San Diego, CA – SOMA – 11-18
Oakland, CA – Fox Theater – 11-21
Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium – 11-23

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