It's so cool that her actual intellect is reflected in her songwriting. A lot of her songs have a pop structure but the lyrics are intricate and political. She deserves even more acclaim and success.
Her time at Cambridge and achievement did not go to waste at all, it all went into her music and her brilliant lyrical output 🥺 so so proud of you Rina and so glad to be an alumna of yours 🥺
What a great interview. She is so genuine and super smart. Hold the girl made me cry thinking of her as well as her mom, who was surviving in the UK with a little girl
OMFG I AM SO IN LOVE! Started listening to Rina one week ago and today started to watch interviews. The part she explains about This Hell Is Better With You hit me right in the heart, she's so precious!
I just discovered Rina a few weeks ago when I was watching the Graham Norton Show here in the U.S. on BBC America. She performed “Hold The Girl” and I was mesmerized by the song and especially her performance. I literally became a fan instantly and have been discovering her music and learning about her as an artist since then. This interview was soooo good and I’ve fallen even deeper in love with Rina after seeing this interview and learning so much about her through this interview. By the way, great content and I really thought the interviewer did a great job presenting the questions with a balance of curiosity, respect and sincere interest in Rina and her story. 👏 👏
What an amazing interview!! I’m seeing so much of myself in her and I didn’t even know! I’m a 29 year old, queer man, psychologist, wanting to have a career in music but with no connections. I see you Rina and you inspire me to continue this journey
Great interview!! And great questions! Made me teary hearing Rina speak about all this given I'm an immigrant in London and I also built my career to be a writer!
I love the questions in this interview a lot and also guys, here is more proof that it's never too late to start your dreams, Rina was already an adult when she became more professionally into music.
Yo after watching John Wick 4, she should definitely be cast as Psylocke in the new X-men movies. Rina is an amazing artist and actress. British and Japanese just like Psylocke, come on Marvel! Who agrees?🙂💚
Thank goodness we have another talented Asian singer. There’s so many talented and vocally well and way better than a lot of American singers. So glad time has change and hopefully Asians are more accepted in the music industry. BTS made it but this queen needs to dominate!
Come on, asking another question about XS when she’s talked about it so much? She has so many other songs on equally interesting political and personal topics that we still haven’t fully explored! Otherwise loved this interview.
All these comments saying what a good interviewer this guy is and here I am thinking that he just has a list of questions and its more a Q&A rather than an interview cause he isnt following up any of his questions and so it feels very stop start
I know British acts sometimes sing with something of an American accent, but what’s going on in This Hell where it sounds like some LA type is singing?
She is indeed an extremely talented lady ! And clearly highly intelligent , what really annoyed me after hearing her in radio 1 live lounge today , is the reference to her sexuality ! I thought the idea is that it shouldn't matter ? Yet for some reason , she's being promoted as an "LGBTQ" singer ...when surely she should just be judged as a singer regardless of her sexuality ? A massive " woke" own goal in my view ! They need to decide if someone's sexuality is important or not , I think it is better that it isn't!!! Which would have made me very politically correct 10 years ago but now ..apparently, makes me a dinosaur!
Sexuality/identity shouldn't matter but unfortunately in this world there is a lot of hate and until that is fixed we must still talk about it. Queer representation saves lives
@@alltsem i think most people are .. and have been for some time ..pretty liberal about what people do in their private lives .. I really dont think there is that much hate . Much of this perception of "hate" is just the narrative young people of the virtue signalling narcissistic social media age tell themselves so as to feel part of some "great change" in society ..as if we were all lynching homosexuals until about 2019 ! the truth is ..just like the recent "racism" industry ...these battles have been fought and won long ago .. the young people of today would love to parralell their "social justice" efforts with that of the civil rights movement of the 60s ..or the fall of apatheid in South Africa but sadly they have missed out on such siesmic changes so have to invent an alternative reality so they can feel historically relevant ! Trhere have been , quite rightly HUGE changes in the attitude towards homosexuality in my life time and my own and many of my peers have changed our views and behaviour as a result ..but nothing will increase polarisation and disharmony between people of different races/sexuality faster than the current "woke" assault on our senses through constant media propagander ! opposition to the overrepresentation and time given to a tiny minority is NOT "hate" ! I know many gay people who share my opinion , people who dont define themselves entirely by their sexuality and dont wish to be part of a "community" whos only thing in common is NOT being hetrosexual ! Lots of normal gay people just want to get on with their lives and dont wish to be lumped in with a "community" that extends to the extreme ,mentally ill fetishist mob that is the radical trans movement !
@@GST51here is still A LOT of hatred towards queer people. It’s easy to say that it seems like there isn’t when you aren’t a queer person and haven’t lived the experience. LGBTQ+ people have only fairly recently gotten representation and most of the time it isn’t not even good. I mean this with all respect, but you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about and should listen to queer individuals when they’re telling you their experiences and their reality.
@@Nikolai508 I don't see how that makes me a dinosaur, it was " them" who started using the word to describe what they feel is some kind of moral superiority, so it is appropriate ! That they now wish to shy away from the ridiculous term since the movement has been thoroughly discredited as intellectually bankrupt.. is their/your problem not mine !
It's so cool that her actual intellect is reflected in her songwriting. A lot of her songs have a pop structure but the lyrics are intricate and political. She deserves even more acclaim and success.
Yes ... I believe she does
It’s a shame the fans don’t get yo decide who’s famous or their level of fame
Shout out to the interviewer who did an amazing job with actually engaging questions
100% agree. Great listener too.
Yes! Mr. Pongo did his research and asked relevant questions. I wish other interviews with talented, smart women were this interesting.
@@MegaKumquatyes! He even knew the first singles she released!
Was going to write that.
Finaly!
The interviewer is asking the RIGHT questions! Such an insightful interview.
Her time at Cambridge and achievement did not go to waste at all, it all went into her music and her brilliant lyrical output 🥺 so so proud of you Rina and so glad to be an alumna of yours 🥺
Good to see her rich privilege worked out great for her!
@@jimjam5012 did you miss the part where she had to work multiple jobs to even get started on her career
Absolutely loved this interview, Rina is so original and authentic, she is really the new main pop girl but in her own way.
you will play in a stadium and i will be there!! so proud of your growth, rina 💜
What a good interview!!!! This gentleman did a great job asking fascinating background questions and connecting with her on a musical level
those last two questions oh my god I LOVE HER SO FUCKING MUCH
Intelligent, social, political, philosophical, personal, funny and genuine!
What a great interview. She is so genuine and super smart. Hold the girl made me cry thinking of her as well as her mom, who was surviving in the UK with a little girl
Rina, you are super talented. You will play sold out stadiums one day.
She is such an inspiration. Can't wait for the new album and hopefully to one day see her on stage myself
She’s beautiful
OMFG I AM SO IN LOVE! Started listening to Rina one week ago and today started to watch interviews. The part she explains about This Hell Is Better With You hit me right in the heart, she's so precious!
I met Rina 4 days ago and I cannot stop thinking about it. She is the best performer I've ever seen
I just discovered Rina a few weeks ago when I was watching the Graham Norton Show here in the U.S. on BBC America. She performed “Hold The Girl” and I was mesmerized by the song and especially her performance. I literally became a fan instantly and have been discovering her music and learning about her as an artist since then. This interview was soooo good and I’ve fallen even deeper in love with Rina after seeing this interview and learning so much about her through this interview. By the way, great content and I really thought the interviewer did a great job presenting the questions with a balance of curiosity, respect and sincere interest in Rina and her story. 👏 👏
I first saw her on the Graham Norton Show.I love the way she transitioned from Japanese to fluid English.impressive ❤
One of the best interviews of Rina! Great!
brilliant interviewer and love rina so much
What an amazing interview!! I’m seeing so much of myself in her and I didn’t even know! I’m a 29 year old, queer man, psychologist, wanting to have a career in music but with no connections. I see you Rina and you inspire me to continue this journey
She s beautiful ❤️👍
Even in a small venue she rocked the small stage. Everything she did was iconic especially her entrance.
This is a great interviewer, he did an awesome job. I loved learning all this about her
She deserves a stadium tour
Great interview!! And great questions! Made me teary hearing Rina speak about all this given I'm an immigrant in London and I also built my career to be a writer!
She’s a Utada fan , First love such a great album
She is our intergalactic ambassador when the federation ships show up... Have no doubt
I love her sooooo much. I lived on this album for weeks after it came out, going to work balling my eyes out. Such a comforting album
Ahhhh Rina, I love you. You're amazing. Go girl!!!!
2:55
She worked so hard.
Strong woman.
Great interview! He totally asked the kind of questions that I wanted to know the answers too! Great job!
Loved this interview. I always like to hear what Rina has to say about her experiences and perspectives ❤️🔥
Her music resonates.
this was such a good interview. props to the interviewer and, of course, rina was very insightful. there's something special about her :)
So proud of how far she's come.
she's brilliant❤️
Rina, babes, you can come to Nashville now! Pls come to Nashville 💖🥺
I love her so much
6:50 she called him out 💀 love her
Noooo I just caught that too 😭
But then he said her name correctly later! Wonder if he was embarrassed lol!
she is so so so brilliant
Love you rina! Excited for hold the girl 💅🏼😍
What a great interview: great interviewer and great subject
Great interview and super smart lady
wow! i'm writing an essay on rina and i can already tell this is going to be a super helpful interview. thanks for your great work mr. dometi pongo!
I fucking stan her!!
Thank you for this interview. This is excellent!
god she is so smart
i'm so in love with her. always and forever your pixel rina
I don’t have energy to listen to full interview today and I WILL return bc the vibes are just so so good
and questions as well as shared care, so brilliant
She’s smart, talented beautiful and I love love her accent!
Thank you for this interview! Those are some very good questions!🌃
I love her more and more every day
The interviewer needs a raise!
Rina, I absolutely love your surname, don't have doubts about using it!!!
i could listen to rina forever
Great interview!!! kudos to the interviewer
Queen
I love the questions in this interview a lot and also guys, here is more proof that it's never too late to start your dreams, Rina was already an adult when she became more professionally into music.
Rina💫💓日本人のDNAを感じる素敵な魂。自分らしく生きることを世界中に🌏🪐
知的で強くて美しいRina が大好き❤💕サマソニに行きたかったです🥲🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
The interviewer is🔥
I really really loved this interview
He asked all the questions I had on my mind so thank youuuu !
Great interview with a great artist and great questions!
awesome interview with great questions!
Good answer Rina - it’s not about statistics but having fun and throwing in a bit of metal into a song. Great answer
Yo after watching John Wick 4, she should definitely be cast as Psylocke in the new X-men movies. Rina is an amazing artist and actress.
British and Japanese just like Psylocke, come on Marvel!
Who agrees?🙂💚
this was a great interview
Goddess, Queen and everything in between.
great interview
Really love her way of thinking
Es de otro mundo. La amo
Thank goodness we have another talented Asian singer. There’s so many talented and vocally well and way better than a lot of American singers. So glad time has change and hopefully Asians are more accepted in the music industry. BTS made it but this queen needs to dominate!
The interviewer did a great job. He asked great questions.
Im Korean. Im your big fan ㅠ
Saw her in John Wick 3 , so gorgeous
She mentioned Utada Ikaru, she is good too.
so thats why her songs have a psychology thing to it
Utada Hikaru! Her inspirations helped make her great.
Wow I really like her a lot.
Automatic GOAT!
日本語で聞きたい！
Queen go for Eurovision 2023 🇬🇧
I absolut loved this interview✨✨
But I have to say, the background music was a little destracting , maybe too loud?
💙
Rina x Utada PLEAASEEE
💫🙌🏼💛💫💛🙌🏼
Come on, asking another question about XS when she’s talked about it so much? She has so many other songs on equally interesting political and personal topics that we still haven’t fully explored! Otherwise loved this interview.
Rina's Mercury rejection story is essentially how foreigners living in Japan for more than 10 yrs feel on a regular basis.
#いつも外人
All these comments saying what a good interviewer this guy is and here I am thinking that he just has a list of questions and its more a Q&A rather than an interview cause he isnt following up any of his questions and so it feels very stop start
Finally she explained the album cover 😂
Does any one know from where I can get her blouse for my gal?
Her mum looks like Yoko Ono.
wait are they not actually in the same room
Dammnnn, Mtv actually focus on music and artists?!? 🤯😂
The rack tho
mother
I know British acts sometimes sing with something of an American accent, but what’s going on in This Hell where it sounds like some LA type is singing?
You mean the song that references Britney Spears, Whitney Houston and Paris Hilton?
Rina Sawayama is such a multifaceted soul!🎶Beautiful Model too!😍❤ Best of all, she is awesome in *John Wick: Chapter 4…* 🎥 🍿 Check it out!🤩🈲⚔️🔥
She is indeed an extremely talented lady ! And clearly highly intelligent , what really annoyed me after hearing her in radio 1 live lounge today , is the reference to her sexuality ! I thought the idea is that it shouldn't matter ? Yet for some reason , she's being promoted as an "LGBTQ" singer ...when surely she should just be judged as a singer regardless of her sexuality ? A massive " woke" own goal in my view ! They need to decide if someone's sexuality is important or not , I think it is better that it isn't!!! Which would have made me very politically correct 10 years ago but now ..apparently, makes me a dinosaur!
Sexuality/identity shouldn't matter but unfortunately in this world there is a lot of hate and until that is fixed we must still talk about it. Queer representation saves lives
@@alltsem i think most people are .. and have been for some time ..pretty liberal about what people do in their private lives .. I really dont think there is that much hate . Much of this perception of "hate" is just the narrative young people of the virtue signalling narcissistic social media age tell themselves so as to feel part of some "great change" in society ..as if we were all lynching homosexuals until about 2019 ! the truth is ..just like the recent "racism" industry ...these battles have been fought and won long ago .. the young people of today would love to parralell their "social justice" efforts with that of the civil rights movement of the 60s ..or the fall of apatheid in South Africa but sadly they have missed out on such siesmic changes so have to invent an alternative reality so they can feel historically relevant ! Trhere have been , quite rightly HUGE changes in the attitude towards homosexuality in my life time and my own and many of my peers have changed our views and behaviour as a result ..but nothing will increase polarisation and disharmony between people of different races/sexuality faster than the current "woke" assault on our senses through constant media propagander ! opposition to the overrepresentation and time given to a tiny minority is NOT "hate" ! I know many gay people who share my opinion , people who dont define themselves entirely by their sexuality and dont wish to be part of a "community" whos only thing in common is NOT being hetrosexual ! Lots of normal gay people just want to get on with their lives and dont wish to be lumped in with a "community" that extends to the extreme ,mentally ill fetishist mob that is the radical trans movement !
@@GST51here is still A LOT of hatred towards queer people. It’s easy to say that it seems like there isn’t when you aren’t a queer person and haven’t lived the experience. LGBTQ+ people have only fairly recently gotten representation and most of the time it isn’t not even good. I mean this with all respect, but you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about and should listen to queer individuals when they’re telling you their experiences and their reality.
The only thing that makes you a dinosaur is using the word woke.
@@Nikolai508 I don't see how that makes me a dinosaur, it was " them" who started using the word to describe what they feel is some kind of moral superiority, so it is appropriate ! That they now wish to shy away from the ridiculous term since the movement has been thoroughly discredited as intellectually bankrupt.. is their/your problem not mine !
Something tells me she wasn't thinking of her jewels when she wrote about capitalism... and album sales! Oops