Words: Sam Geary
With her 'SAWAYAMA' debut album out April 17 via Dirty Hit, London artist Rina Sawayama shares another new track from the record.
Premiered earlier tonight (March 2) by Annie Mac as her Hottest Record In The World on BBC Radio1, the R&B inspired track is a song "that mocks capitalism in a sinking world," she says. "Given that we all know global climate change is accelerating and human extinction is a very real possibility within our lifetime it seemed hilarious to me that brands were still coming out with new makeup palettes every month and public figures were doing a gigantic house tour of their gated property in Calabasas in the same week as doing a ‘sad about Australian wild fires’ Instagram post.
"I mean, I’m guilty of turning a blind eye too, because otherwise it makes me depressed. We’re all hypocrites because we are all capitalists, and it’s a trap that I don’t see us getting out of. I wanted to reflect the chaos of this post-truth climate change denying world in the metal guitar stabs that flare up like an underlying zit between the 2000s R&B beat that reminds you of a time when everything was alright."
Check it out now.
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