Rina Sawayama has shared the title track from her upcoming sophomore album, Hold the Girl. It follows the previously released singles ‘This Hell’ and ‘Catch Me in the Air’. Check it out below, along with the singer’s upcoming tour dates.
The new single premiered on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 show Future Sounds. Discussing the song, Sawayama said: “‘Hold the Girl’ was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020. 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.”
Hold the Girl arrives September 16 via Dirty Hit.
Rina Sawayama 2022 Tour Dates:
Aug 6 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
Aug 20 – Osaka, Japan – Summer Sonic Osaka
Aug 21 – Tokyo, Japan – Summersonic Festival
Sep 3 – Stradbally, Republic of Ireland – Electric Picnic
Oct 12 – Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3
Oct 13 – Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3
Oct 15 – Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Olympia Theatre
Oct 18 – Nottingham, England – Rock City
Oct 20- Manchester, England – Manchester Academy
Oct 21 – Birmingham, England – O2 Academy Birmingham
Oct 23 – Brighton, East Sussex, England – Brighton Dome
Oct 24 – Cardiff, Wales – The Great Hall *NEW DATE*
Oct 26 – London, England – O2 Academy Brixton
Nov 1 – Brooklyn, NY – Great Hall at Avant Gardner
Nov 4 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Nov 5 – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore
Nov 6 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Nov 8 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
Nov 9 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
Nov 11 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
Nov 12 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
Nov 13 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Nov 16 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Nov 18 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Nov 21 – Oakland, CA – FoxTheater
Nov 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
