Rina Sawayama | Making Of | Who What Wear
Rina Sawayama is more than your average pop star. She breaks the mold in the best way with hit albums, Hold the Girl.
Go behind the scenes on a cover shoot with Rina, and get into the vibes of this next music mold-breaker with WhoWhatWear's interview.
Go behind the scenes on a cover shoot with Rina, and get into the vibes of this next music mold-breaker with WhoWhatWear's interview.
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00:00Hi, I'm Rina Sawayama and we are on set for the cover shoot for the August issue of Who,
00:26What, Where. My music in three words would be eclectic, maximal and emotional. My first
00:41big break as an artist, probably doing Jimmy Fallon performance for the first time, felt
00:49like a big break to me. But yeah, because it happened during lockdown, I still don't
00:55really have a real grasp of how well it's gone, I guess. I don't know. I think this
01:04one's one of my favourite pieces. It's by Vivienne Westwood and it's hand painted. So
01:11it's so beautiful. I love the different colours on there and like the colour story. And I'm
01:16also really into Victorian, milkmaid vibes. I think it looks really cool. I actually use
01:25something like this in one of my videos that's coming up. So yeah, love it. So cool. The
01:32fashion direction and the set design complement each other because the set design is super
01:36rich. So the fashion is kind of bringing out different elements of that. There's moments
01:40where it's kind of a more paired back and the set can really speak for itself. And then
01:44there's going to be moments where it's both very loud, just so there's kind of dynamism
01:48throughout the shoot.
01:54My favourite collaboration I've done with another artist is hands down Elton John. Everything
01:58about it was epic and so unexpected. He was so open to taking suggestions and didn't have
02:04an ego, just was so part of the creative process and just kept asking, Marina, do you like
02:09that? I'm just going to try it like this. Do you think it's a good idea? And it was
02:13so wonderful and very creative and collaborative.