I have the utmost respect for Rina Sawayama. In this day and age where "indie" is the "it" word in the pop industry, it's audacious to proclaim the Y2K pop scene as one's musical inspiration. Compared to the 80s and 90s, the 2000s seems to be deliberately omitted in the conversation for its awkward abundance along with the disastrous sense of fashion it conjures. But Rina revived this period with unabashed confidence and STYLE! With the producer Clarence Clarity, the duo's ...
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