Rina Sawayama – Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)
Japanese-born, London-based pop artist Rina Sawayama is moulding the future of pop in own way with flare, style, and power. Her upcoming debut album SAWAYAMA, out April 17th, will be nothing short of exciting and futuristic, and her new single “Comme Des Garçons (Like the Boys)” is solid proof.
Written as a confident, catwalk-strutting pop tune, “Comme Des Garçons” is a pop song that encompasses Sawayama’s love and appreciation for the gay community and their shared support:
“When I was writing this song I wanted on one hand to lyrically explore the idea of people having to adopt negative male tropes to appear confident, whilst on the other sonically paying homage to the early 2000s dance tracks that made me feel confident. The idea that the socially acceptable version of confidence is in acting ‘like the boys’, otherwise as a woman you get called a bitch – but in the club, we reclaim the word ‘bitch’ as a sign of ultimate confidence (‘yes bitch’, ‘work bitch’). I wanted to sit these two together and make a club fashion banger that makes you feeling like THAT bitch whoever you are.
Catch Rina on tour this spring during her Dynasty Tour (dates below). She has partnered with PLUS1 and will be donated $1 from each ticket to support environmental organizations to help protect the future of the planet.
Get your fierce face on, and listen to the electro-pop tune below, and head to her website for more information on her upcoming album.
Tour dates:
4/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
4/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
4/27 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
4/28 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
5/1 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
5/2 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
5/3 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club Theatre
5/6 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
5/7 – New York City, NY @ Webster Hall
5/8 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
5/9 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry at the Fillmore
5/14 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
5/15 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
5/16 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Intitute3
5/21 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
