Another smart thing about the title XS is that it’s actually a size. Like size extra small. And her line about “make me less so I want more” > xs to excess. Because access to more often comes with being smaller and fitting into beauty standards. “Make me less” being about both size and tearing down one’s self esteem and confidence so that more can be taken, and more can be sold to that person. Rina’s lyrical work is SO impressive. So much depth and layers.
I love how closely tied The Rina and Chloe and Halle fanbases are🤣😭I can always count on Ungodly Hour being recommended under SAWAYAMA reactions and vice versa.
This album is amazing. Still remember how it gagged me during the pandemic just with the first track. And Rina even watched few reaction videos of people reacting to Sawayama on her youtube channel.
Oh. My. God. I should have known that, I heard snakeskin years ago when I got into the album, and I’ve heard it many times since then and could never figure out where I heard it, thank you!
✨ SAWAYAMA TIMESTAMPS ✨ Dynasty ❤ - 5:10 XS 🤏🏻 - 9:50 STFU! 😡 - 16:03 Comme De Garçons (Like the Boys) 🧒🏻 - 19:35 Akasaka Sad 😢 - 22:41 Paradisin’ 🌴 - 26:42 Love Me 4 Me 💕 - 29:58 Bad Friend 🥺 - 32:41 Fuck This World (Interlude) - 🖕36:14 Who’s Gonna Save U Now? - 🤷🏻39:05 Tokyo Love Hotel 🏩 - 43:07 Chosen Family 👨👩👧👦 - 47:07 Snakeskin 🐍 - 49:52
@@foxesamu i really don't see it honestly. Sure it wasn't as complex or experimental as her previous work but its honesty and intimacy really spoke to me and made me like her as a person and an artist even more.
@@ex.static you could say it wasn't MUSICALLY complex (which i disagree), but that album is a very emotionally complex album. and a lot more relatable too. send my love to john? it got me BAWLINGGGGG
YEAH im gonna need you to now listen to her album 'Hold The Girl' because ITS LITERALLY FUCKINNNN INCREDIBLE and quite literally changed me as a person
Dynasty - 5:10 XS - 9:50 STFU! - 16:03 Comme De Garçons (Like the Boys) - 19:35 Akasaka Sad - 22:41 Paradisin’ - 26:42 Love Me 4 Me - 29:58 Bad Friend - 32:41 Fuck This World (Interlude) - 36:14 Who’s Gonna Save U Now? - 39:05 Tokyo Love Hotel - 43:07 Chosen Family - 47:07 Snakeskin - 49:52
this is one of my all time favorite debut albums. i feel like this album was like an internet cult favorite in 2020 along with Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle
LOVE this album and glad you did too! Also fun fact about Snakeskin, that interpolation in the prechorus is the victory theme from Final Fantasy which has got to be one of the nerdiest things to drop into a pop song imo
i saw her live and wasnt expecting bad friend but when she did it i sobbed the whole time and sang it clutching my ex. she's amazing live. i'll never forget that concert...
oh whoa i was NOT expecting a reaction to this, such a welcome surprise! this album blends so many sounds together in such a neat way. not to mention she’s a wonderful vocalist
i don’t even remember how i found this album at the start of the pandemic but omfg it still changes my life to this day. still on repeat and i swear every 4 months my fav song changes it’s all SO GOOD
DEF THE BEST DEBUT ALBUM. SO GLAD YOU FINALLY REACTED TO IT. AND SHE'S INDEPENDENT LIKE OH GOD. REACT TO HOLD THE GIRL, IT'S MY SECOND FAV ALBUM OF ALL TIME LIKE LITERALLY. A MASTERPIECE.
Omg i was waiting for LUCID and didnt realise it's on the deluxe 😭 i need him to react to that too - not as deep and experimental as the rest of this amazing album but just the perfect dance track!
love this reaction 😭 rina sawayama is seriously my favorite music artist. when i saw her live, it was truly an experience. hope you can react to hold the girl next, it’s a lot more personal- 3 major themes in the album are healing her inner child, confronting her traumas, and embracing her queerness❤️🔥
that was actually a very pleasant surprise! Rina is one of my favorite artists right now and sawayama was THE album that got me thru 2020. really happy that you like it as well!
She is an incredible vocalist live. Her show was actually truly incredibly moving and fun and elaborate and healing like i got therapized at the hold the girl tour
It’s crazy how the first stream I got to watch after subbing to the Patreon was Troy reviewing my favorite album of all time and one i’ve requested so often lol. Definitely a sign this was a good idea
the sonic and lyrical inspirations behind this album… she paid tribute to sounds of 90s and early 2000s from britney, evanescence, backstreet boys and even korn. i can also hear more modern influences like lady gaga and pc music. this album is probably one of the best debuts in modern time. she really set the bar high for every pop star who came out after this
Hi Troy, loved the video, you actually made me revisit the album and appreciate it more than before. I saw that on your wheel you have Mitski's 'The Land is Inhospitable and so are we' and i have a quick tip for you. If you really want to fully appreciate Mitski's work it might be the best if you started from her album 'Lush'. Her whole discography paints a picture of a growing woman understanding her worth and role in the world. It's even crazier that she wrote her first album as a college project when she was around 18! I understand that her latest realese might get more views from the public but I think that if you want to understand it the most it's the best to start with her first album.
i gasped when i saw this. this album got me out of such a deep and lost part of my life, thank you Rina Sawayama. and thank you Troy for deciding to choose such a work of art to react to
Such a fun vid of an amazing album! You were so close with identifying the interpolation in Snakeskin - it's the victory theme from the Final Fantasy series!
i remember listening to this album for the first time solely bc it was recommended to me on spotify, and i was blown away not only by her music but also by the fact that i never heard of her before. she's insane
COME ON RINAA also since you enjoyed this I’d say another hit of an album you should totally check out is “I miss you already + I haven’t left yet” by del water gap! my favorite album of 2023 and is definitely one of the best indie pop records I’ve heard
Can I just say how much I love this channel for exposing me to artists that I likely wouldn't had seen without it? My music taste has broadened so much since I started watching you and it's all for the better
a Motherquake of a 9.9 has been detected by the cvnterscale
ONE OF THE BEST POP ALBUMS OF THE DECADE HANDS DOWN
FRRRRR
YUP
agreed
PERIOD
Yuh
OH MY GOD I DIDNT EXPECT THIS AT ALL
ME NEITHER
Fr
SAME I SAW THIS AND LITERALLY SCREAMED.
SAME
RIGHT?! troy has been blessed
this is honestly one the best debut albums of all time. i said what i said.
💯💯💯
the best debut album of all time*
@@estonchase period.
@@estonchaseseconded
This and Madison Beer’s are my favs
she has a degree in political science, this is a critique of consumerism and capitalism
from cambridge too as well :O
Another smart thing about the title XS is that it’s actually a size. Like size extra small. And her line about “make me less so I want more” > xs to excess. Because access to more often comes with being smaller and fitting into beauty standards. “Make me less” being about both size and tearing down one’s self esteem and confidence so that more can be taken, and more can be sold to that person.
Rina’s lyrical work is SO impressive. So much depth and layers.
THE SPEED IN WHICH I CLICKED THIS NOTIFICATION IS INSANE (Still one of the best debut albums of all time imo)
i gasped so loud when i saw this in my notification box!!! this album is everything to me
I literally started jumping out of pure excitement
r you spying me coz that's what just happened to me likeeeee
This album deserved so much recognition along with ungodly hour during the pandemic 🥹
ungodly hour YES
Never seen something more correct!!
every time i remember yummy got grammy nominations while this album didn’t get a single one i wanna throw up
T
I love how closely tied The Rina and Chloe and Halle fanbases are🤣😭I can always count on Ungodly Hour being recommended under SAWAYAMA reactions and vice versa.
This album was seriously my hyper fixation during 2020-2021, I should really go back and start streaming the hell out of it again 😭😭
Samee perfect for my adhd brain
literally same
The album saved me during the pandemic, along with Chromatica.
oh FUCK yeah. Rina is next level. Saw her live on her last tour and the show was unreal. She's somehow even more talented live. Queen shit.
seeing frankenstein live fundamentally changed me as a person
@@dazesanddoodlesomg same I saw her Dublin last year and her stage presence is like nothing else
ladies, we are now approaching maximum slay. only rina can articulate a critique of material overconsumption on a pop banger.
WE NEED HOLD THE GIRL REACTIONNNNN TNKX BB
As “worldsbiggestholdthegirlfan” I agree!
PLEASE IM BEGGING
YEEEES
And her debut EP *RINA* too! 🙏✨
Yes!
This album is amazing. Still remember how it gagged me during the pandemic just with the first track. And Rina even watched few reaction videos of people reacting to Sawayama on her youtube channel.
samee omfg
In Snakeskin the little tune you recognized is actually from Final Fantasy, one of Rina's favorite video game franchises so yes, very deliberate 😭❤️❤
Oh. My. God. I should have known that, I heard snakeskin years ago when I got into the album, and I’ve heard it many times since then and could never figure out where I heard it, thank you!
The Victory Theme, recognized it immediately. So clever ugh her mind.
SAWAYAMA and Renaissance are my two favorite pop albums of the 2020s by far.
INCREDIBLE album!!
Correct answers 👏
Starf*cker by Slayyyter also slays
Time for you to add in Poppy - I Disagree into the mix, i love that album for the same reasons I love SAWAYAMA
@@someguyfromgoogle1481it might be by Poppy but I don’t think I’d call it a pop album ahaha
✨ SAWAYAMA TIMESTAMPS ✨
Dynasty ❤ - 5:10
XS 🤏🏻 - 9:50
STFU! 😡 - 16:03
Comme De Garçons (Like the Boys) 🧒🏻 - 19:35
Akasaka Sad 😢 - 22:41
Paradisin’ 🌴 - 26:42
Love Me 4 Me 💕 - 29:58
Bad Friend 🥺 - 32:41
Fuck This World (Interlude) - 🖕36:14
Who’s Gonna Save U Now? - 🤷🏻39:05
Tokyo Love Hotel 🏩 - 43:07
Chosen Family 👨👩👧👦 - 47:07
Snakeskin 🐍 - 49:52
You're so fast 😭😭
tyy
Thank you!!!
Thanks !!
This needs to be pinned
Highly suggest you watch her Tiny Desk performance. Her voice is so freaking good. Also of course check out her newest album Hold The Girl!!! So good!
YESSSS
This is THE pop album of 2020, HTG was great too and I'm so excited for what she has next in store
especially after the matty healy stuff that happened, i know she has some things to say
Right can wait to discover her future songs
2020 was such an insane year for pop music. We got After Hours by the Weeknd, Charli's how im feeling now, Folklore, AND this album all in 1 year!!!
@@Zekew24and future nostalgia !
the fact that this didn’t win a grammy in 2020 was beyond me. like it was one of the best debut albums i’ve seen
No because her and Chappell roan are the future of pop music like NOONE DOES IT LIKE THEM
NO FRRR ALSO I CANT WAIT FOR GOOD LUCK BABE
caroline polachek
Charli xcx
are you from Chappell's team?
@@romi-ok4ts U MEAN LESBIANS ⁉️
OMG OMG IM FREAKING OUT. RINA SAWAYAMA IS MY QUEEN, PLEASE LISTEN TO HER RECENT ALBUM HOLD THE GIRL NEXT 🙏 😭 😁
Such a downgrade though 😢
YES I LOVEE THAT ALBUMM
@@foxesamuwhAT-
@@foxesamu i really don't see it honestly. Sure it wasn't as complex or experimental as her previous work but its honesty and intimacy really spoke to me and made me like her as a person and an artist even more.
@@ex.static you could say it wasn't MUSICALLY complex (which i disagree), but that album is a very emotionally complex album. and a lot more relatable too. send my love to john? it got me BAWLINGGGGG
YEAH im gonna need you to now listen to her album 'Hold The Girl' because ITS LITERALLY FUCKINNNN INCREDIBLE and quite literally changed me as a person
Yessssss he has to listen to it
yes x10
Hold the girl is my girlhood
YES
Dynasty - 5:10
XS - 9:50
STFU! - 16:03
Comme De Garçons (Like the Boys) - 19:35
Akasaka Sad - 22:41
Paradisin’ - 26:42
Love Me 4 Me - 29:58
Bad Friend - 32:41
Fuck This World (Interlude) - 36:14
Who’s Gonna Save U Now? - 39:05
Tokyo Love Hotel - 43:07
Chosen Family - 47:07
Snakeskin - 49:52
this is one of my all time favorite debut albums. i feel like this album was like an internet cult favorite in 2020 along with Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle
oh you're about to reignite my obsession with this album and i'm so happy about it. SAWAYAMA IS A CLASSIC ALREADY.
LOVE this album and glad you did too! Also fun fact about Snakeskin, that interpolation in the prechorus is the victory theme from Final Fantasy which has got to be one of the nerdiest things to drop into a pop song imo
i saw her live and wasnt expecting bad friend but when she did it i sobbed the whole time and sang it clutching my ex. she's amazing live. i'll never forget that concert...
With him reacting to this I now NEED him to react to I Disagree - Poppy. Truly a piece of art and masterpiece!!
exactly who I was thinking of!
@@vacationbibl3school it would be legendary
OMG YES!!!!!!
Yesssss
Omg absolutely!!!!!
YOU HAVE TO REACT TO THE MUSIC VIDEO OF STFU.THE INTRO IS INSANE
oh whoa i was NOT expecting a reaction to this, such a welcome surprise! this album blends so many sounds together in such a neat way. not to mention she’s a wonderful vocalist
i don’t even remember how i found this album at the start of the pandemic but omfg it still changes my life to this day. still on repeat and i swear every 4 months my fav song changes it’s all SO GOOD
something about watching someone experience this album for the first time has me in tears at certain points this one hits you HARD she's so talented
no literally. this album is my life, i wish i could go back to experience it for the first time. i’m jealous.
man I would love for him to do k-pop reactions, I feel like he’d have a great time. Edit: Specifically Bibi’s Lowlife Princess: Noir album
YES PLEASE I love that album so much
Rina Sawayama is someone you shouldn't fuck around with, unless she's your best friend and you and her get along well together.
this album goes crazy, Rina is one of my best discovery during the lockdown time. I'm glad you filmed your reaction to it
Fun fact: The guitar solo in Dynasty at 7:28 was done by Adam Hann, the guitarist for the 1975.
one of the best pop albums ever and SO slept on. i’ve never been happier to see something so unexpected!
I love watching people experience the pop masterpiece that is SAWAYAMA 😌
I have never hit a push notification so quickly in my life
SAME
you have slept hard, and the world is knocked the f*** out on Rina…
This is my moment!!!!!! He finally discovered that masterpiece. Waiting for the “Hold The Girl” reaction
I watched this on patreon but this is a GOD TIER ALBUM (you can tell by my pfp and username that I love Rina smmmm)
OKAY NOW YOU HAVE TO REACT TO JESSIE WARE’S “THAT FEELS GOOD”!!!
YES
Yes yes yes!!!
Just went and listened thanks to your comment! It was FANTASTIC!
Ohhh yas
YESSSSSSSSS
DEF THE BEST DEBUT ALBUM. SO GLAD YOU FINALLY REACTED TO IT.
AND SHE'S INDEPENDENT LIKE OH GOD. REACT TO HOLD THE GIRL, IT'S MY SECOND FAV ALBUM OF ALL TIME LIKE LITERALLY. A MASTERPIECE.
Omg i was waiting for LUCID and didnt realise it's on the deluxe 😭 i need him to react to that too - not as deep and experimental as the rest of this amazing album but just the perfect dance track!
I clicked immediately, probably my favorite album of the decade so far
I mean, COME ON!? I CLICKED SO FAST OMG. Rina is amazing and this album? SUPERB
I ALWAYS FIND NEW ARTISTS THROUGH YOU AND I NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED 😭💛
I PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THISSSS!!!!
love this reaction 😭 rina sawayama is seriously my favorite music artist. when i saw her live, it was truly an experience. hope you can react to hold the girl next, it’s a lot more personal- 3 major themes in the album are healing her inner child, confronting her traumas, and embracing her queerness❤️🔥
that was actually a very pleasant surprise! Rina is one of my favorite artists right now and sawayama was THE album that got me thru 2020. really happy that you like it as well!
She is an incredible vocalist live. Her show was actually truly incredibly moving and fun and elaborate and healing like i got therapized at the hold the girl tour
OMG YESSSSS I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED!!!!!!!
been waiting for this for so long 😭 this and *hopefully* some kali uchis reactions 💆🏽♂️
It’s crazy how the first stream I got to watch after subbing to the Patreon was Troy reviewing my favorite album of all time and one i’ve requested so often lol. Definitely a sign this was a good idea
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVERRRRRRRR RINA SAWAYTAMA QUEENEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
YES RINA!
Her cover of Enter Sandman is UNBELIEVABLE
I forgot how actually good this album is, thank you for making me fall in love with it again😭
and my name is literally sawayama??? what a fake b
alright this was amazing i guess it's time for BROKE WITH EXPENSIVE TASTE
WE'RE EARLY AND FOR SAWAYAMA TOO, I'm sleeping good tonight thank you haze!!
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS IM SO HAPPY YOU FOUND IT❤
I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING AND THAT IM HERE SO EARLY OMG IM SO HAPPY YOURE REACTING TO THIS ITS ONE OF MY FAV ALBUMS
your jjk refs are crushing my soul
the sonic and lyrical inspirations behind this album… she paid tribute to sounds of 90s and early 2000s from britney, evanescence, backstreet boys and even korn. i can also hear more modern influences like lady gaga and pc music.
this album is probably one of the best debuts in modern time. she really set the bar high for every pop star who came out after this
The amount of quarantine walks I took with this album on repeat... Love Me 4 Me especially takes me BACK. 10/10 album and 10/10 vid from Troy
I literally love listening to my favorite artist with you!!!
Rina is one of my fav artists she’s so incredible I’m so excited to see where she goes! Her second album Hold the Girl is amazing!
I BEEN WAITIN ON THIS ONE Y’ALL- HITTING THE BONG AND COMIN RIGHT BACK HOLD ON
Hi Troy, loved the video, you actually made me revisit the album and appreciate it more than before. I saw that on your wheel you have Mitski's 'The Land is Inhospitable and so are we' and i have a quick tip for you. If you really want to fully appreciate Mitski's work it might be the best if you started from her album 'Lush'. Her whole discography paints a picture of a growing woman understanding her worth and role in the world. It's even crazier that she wrote her first album as a college project when she was around 18! I understand that her latest realese might get more views from the public but I think that if you want to understand it the most it's the best to start with her first album.
One of the best pop albums in recent years, and a album that’s to be talked about more
i gasped when i saw this. this album got me out of such a deep and lost part of my life, thank you Rina Sawayama. and thank you Troy for deciding to choose such a work of art to react to
DID NOT EXPECT THISSS. please also react to hold the girl album!!!
i just started the video but i did NOT expect this in the year 2024 but I’m sooooo excited for this SAWAYAMA is one of my favorite albums of all time
Your appreciation of music makes me appreciate music better. Love your vids 💚
FINALLY!!! THE REACTION I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
I come back to this video every now and then bc this pmo to this fire ass album 💁🏽♀️
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER COMMENTING ABT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES LAST YEAR OH MY GODDDDDDD THANK YOU 😭 I KNEW YOUD LOVE IT!!!!!
YEEES!! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
This is truly one of the best albums of all time. I mean that! I'm SO HAPPY you reacted to this!!!
YESSSSSSS ONE OF MY FAVORITE POP ALBUMS
such an amazing album
OH MAN ive been waiting for this
OMGGG FINALLY YOU REACT TO MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL THE TIME, ILV TROYEE ❤
LITERALLY NO SKIPS BEST ALBUM OF 2020
OMG IVE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG IM SOOOOO EXCITED EEEEEEEEEK I KNOWWW YOU WILL EAT THIS UP
literally one of my favorite albums! So glad you reviewed it!!
Such a fun vid of an amazing album! You were so close with identifying the interpolation in Snakeskin - it's the victory theme from the Final Fantasy series!
I LOVE this album, but Rina is my fav project from her. Been listening since!
i remember listening to this album for the first time solely bc it was recommended to me on spotify, and i was blown away not only by her music but also by the fact that i never heard of her before. she's insane
One of my favorite artists EVER and she’s SUCH a great live performer I’ve seen her 3 times LMAO LOVE THIS WOMAN
omg yessss i saw rina live on her last tour in nyc, she is soooooo incredibly good & talented!!! love ur reaction as always 😂
COME ON RINAA also since you enjoyed this I’d say another hit of an album you should totally check out is “I miss you already + I haven’t left yet” by del water gap! my favorite album of 2023 and is definitely one of the best indie pop records I’ve heard
Can I just say how much I love this channel for exposing me to artists that I likely wouldn't had seen without it? My music taste has broadened so much since I started watching you and it's all for the better
THIS WAS SURPRISING
AND I'M EARLY
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR FOREVERRRR
god bless!!! all hail rina
I got to see Rina in 2022 and she’s as much of a performer as she is a vocalist I love her so much
SLAYWAYAMA, SHE GAVE US THE BEST DEBUT EVER! FOR THE GOD AND THE GAYS
OH SAWAYAMA IS A MASTERPIECE IM SO GLAD YOU GOT A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO IT