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28.09.2023 - 22:49 / perezhilton.com
Rina Sawayama is opening up about a traumatic period of her life.
During an interview on the BBC Three for the BBC World Service’s online series, In Conversation, the singer revealed a shocking reality that she says informed her 2022 album, Hold the Girl: she was “groomed” as a teenager. She opened up:
Ugh, this poor woman… Even more shocking? Her groomer was a TEACHER at her school:
WTF.
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As for why she’s opening up about it now, well, the 33-year-old sort of just recently came to the realization. The Eye for an Eye singer explained:
Gross… Her groomer was well over a decade older than her. And finally hitting that age made her realize just how young 17-year-olds really were…
Rina said the breakthrough in therapy led to two tracks in particular off her record: Your Age and Hold the Girl. She reflected:
The John Wick: Chapter 4 star explained that following the revelation of what had happened at her school, SHE somehow became the target:
How completely awful, but sadly an all too common phenomenon known as victim shaming. However, working through the trauma and pouring it into her music proved to be an “incredible” thing for the Japanese-British artist. She explained:
What an inspiration. We’re so happy she was able to get to such a powerful place. As for what’s up next, Rina doesn’t plan on revisiting anymore trauma on her next album:
She has our full support. What are your thoughts, Perezcious readers?? Let us know in the comments down below.
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