in 2013, rina sawayama started her career with her first single “sleeping in walking”. after then her first mini album “rina” released in 2017 was selected as one of the “artist to know in 2017” by the fader(usa) and “dazed 100(100 creators of the next generation)”by dazed(uk).  in november 2019, she was awarded “vogue japan women of the year 2019” which is given to women who have made various achievements in the year. on april 17, 2020, they released their first studio album, “sawayama”. it received high praise from music critics, with a 5-star rating from ”nme”, 4-star ratings from ”allmusic”, independent, and ”rolling stone”, and an 89/100 rating from the review collection site metacritic.