FYI, Rina Sawayama's New Album And Voice Projects OTW
British-Japanese musician and actress, Rina Sawayama has been quietly booked and busy since her acting debut in 2023.
In an exclusive chat with BuzzFeed ahead of the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, where she'll be presenting, the singer-songwriter turned actress expressed her excitement for the incoming projects — including new music.
Outside of her presenting gig, diehard Sawayama stans have flooded the feeds with questions of where she's been and what she's been up to and now, we know. *Cue roaring applause*.
BFOZ: We've loved seeing you taking on so many different types of role in acting — especially in John Wick 4 and you're starring alongside Ayo Edebiri very soon — what's the transition been like between acting and music?
BFOZ: So many fans are yearning for new music. Is there any projects in the works that we can hint to them?
Rina: And it is also really nice because you get set in your writing ways after a while, so it's nice to revisit Baby Rina who wasn't thinking about all this other stuff. There is new music coming.
BFOZ: You're here in Tokyo to present at this year's Anime Awards, if you could pick one of your tracks to be an anime opening song, which one would it be?
BFOZ: Anime feels very influential in your music, what was your earliest memory of it? How did it come into your life?
BFOZ: What role does anime play in your life now?
BFOZ: You've taken on different roles as an artist from making music to acting, would you ever want to add anime voice actor to that list?
BFOZ: What was the process for voicing over that character?
BFOZ: And finally, if you could voiceover any existing anime character, who would it be?
Watch Rina present at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards on Twitch and YouTube on May 25, 2025 — the pre-show kicks off from 6pm AEST.
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