now on bbc news — in conversation: rina sawayama.is the end of the tour, so it is the last day. it's been a really insane, intense run. i'm sure when i go on stage it'll be fine, but, like, wow, i feel really, really anxious. like, my heart's just racing. usually, i have one of those gel packs that athletes, you know, take, the sugar packs, before i go on and then in, like, ten minutes�* time it'll kick in and it'll be... it'll be good. venues, please take note. and put tampons in your toilets. crowd cheers since rina sawayama broke out into the music scene in 2017, she has been doing it her way. she's campaigned to change rules for the brit awards, landed a hollywood role, come out as pansexual, and has been hailed as the future of queer pop music. and i've come to ask her how she got to this point and what's next. # you're preaching even though i'm dead # like the first time i'm in my prime # how come you don't expect me to get mad when i'm angry? # you've never seen it done... rina sawayama, welcome to in conversation. thank you s

# you've never seen it done...# rina sawayama, welcome to in conversation.hank you so much forjoining us. thank you for having me. it's surreal. how would you describe this particular moment in your life? it feels like so much has happened in the past few years. the first phrase that comes to mind is probably a sigh of relief. ithink, you know, my career really took off during the pandemic, and i'm so grateful for that, you know? it was really unexpected. but at the same time, i worked solidly through the pandemic, then out of the pandemic, then since then, i haven't stopped — and the majority of the work i've been doing after the pandemic was touring, because everyone, like me, all the artists were catching up on the tour dates that we had to cancel for two years, and so it was nonstop. you were born injapan and you moved to the uk when you were a child. what was that like? what are your memories of that time? well, i was five years old when i moved, and we moved because my dad worked forjapan airlines. and so i was injapanese school, so, continuing my educ

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