Rina Sawayama appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 26). Making her U.S. television debut, she performed “XS,” the single from her debut album SAWAYAMA. Watch it happen below.
Earlier this year, Sawayama opened up about being ineligible for the Mercury Prize and domestic categories of the BRIT Awards due to the awards’ nationality clauses. She called those requirements “othering.”
Read Pitchfork’s Rising interview, “Rina Sawayama on Her Wildly Eclectic and Disarmingly Personal Debut Album,” and read about her video for “Bad Friend.”