Elton John's Praise That Made Rina Sawayama Blush

Elton John (Twitter @eltonofficial)

JAKARTA - 2020 is not over yet, but Elton John already has his favorite album for this year. SAWAYAMA, singer Rina Sawayama's latest album, is the iconic singer's favorite.

On Tuesday, June 16, John mentioned the album on his radio show, Rocket Hour. He also had the opportunity to speak with Sawayama via the telephone line.

“It's really nice to talk to you because you've been my favorite album this year so far. This is my favorite album this year, "said Elton John greeted with a friendly.

Rina Sawayama blushed with John's praise. He just replied, "Stop it, it's impossible."

For the singer of Candle in the Wind, the album SAWAYAMA contains different styles for a music album. "Bad Friend, for example, is the song Madonna wanted," he called an example.

After the conversation, Rina Sawayama wrote on her Twitter, “omg! @eltonofficial calls sawayama the best album of the year… ”which was added with crying emojis.

omg @eltonofficial called Sawayama Album of the Year ... 😭😭😭😭😭 listen to the full episode here on Apple Music: https://t.co/qyu8TibeND pic.twitter.com/zTLY9q34SK

- RINA SAWAYAMA (@rinasawayama) June 16, 2020

Then Sawayama told the process of making the Bad Friend music video inspired by the movie Fight Club. Ali Kurr, the music video director, said that he wanted a few elements from the film, starring Brad Pitt.

"When writing the song, I could imagine the music video being made in a long take," explained Sawayama.

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese-born singer living in England. Starting his career in 2017, Sawayama has become one of the phenomenal newcomers. This is further proven by his first studio album, SAWAYAMA, which was released last April.

This album received a positive response from critics and the music media so that the name Rina Sawayama became increasingly known. Elton John, who is a pop music legend, did not hesitate to call this album his favorite album.

Rina Sawayama was scheduled to perform her album live, but due to the outbreak of COVID-19, she had to postpone it until September.

"I don't know how the world will be in September," said the STFU! Singer.

On the other hand, Elton John interacts a lot with his listeners through social media. As well as a radio show, he also dueted Surfaces on a new song and sent a video message to the Telford kids singing his I'm Still Standing.