Hurricanes

Single by Rina Sawayama

## Music Video

"**Hurricanes**" is a song recorded by Rina Sawayama, taken from her sophomore album *Hold the Girl*, which was released on 16 September 2022 through Dirty Hit. The song served as the album's fifth single and was released on 12 September 2022. It was written by Sawayama herself along with long-time collaborator Clarence Clarity, and produced by Sawayama and Clarity along with Stuart Price.

## Composition

According to Sawayama, the song is about "self-sabotage and running into situations that aren't good for you." Written by Sawayama and Clarence Clarity, she felt that the production of the song originally sounded a bit like The Cardigans and "a bit of '60s surf" and it just "wasn't working". Sawayama stated, "I needed it to sound more driving, like being propelled forward throughout the song, like a hurricane." She further added, "when Stuart Price came on board later on, he was also working with The Killers, and he suggested listening to them as a reference for the drums. Once we rerecorded the drums, it all fell into place."

## Release

The song's title was revealed by Sawayama on an Instagram post in June 2022. On 6 August, the song was performed live at Sawayama's set during the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. A few days later, Sawayama shared a snippet of the song on TikTok.

The song was released as the fifth single off *Hold the Girl* on 12 September 2022, and premiered on BBC Radio 1 as the "Hottest Record" of the day. A single EP is available on streaming platforms Spotify and Deezer, which contains the previous singles from the album, including "This Hell" and "Hold the Girl".

## Lyrics

April showers finally making way for warmer weather

But yet I still feel the same

Doing yoga just to feel untethered but my mind keeps

Ru-ru-ru-running away

Chasing hurricanes

Cause I can't feel the rain

Second it's my pain

Cause I've been walking around in chains

So won't you give me a sign if you're really there?

'Cause I've been lost inside waiting on a prayer

Until I find your love, until the wind blows down

I'm running, I'm running, running into hurricanes

Always wanted to be best at everything

Even when it felt the worst at myself (Worst at myself)

So I create a storm and bury it deep, hiding the key

In plain sight just in case I need help, help

Chasing hurricanes

Cause I can't feel the rain

So won't you give me a sign if you're really there?

'Cause I've been lost inside waiting on a prayer

Until I find your love, until the wind blows down

I'm running, I'm running, running in the hurricanes

So won't you give me a ride? Be my getaway

I'm not the girl I've tried to be yesterday

Until I find your love, until the wind blows down

I'm running, I'm running, running into hurricanes

Hurricanes

Ooh, ooh

Ooh

The wind cycle, I'm spinning

Crashed through the floor

Don't give me heaven, I'm flying

Tearing down the doors of the city

Ooh, you know I'm running, I'm running, running into hurricanes

So won't you give me a sign if you're really there?

'Cause I've been lost inside waiting on a prayer

Until I find your love, until the wind blows down

I'm running, I'm running, running into hurricanes

So won't you give me a ride? Be my getaway

I'm not the girl I tried to be yesterday

Until I find your love, until the wind blows down

I'm running, I'm running, running into hurricanes

## References

1. ↑ Rina Sawayama (16 September 2022). "*Hold the Girl* by Rina Sawayama on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Dirty Hit. Retrieved on September 16, 2022.
2. ↑ Rina Sawayama [@rinasonline] (30 June 2022). "Rina Sawayama on Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved on July 4, 2022. “signed so many Hold The Girl CDs !!!! gonna sign lots of vinyls soon too 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 it looks stunning omg 😭😭😭 my baby 😭😭😭”
3. ↑ "Radio 1's Future Sounds with Clara Amfo - Rina Sawayama Hottest Record". bbc.co.uk (12 September 2022). Retrieved on September 13, 2022.
4. ↑ Rina Sawayama (12 September 2022). "Hurricanes - Single by Rina Sawayama on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved on September 13, 2022.