Catch Me in the Air

Single by Rina Sawayama

## Music Video

"**Catch Me in the Air**" is a song by Rina Sawayama from her sophomore studio album *Hold the Girl* (2022). The song served as the album's second official single and was released on 27 June 2022 through Dirty Hit. It is about Sawayama's mother who is a single mother.

Sawayama debuted the song during her Glasgow show of The Dynasty Tour on 13 November 2021, and it was a regular part of the setlist.

## Background

Rina Sawayama released her critically-acclaimed debut studio album *Sawayama* in April 2020. On its first anniversary, Sawayama revealed that she has "already started [writing] album 2".

Later that year, in November, Sawayama embarked on her The Dynasty Tour. During the fourth show of the tour in Glasgow, Scotland, Sawayama debuted "Catch Me in the Air" from her upcoming second album.

> I wrote a very special song and it's about my relationship with my mom who's a single mom. [...] I just wanted to write the fact that we have caught each other when we're falling, and so this song is called "Catch Me in the Air".
>
> — Sawayama introducing the song on her Dynasty Tour

It was ultimately added on the regular setlist for the North American second leg of the Dynasty Tour, from 9 April 2022 to 13 May 2022.

## Release

On 13 June 2022, Sawayama asked fans for live clips of "Catch Me in the Air" at the Dynasty Tour. The song was announced by Sawayama as *Hold the Girl*'s second single on 24 June 2022, with a date for 27 June. Additionally, a snippet of the song was made available on TikTok.

## Composition and production

According to Hannah Ewens from *Rolling Stone*, the song was "heavily" inspired by Irish pop band The Corrs "pitched to Gwen Stefani".

Sawayama started writing "Catch Me in the Air" at the end of 2020. "I had 'Catch Me in the Air' written down as a note already. From the pre-chorus to the chorus I wanted to have that feeling of a lift, as though you’re jumping off a cliff into crystal-clear water," she said on an interview with *Rolling Stone* in June 2022. To complete the production, Sawayama sent pictures of what she wanted it to sound like to producer Stuart Price. "It was someone meditating on the edge of the cliff, it was seagulls, it was someone on a pier, it was Irish coastline, waves hitting," she recalls. "And [Price] absolutely nailed it, it does sound like that." "Catch Me in the Air" was the first track Sawayama worked on with producer Stuart Price.

## Lyrics

Hey there

Little girl, don't you wanna see the world?

Don't be scared

Hey there, little world

Are you ready for this girl

Do you dare?

Only took 9 months and a lot of love

Carried all our dreams and she's ready now, ooh

Hey there little girl

Don't you wanna see the world (Now let's go!)

I ran away where clouds kiss the mountain peaks

I was afraid but you put the wings on me

Feet on the edge

Feet on the edge

So catch me in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Mama, look at me now)

Catch me in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Mama, look at me now, I'm flying, I'm flying)

Twenty years all alone

Bound together to the phone

Was it fate?

Watched you decorating all the walls, made a prison of our home

No escape

When you ran away where clouds kiss the mountain peaks

I was afraid but you left your wings on me

Feet on the edge

Feet on the edge

So catch me in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Mama, look at me now)

Catch me in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Mama, look at me now)

So catch me in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah!

And they will never know

The fear of making a mistake

The risk you take, the pain you create

But, mama, look at us now

High above the clouds

Yeah, I hope that you're, hope that you're proud

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

So catch me in the air

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Mama, look at me now, I'm flying

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Mama, look at me now, I'm flying

Save each other in every way

Feel the fear as we float in the sea

Look at us now

Way past the clouds that haunted your dreams

I hope that you're proud

Save each other in every way

Feel the fear as we float in the sea

Look at us now

Way past the clouds that haunted your dreams

I hope that you're proud

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wehner, Cyclone (20 July 2022). "Rina Sawayama Dissects Identity On New Album & Talks ‘John Wick’ Lead Role". theMusic.com.au. Retrieved on July 29, 2022.
2. ↑ Richards, Will (14 November 2021). "Watch Rina Sawayama debut soaring new song ‘Catch Me In The Air’ live". *NME*. Retrieved on November 15, 2021.
3. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA [@rinasawayama] (13 June 2022). "RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter". Retrieved on June 26, 2022. “Pixels !! If you've got live clips of 'Catch Me In The Air', please email to rina@dirtyhit.co.uk ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥”
4. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA [@rinasawayama] (24 June 2022). "RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter". Retrieved on June 26, 2022. “🌬CATCH ME IN THE AIR 🌬”
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ewens, Hannah (30 May 2022). "Rina Sawayama: holding herself tight - Rolling Stone UK". *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved on May 30, 2022.
6. ↑ Sawayama, Rina (27 June 2022). "Catch Me In The Air - Single by Rina Sawayama". Spotify. Dirty Hit. Retrieved on June 27, 2022.
7. ↑ Sawayama, Rina (27 June 2022). "Catch Me In The Air / Rina Sawayama". Tidal. Dirty Hit. Retrieved on June 27, 2022.
8. ↑ Sawayama, Rina (27 June 2022). "Rina Sawayama (new album) - Catch Me In The Air: lyrics and songs". Deezer. Dirty Hit. Retrieved on June 27, 2022.