Rina Sawayama proclaims new single ‘I am Free’ with Paris Hilton

Rina Sawayama has introduced a brand new single ‘I’m Free’, a collaboration with Paris Hilton, set to be launched subsequent month.

Information of the tune was revealed in a put up on Hilton’s Instagram account, which confirmed a video depicting a textual content dialog between the 2 singers. The put up is captioned: “’I’m Free’, out June twenty first.”

The primary textual content within the video is from Hilton, with an audio recording titled ‘Free’ and a message saying, “Hey sis! Been engaged on one thing…”

“Paris!! Obsessed,” is the reply from Sawayama. “What in case you…did a verse?” replies Hilton.

Rina then says she is “operating to the studio”, which leaves Paris “on the sting of my seat”.

The put up then says “three infinite hours later” the observe was full.

In March, Sawayama mentioned she wasn’t capable of launch her subsequent album “underneath my present circumstances”.

She mentioned her “psychological well being has been terrible” over the previous yr, including: “I’ve been fortunate to have discovered methods to maintain my enterprise afloat and help myself in addition to my group, however relating to new music I can’t launch one other album underneath my present circumstances.

“I really feel actually trapped and don’t know what to do.”

These feedback got here amidst Sawayama’s public battle along with her label Soiled Hit, which is co-founded by The 1975‘s supervisor Jamie Oborne. At Glastonbury 2023, Sawayama referred to as lead singer Matty Healy out for his controversial feedback made on The Adam Friedland podcast while introducing her tune ‘STFU’: “Tonight this goes out to a white man that watches ‘Ghetto Gaggers’ [porn] and mocks Asian folks on a podcast. He additionally owns my masters. I’ve had sufficient.”

Every member of The 1975 has a stake in Soiled Hit, with Healy beforehand serving as artistic director for 4 years earlier than stepping down from the role in April 2023.

Sawayama mentioned she had “felt intense racist misogyny in a manner that I’ve by no means felt earlier than” since summer time final yr. Although she didn't title Healy through the interview, she mentioned: “In private and non-private I really feel as if I’ve been repeatedly gaslit, disrespected, ignored, even cyber-bullied for calling out blatant racist and sexist behaviour.”

“I simply wish to go away this world a fairer, safer and kinder place for future generations to stay in,” she continued. “That’s all the time been my mission from the beginning and I’ve all the time used my voice for this, however time and time once more, girls are punished for inconveniently holding a mirror as much as males who weren't keen to be held publicly accountable.

“My friends and I share tales and it’s clear there are a number of males working on this trade who proceed to get away with terrible behaviour.”

Hilton, in the meantime, lately introduced that her highly-awaited second album ‘Infinite Icon’ can be launched in September. She had beforehand said the file can be executively produced by Sia.