Singer Rina Sawayama Reveals She Was 'Groomed' By A Teacher At 17

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Rina Sawayama is opening up about a traumatic period of her life. During an interview on the BBC Three for the BBC World Service’s online series, In Conversation, the singer revealed a shocking reality that she says informed her 2022 album, Hold the Girl: she was “groomed” as a teenager.

She opened up: Ugh, this poor woman… Even more shocking? Her groomer was a TEACHER at her school: WTF. Related: Devastatingly Beautiful Final Sinéad O’Connor Song Debuts On The BBC As for why she’s opening up about it now, well, the 33-year-old sort of just recently came to the realization.

The Eye for an Eye singer explained: Gross… Her groomer was well over a decade older than her. And finally hitting that age made her realize just how young 17-year-olds really were… Rina said the breakthrough in therapy led to two tracks in particular off her record: Your Age and Hold the Girl.

She reflected: The John Wick: Chapter 4 star explained that following the revelation of what had happened at her school, SHE somehow became the target: How completely awful, but sadly an all too common phenomenon known as victim shaming.