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Rina Sawayama has a few notes following Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s Saturday Night Live appearance. In an Instagram Story post about the pop star\u2019s performance of \u201cNobody\u2019s Son,\u201d <\/a>Sawayama highlighted an evident lack of cultural research behind the studio set, which was inspired by a karate studio and featured tatami mats.<\/p>\n \u201cBig love to Sabrina but fellow artists creative teams \u2026 if we are clearly referencing a culture, please can you do so with the research, respect and care it deserves,\u201d wrote Sawayama, who is Japanese-British. \u201cShoes on tatami is jail.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Carpenter only stood on the mats for a moment, but throughout her performance two red-belt opponents battled it out while wearing sneakers with their uniforms. Representatives for Carpenter did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n Sawayama has previously spoken about the role that pop music played<\/a> in connecting her with peers at school after her family immigrated to London from Japan. \u201cIf you\u2019re new to that school or whatever, it can really connect you to the rest of the students,\u201d she said in 2022.\u00a0She took inspiration from Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, and Lady Gaga, all of whom inform her work now. \u201cI still feel that same excitement when I listen to songs from back then that inspired me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Stefani herself has a long history of evoking Japanese imagery throughout her career and toeing the line between appreciation and appropriation, typically leaning more towards the latter. In 2023, she told Allure<\/a>, \u201cMy God, I\u2019m Japanese and I didn\u2019t know it \u2026 If [people are] going to criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and sharing that, then I just think that doesn\u2019t feel right. I think it was a beautiful time of creativity\u2026 a time of the ping-pong match between Harajuku culture and American culture.\u201d<\/p>\n Carpenter doesn\u2019t fall into this category, at least. All Sawayama is suggesting is that the Louboutins and Adidas stay off the mats next time.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rina Sawayama has a few notes following Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s Saturday Night Live appearance. 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