No Rome
No Rome considers himself a Charli XCX “stan.” Now, the London-based Filipinio music artist has found himself releasing a song with the British pop star and “Boom Clap” hitmaker, and he couldn’t be more excited.
“I’m such a Charli fan… one of her biggest. I have been a fan since she put out her first mixtape. I have been there. I’m psyched to have her on it,” No Rome said of his latest single, “Spinning,” in an interview with Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show.”
The track, described as a “slice of pure, joyful escapist pop,” was produced by No Rome with Dirty Hit labelmates Matt Healy and George Daniel of the British pop-rock band The 1975. The single is also accompanied by a 7″ pink vinyl pressing, featuring a remix of the track by A.G. Cook.
“We wrote this song ages ago and we envisioned another person singing it. Charli was down to singing it and we’re glad to have her on… Matty sent her the song and she laid down her vocals,” said No Rome, who has been making waves in the international indie-pop scene. “She just took it to another level.”
As visual accompaniment to “Spinning,” No Rome also collaborated with Japanese artist Hideyuki Tanaka and designer Samuel Burgess-Johnson to create a psychedelic universe inhabited by animated character versions of the three music acts.
No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 also have teamed up with NFT platform Foundation to auction original artworks designed by Tanaka Burgess-Johnson and raise money for three different charities of the artist’s choosing. Rome will donate a portion of profits to Right Start; Charli to Girls Make Beats; and Matty to One Tree Planted.
Prior to “Spinning,” No Rome, whose real name is Guendoline Rome Gomez, spent the past year working with various artists, including Beabadoobee, Jay Som, Bearface and Dijon.
“I feel like with the situation last year (COVID-19 outbreak), it’s about time to really link up with people and make music, either remotely or just being in your own space,” he said. “I honestly think that now is the time to be creative since there are not a lot of things going to happen in terms of shows.”
True enough, No Rome has been staying in the studio, working on a new album. “It’s inspired by my past stuff—dance music, trip hop, rock, emo-grunge—all those things together in one place,” he said. INQ