No Rome to open The 1975 show in Manila tomorrow

No Rome

London-based Filipino singer-songwriter No Rome is set to hit the stage on home soil as the opening act at the coming Manila stop of British band The 1975’s Asian tour.

Mounted by MMI Live, the concert will be held tomorrow at SM Mall of Asia Arena. (For tickets, call 470-2222.)

No Rome, whose real name is Rome Gomez, debuted only last year with the hit synth-pop track “Narcissist,” from his first EP “RIP Indo Hisashi.”

The sleek and mellow single, which now has over 43 million streams on Spotify, features vocals and production from The 1975’s frontman Matt Healy and drummer George Daniel—No Rome’s labelmate at Dirty Hit.

No Rome and Matt make for a good collaboration because they “make genre-bending pop music.” “We get inspired from places that you wouldn’t expect,” he said in a statement.

The 24-year-old music artist has just released his second EP, “Crying in the Prettiest Places.”

It features six sonically diverse tracks, including “5 Ways to Bleach You Hair,” a screamo-tinged pop tune, and “Stoned in the Valley,” which melds 2000s pop punk and emo rap.

No Rome, who grew up in Manila before moving to London, learned the basics of music production at the age of 12, thanks to his father.

“Making music made me get so obsessed with it. I was super into hip-hop and obsessed with J Dilla and Nujabes,” he recalled.

After his supporting gig in The 1975’s concert, No Rome is also expected to return to the country to perform on Oct. 6 at Market! Market! in Taguig. —ALLAN POLICARPIO