Romanie

In the music of Romanie, the listener is invited to become immersed in a rich palette of sounds and influences, buoying a natural vocal talent.

For Belgian-born, Melbourne-based singer and songwriter Romanie Assez, the music has always stemmed from an innate desire to express creativity through personal and engaging storytelling.

Releasing her debut EP – Little Big Steps – in 2021, Romanie introduced herself beautifully with a collection of music that boasted influences as varied as Lucy Rose to Big Thief; Wet Leg and Alvvays, to Middle Kids. At the core of the material, a captivating sense of songwriting nuance and strength that was unafraid to delve deeper in its exploration of personal themes.

Her 2023 debut album ‘Are We There Yet?’ was nominated for the Australian Music Prize, AIR Feature Album, winner of the Triple J Unearthed x NIDA music video competition and saw her win the 2023 Upstart Award, become a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, and finalist in St Kilda Festival’s New Music Competition.

The album received a wide range of industry support including Junkee, Tonedeaf, triple j, RRR, Amazing Radio UK/US, MTV all showering her music with praise. ‘Are We There Yet?’ landed multiple editorial playlists across Spotify and Apple Music and quickly gathered over 100k streams on streaming services and the music video for ‘Hallucinating’ was selected as Rage’s ‘Wild One’.

Ever since Romanie moved to Australia in 2019 she’s been playing her own captivating headline shows both solo and with her band, as well as touring with 10cc (UK), Yoke Lore (US), playing alongside Katy J Pearson (UK) and opening for Australian favourites such as The Moving Stills, Mia Wray, BATTS, Alex Lloyd, The Screaming Jets, The Velvet Club and many more.