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Rommel Donald, known by his stage name ROMderful (formerly ROM) is a British producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist from Birmingham. He released his debut studio album, Press L to Continue, on Same Plate/Sony in April 2019.

Early life and education

Rommel Donald was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. As a child, he learned how to make beats and play multiple instruments, including the guitar, bass guitar, violin, and drums. He was also childhood friends with fellow artist and future collaborator, KayFaraway. He drew inspiration from church music, early 2000s R&B, and video game soundtracks. In his teenage years, he was a member of a death metal band. He would later attend university while also working on his music. During his second semester of university in 2015, however, Donald opted to drop out and focus on music full time.

Career

Donald began producing music under the stage name ROM (or R.O.M.) in 2015. In late 2015, he collaborated with DEFFIE on a remix of Pharrell's "Frontin'". In early 2016, he released the track "I Just Want You To Know" which sampled the Snoop Dogg song, "Beautiful". In March of that year, he released a 3-track EP as part of his record label Soulection's White Label series. That collection contained the song "You Love Em" featuring Emmavie. Later that year, he earned a placement on the remix album for GoldLink's And After That, We Didn't Talk, reworking the track, "Late Night". He also remixed tracks from Raye ("I, U, Us") and Linden Jay ("Lose Again" featuring Shola Ama). In December 2016, ROM released a track called "Kiss and Tell" featuring the vocals of Naji.

In 2017, he adopted his current stage name, ROMderful. He also released several new tracks including "Only One" (with Tendayi) and "SoReal?" (with KayFaraway). Additionally, he produced the Jean Deaux record, "Misplaced Pages", and appeared on Kitsuné's Afterwork Vol 1 compilation album with the track "BeThere4Me" (featuring KayFaraway). In 2018, ROMderful continued working with Jean Deaux, producing her song "Energy" which was the lead single off her EP, Krash. That year, he was also signed to Same Plate Entertainment, a joint venture label with Sony Music.

In March 2019, he released a collaborative EP, Hours After Midnight, with KayFaraway. The following month, he released his debut studio album, Press L to Continue, on Same Plate/Sony. The album was preceded by the singles "Run Tings" (with Shakka and featuring Dounia) and "1 Missed Call" (featuring Dean and Tabber). The album also featured guest appearances from TOBi, Jay Prince, Devin Tracy, Wade, and KayFaraway. Vocals from ROMderful himself also appeared on the album. Music videos for "Run Tings" and "Tired of the Games" (featuring TOBi) premiered after the album's release. ROMderful also produced the Duckwrth track "KING KING" released in May 2019 and the Jean Deaux track, "Anytime" (featuring Kehlani) released in June 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Production and remixes

References

1. ^ Davies, Nicola (15 May 2019). "ROMderful is recycling his life experience into musical gold". Dummy Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
2. ^ Vensand, Rachel (13 January 2017). "Artist to Watch: ROM". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
3. ^ Tulay, Rasheed (16 September 2016). "ROM presents a beautiful rework of RAYE's "I, U, Us" [Premiere]". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
4. Buck, Courtney (13 January 2016). "Stream and download R.O.M.'s 'I Just Want You To Know'". The 405. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
5. "Soulection White Label: 017 & 018". Kel & Mel Reviews. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
6. ^ Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (9 June 2016). "Goldlink Shares And After That, We Di'n't Talk: The Remixes". The FADER. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
7. ^ Lindberg, Cailey (23 November 2016). "ROM remixes 'Lose Again' by Linden Jay & Shola Ama [Premiere]". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
8. Vensand, Rachel (19 December 2016). "ROM breaks 2-month silence with catchy new Naji collab, "Kiss and Tell"". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
9. Jiang, Ruth (30 April 2017). "ROMderful and Tendayi team up on spicy smooth 'Only One'". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
10. Jiang, Ruth (23 October 2017). "Get "SoReal?" with ROMderful and KayFaraway". Earmilk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
11. ^ Avis, Nate (23 August 2017). "Jean Deaux- Misplaced Pages (prod. ROMderful)". 4th Shore. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
12. Indiana, Jake (7 December 2017). "Gracy Hopkins' "The Faction" Is Murky, Midnight Rap at Its Best". High Snobiety. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
13. ^ Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (4 May 2018). "Jean Deaux demands good vibes on her new single "Energy"". The FADER. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
14. Payne, Ogden (30 July 2018). "Inside The Business Of Sony's Newest Joint Venture Label, Same Plate Entertainment". Forbes. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
15. Demuren, Emmanuel (18 March 2019). "Listen: KayFaraway – The Forfeit". AuxChords. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
16. Mercedes, Evelin (22 April 2019). "ROMderful Set To Release Debut Album 'Press L To Continue' On April 23". CelebMix. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
17. Mercedes, Evelin (4 April 2019). "ROMderful Teams Up With Shakka & Dounia To "Run Tings"". CelebMix. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
18. Herman, Tamar (17 April 2019). "Romderful Teams Up With Dean & Tabber For '1 Missed Call': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
19. Oke, Tobi (20 May 2019). "Premiere: Watch ROMderful "Run Tings" With Shakka And Dounia In New Visuals". Complex. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
20. Elder, Sajae (15 June 2019). "Watch ROMderful and ToBi's "Tired of the Games"". The FADER. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
21. ^ Marsh, Nick (20 August 2019). "EP Review | DUCKWRTH – THE FALLING MAN". Focus Hip Hop. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
22. ^ Post, Chantilly (7 June 2019). "Jean Deaux Sets The Summer Mood With New Kehlani & ROMderful Single "Anytime"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
23. Meline, Gabe (20 December 2017). "The 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2017: Rayana Jay, 'Morning After'". KQED. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
24. Slingerland, Calum (14 September 2018). "Hear Lou Phelps Team with Jahkoy for "Squeeze"". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
25. ^ admin, (2021/05/10 (Mon) 09:00). "10 Questions for SIRUP & ROMderful". block.fm. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• ROMderful on SoundCloud

• Living people
• Sony Music artists
• Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands
• British hip-hop record producers
• British male songwriters
• English DJs