ROMderful

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ROMderful
Birth nameRommel Donald
Born Birmingham, UK
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • DJ
  • multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • violin
  • drums
  • vocals
Years active2015–present
Labels
  • Same Plate Entertainment
  • Sony
  • Soulection

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.

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Early life and education

Rommel Donald was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. [1] As a child, he learned how to make beats and play multiple instruments, including the guitar, bass guitar, violin, and drums. [2] He was also childhood friends with fellow artist and future collaborator, KayFaraway. [1] He drew inspiration from church music, early 2000s R&B, [2] and video game soundtracks. In his teenage years, he was a member of a death metal band. [1] 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. [2]

Career

Donald began producing music under the stage name ROM (or R.O.M.) in 2015. [2] In late 2015, he collaborated with DEFFIE on a remix of Pharrell's "Frontin'". [3] In early 2016, he released the track "I Just Want You To Know" which sampled the Snoop Dogg song, "Beautiful". [4] 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. [2] [5] 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". [6] He also remixed tracks from Raye ("I, U, Us") [3] and Linden Jay ("Lose Again" featuring Shola Ama). [7] In December 2016, ROM released a track called "Kiss and Tell" featuring the vocals of Naji. [8]

In 2017, he adopted his current stage name, ROMderful. He also released several new tracks including "Only One" (with Tendayi) [9] and "SoReal?" (with KayFaraway). [10] Additionally, he produced the Jean Deaux record, "Wikipedia", [11] and appeared on Kitsuné's Afterwork Vol 1 compilation album with the track "BeThere4Me" (featuring KayFaraway). [12] In 2018, ROMderful continued working with Jean Deaux, producing her song "Energy" which was the lead single off her EP, Krash. [13] That year, he was also signed to Same Plate Entertainment, a joint venture label with Sony Music. [14]

In March 2019, he released a collaborative EP, Hours After Midnight, with KayFaraway. [15] The following month, he released his debut studio album, Press L to Continue, [16] on Same Plate/Sony. [1] The album was preceded by the singles "Run Tings" (with Shakka and featuring Dounia) [17] and "1 Missed Call" (featuring Dean and Tabber). [18] The album also featured guest appearances from TOBi, Jay Prince, Devin Tracy, Wade, and KayFaraway. Vocals from ROMderful himself also appeared on the album. [1] Music videos for "Run Tings" [19] and "Tired of the Games" (featuring TOBi) premiered after the album's release. [20] ROMderful also produced the Duckwrth track "KING KING" released in May 2019 [21] and the Jean Deaux track, "Anytime" (featuring Kehlani) released in June 2019. [22]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected details
TitleDetails
Press L to Continue
  • Released: 23 April 2019
  • Label: Same Plate/Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
PLEASE RECONNECT CONTROLLER
  • Released: 29 October 2021
  • Label: EMA Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download

EPs

List of EPs with selected details
TitleDetails
Soulection White Label – 018
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Soulection
  • Formats: Digital download
Hours After Midnight
(with KayFaraway)
  • Released: 14 March 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
ICE CREAM CLONES
  • Released: 25 November 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
UTOPIA
(with Summer Soul)
  • Released: 9 June 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
ICE CREAM CLONES 2
  • Released: 29 September 2023
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

List of singles with selected details
TitleYearAlbum
"Only One" (feat. Tendayi)2017Non-album single
"BeThere4Me" (feat. KayFaraway)Afterwork Vol 1
"Run Tings" (with Shakka and feat. Dounia)2019Press L to Continue
"1 Missed Call" (feat. Dean and Tabber)

Production and remixes

List of production and remix credits
SongYearArtistAlbumRole
"Frontin'" (remix with DEFFIE) [3] 2015 Pharrell (feat. Jay-Z) In My Mind Remixer
"Late Night" (remix) [6] 2016 GoldLink (feat. Masego) And After That, We Didn't Talk Remixer
"I, U, Us" (remix) [3] Raye Second Remixer
"Lose Again" (remix) [7] Linden Jay (feat. Shola Ama)Non-album singleRemixer
"Wikipedia" [11] 2017 Jean Deaux Non-album singleProducer
"Magic" [23] Rayana JayMorning AfterProducer
"Energy" [13] 2018Jean DeauxKrashProducer
"Squeeze" [24] Lou Phelps (feat. Jahkoy)Non-album singleProducer
"Anytime" [22] 2019Jean Deaux (feat. Kehlani)EmpathyProducer
"KING KING" [21] Duckwrth THE FALLING MANProducer
"Online" [25] 2020SIRUPcureProducer
"Overnight" [25] SIRUPcureProducer
"Sunshine" [25] SIRUPcureProducer

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