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Nicky Romero (Music)

Nick Rotteveel (born 6 January 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero, is a Dutch DJ and music producer. He has collaborated with many popular musicians in the Pop and EDM scene, such as David Guetta, Avicii, Armin Van Buuren, and Steve Aoki.

He was born and raised in Amerongen, the Netherlands. He started his musical career in 2007, and got signed into Once Records and releasing the singles "Privilege" and "Qwerty" in 2008. In 2009, he created various remixes which would bring him to fame, including some commissioned by the Ministry of Sound. In 2010, he started his Spinnin' Records career and released "My Friend", which would be popular and played by many other famous DJs, charting high numbers in several dance music charts. He released one of his most well-known songs, "Toulouse', in 2011. 2012 would oversee his rising in popularity into the mainstream, and he even collaborated with Avicii in "I Could be the One".

Romero started his record label Protocol Recordings in 2012 and released its first song, "WTF!?". Since then, most of his songs are released under this label. He also has his own VST named Kickstart, which focused on sidechain for kicks and bass.

Discography

  • Compilation albums
    • Nicky Romero Best 2016 (2016)
    • Nicky Romero presents Protocol Miami 2017 (2017)
  • Extended Plays
    • Redefine (2020)
    • Monocule Vol. 1 (2020)
    • Nights with You (2020)
    • Monocule Vol. 2 (2021)
    • See You on the Dancefloor (2022)

I could be the one to make you trope that way, I could be the one to set you free:

  • All Just a Dream: The music video for "Toulouse" ends this way, with the guy in the bus stop waking up looking at the man from before, now unmasked, looking at him. When he leaves the bus stop, the other man mysteriously wears a Guy Fawkes mask, leaving to this trope being zigzagged.
  • Future Funk: His song "Future Funk" with Nile Rodgers subverts this as it does not have a vaporwave influence, but regardless it still has influences from funk music given that Chic's main guitarist is featured in it.
  • Holy Water: The singer in "Take Me" wants to be bathed in such to avoid temptation from the devil.
  • Iconic Outfit: The man with the gold and black hoodie and Guy Fawkes mask in "Toulouse". When the music video for its 2020 edit came out, people who are familiar with the original instantly recognized the outfit.
  • Malevolent Masked Men: "Toulouse" revolves around a person wearing a Guy Fawkes mask who "brainwash" random passengers in the streets, including the man in the bus stop who is probably the music video's main character. Eventually, the group of masked people becomes larger that near the end of the video, they can be seen approaching a random person in a train station, surrounding him.
  • Silly Love Songs: Some of his songs, such as "Lighthouse" and "Legacy" (with Krewella)
  • With Lyrics: Originally an instrumental, "Toulouse" has a vocal edit with vocals from Bobby Anthony.