Belgium-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Romanie has released her new LP It’s Not That Funny via Community Music.
Romanie’s 2023 debut Are We There Yet? offered a candid depiction of displacement, muddled up with the feeling that you’re running out of time, establishing Romanie as a compelling new voice in the alternative/indie space. It’s Not That Funny builds on her signature emotional honesty, expanding her sound through collaborations with Hamish Mitchell (Armlock), Tom Stell (Golden Features) and Adam Hyde (Keli Holiday / Peking Duk). A body of work she jokes could be shared with your therapist, the record sees Romanie leaning further into personal storytelling, exploring themes of trauma, healing and growth, while moving between two contrasting sonic worlds: chaos vs. calm, anguish vs. optimism.
Opening the album with ‘Anything or Anyone’, Romanie establishes that continuity extending from the themes of her debut, navigating her new life on the other side of the world, while feeling like she cannot escape the feeling of running out of time to get it all right. While the song’s emotional core stems from difficult moments, it reigns as a strong reminder that we are never alone and that your community is everything – an outlook runs through the entirety of It’s Not That Funny.
Speaking of the video for the song ‘Falling’, Romanie says: “It’s really a representation of what the album means to me: no matter how rough life gets, my friends are there to hear me sob and pull me through hard moments as much as I want to be there for them. I am in love with the video as much as I am love with everyone who helped make it, it really is true that you should marry your friends.”
At its core, It’s Not That Funny is about finding yourself in the aftermath of difficult experiences, coming together through an ever-evolving approach to songwriting and recording. Through every song on the record, It’s Not That Funny doesn’t shy away from meaningful conversations, merging personal, political and complex discussions into songs that leave a lasting impact.
Release: February 20, 2026, Community Music