The Story of ROMANTICA - The WORST Visual Kei Band

[@brifyjek]

there's some bonus footage at the end of the video btw

[@SofiaLopez-cq8vu]

-I want Malice Mizer -We have Malice Mizer at home Malice Mizer at home:

[@saudade969]

Please don't compare my Lord and Savior Mana Sama's band to this bathroom floor gunk of a "visual k" band

[@meisa.]

@@saudade969ur missing out on the true lord and savior karen fox

[@odothedoll2738]

“Argentinian gay nahtzi duo” is a freight train of a line to have in the first 30 seconds

[@maffieduran]

Swap "argentinian" for "russian" and you've got Tatu

[@eriksigalraven8340]

Im russian. And I can tell in russia many gays do like Hitler bc we like everything what is antikremlin. Seeing that our enemy is kremlin

[@kcio3erene307]

i just went “what”

[@suzupremacy]

@@maffieduran fun fact: tatu weren’t actually lesbians; it was just a “rebellious” marketing tactic. One of them had a boyfriend, and I heard somewhere that the other was homophobic (take that with a grain of salt though).

[@claramrts]

@@suzupremacy It's no big news that they're not lesbians though... This has been stated first in 2003 iirc and then when they broke contract with their producer (which was a creep) they made it clear that they were not lesbians, just making music for lesbians. They had this whole act going on as part of the music project but obviously had personal lives outside work. None of this was kept a secret, they even have a videoclip where Yulia is pregnant. It's true that Yulia's homophobic though - she has said some pretty bad things in interviews (that was after the breakup). They pretty much can't get along anymore

[@Rozalkaaa]

Romantica is what i imagine a band formed by the cast of nyan neko sugar girls would sound like but worse

[@no1közifan]

HELP OMG 😭😭😭😭

[@SUPAchotenchan]

i wasn't expecting their first song to be named fucking yaoi and felt lightheaded after reconfirming it was, in fact named yaoi im on the verge of fainting thats given me a feeling i cannot even describe genuinely

[@Vicky-fl1xo]

“I didn’t study music” We definitely can see that Karen, no need to point that out lmao

[@mrtuning1194]

wanted to correct you by saying "hear*" but you can even tell by just looking at the music videos lol

[@cherubasus5519]

honestly some songs are decent when it comes to instrumentals, there are some bangers in there! but uh....the singing and mixing ruins it 😭😭 i want them to be remade someday with people who actually know what theyre doing

[@mrtuning1194]

yeah separately some parts is not that bad, but the moment there's two or more instruments playing it's just hot mess.

[@may6431]

real

[@pogodoka]

The instrumental isn't that bad but then they just started singing and omfg, its so bad 😭😭😭

[@ghoulhexxx]

Holy shit, I can't believe this is part of my country's history and I had no idea. To give you some more context, the song Karen Fox is singing at the end with a friend is Mujer Amante by the band Rata Blanca, and it looks like they're at the entrance of the Lola Membrives theater here in Buenos Aires

[@quackityhq1081]

The music is mostly okay, BUT THE SINGING.

[@KamiEmperor]

that paris riff was ASS

[@gothshik]

This was too much even for us, argentinians vkei fans back then... also Karen got to be on a famous mv by Gustavo Cerati (ex Soda Stereo - HUGE rock latam band-) so he got quite cocky about that. both of them were huge jerks irl. trivia fact: Sada was known as Shiki before Romantica in the argentinean vkei fandom

[@Vicky-fl1xo]

QUEEEE, en que video de Cerati salió? Necesito ver eso JQNNSKSKSK

[@gothshik]

@@Vicky-fl1xo kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooDUZ5SJidKYrNEsi=m9D7BB1ODao2GZZk&t=20 con la capelu en toda su gloria

[@thatguynamedfausto]

A mí me lo mencionaron como ShinjiL y Shinjidark a Sada antes de romantica... Tenía muchos apodos o qué onda?

[@maffieduran]

@@gothshik HE WAS IN A CERATI VIDEO?

[@gothshik]

@@thatguynamedfausto sii shinjidark también jajaj

[@raggdollman5940]

Those are…definitely songs!

[@ImMakinMacNCheese]

Definitely might be a stretch 😁

[@nimhard]

I laughed my ass off at him saying "Xiaoi" lmao - as a spanish and portuguese speaker this is hilarious

[@alegrarecart158]

I swear, that's how I say it, it's the rioplatense accent, sounds really funny even to me

[@veevv]

that's how we pronounce the letter 'y' in buenos aires lol, i remember the 'glam visual' gesture they did was an inside joke between all the local vk enjoyers, i never knew a single person who didn't make fun of these guys

[@nimhard]

@@veevv I know, I live next to Argentina and I am fluent in Spanish. Still sounds funny

[@Ekraelum]

Was them insisting that they didn't study music supposed to be a flex? Or a justification?

[@Notkii]

THEY DID LADY OSCAR SO DIRTY😭😭

[@kimjiwoosgarden9305]

My country is so god damn random sometimes

[@mimachocolat8413]

It's funny (a little sad actually) how Sada's solo music is way better and you can tell he cares for the genre (even though he was stuck in the 90s). He had a better fashion sense too. Like, things would have turned out completely different if he stumbled upon a bunch of normal Vkei fans instead of Karen's crazy ass. I wonder what their relationship was really like.

[@nogf42069]

I listened to Yaoi like 15 years ago and completely forgot about this disaster of a band. Years passed and I thought I was a happy man: I now have a stable job, decent income, a big group of friends, mum's still alive and we get along... and then you had to make this video and KZbin had to recommend it to me, you just HAD to. I'm sending my next therapy bill to your PO box mate.

[@vilakei]

late at night when i cannot sleep, i can still hear karens voice ringing in my ears 😭

[@vilakei]

this band physically pains me to listen to

[@metamorphoseis_]

Ah, yeah. Visual kei was a huge thing here in Chile and Argentina. I remember going to this type of screening parties where they showed japanese visual kei music videos and there were tribute band sometimes too. Never knew about Romantica tho. I wouldn't be surprised if they had chilean fans hahaha

[@TheStx]

KE TE PASA CON ROMÁNTICA CTM (?????)

[@anothercell]

there is no way this band wasn’t just an elaborate troll

[@irreverencer]

it is

[@elle4204]

if these guys werent N4zis i would fw them they are so edgy and funny

[@vera_seppuku]

I knew them personally. And friends of them. They wanted to be famous, and now they are haha. That last guy taking ice cream is called Martin RIOT and he was my IRL friend haha.

[@thatguynamedfausto]

Tremendo haber sido amigo de músicos tan reconocidos JAJAJAJA. Eran tan forros como algunos dicen? Escuché que tenían una actitud muy mierda a veces...

[@Snormite]

¿De qué viven ahora?

[@veevv]

@@vera_seppuku hermana todo el mundo se les reía, nadie los respetaba... no eran famosos eran un meme viviente

[@nagitkmaeda7606]

Argentina mention 🔥🔥🔥

[@mel_163]

vai hermanos

[@EpixNirvana_Fan101]

I like how most of the comments are just like "I'm scared and confused right now D: " and the creator is just like "Like! :3"

[@palemoon7865]

If the vocals weren't like that, maybe the music wouldn't sound all bad, the instrumental is mostly okay tho... In my opinion... I've heared worse tbh edit: nvm, I head Lady Oscar

[@cabaretnoire]

16:34 BROO I ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THAT LADY OSCAR SONG BEFORE I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNTALENTED JAPANESE VKEI BAND HELP☠️☠️

[@the80sguy66]

Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero of Visual kei 💀💀💀

[@juns_bf2]

i also kinda feel bad for them

[@sai3693]

agreedd

[@unknown6390]

I sense a lot of unresolved pain in Karen that he wasn't able to find help for. Romantica was an outlet, but it doesnt excuse the awful elements

[@petesematary]

12:32 this activated my fight or flight. I've been to enough crappy goth shows to know where this is going

[@japonofiliablog]

A 37-minute video about Romantica? I'd never expected someone to dedicate so much time to this meme band. Also, if you are interested in discussing occidental visual kei bands, I recommend you check Tenshi no Yume from Mexico. They weren't so amateurish as Romantica, in fact, They were competent musicians, but is interesting that a Visual Kei band existed in Mexico in the first place.

[@lilacKurage]

on behalf of my country, I am so so so sorry for this... A point I need to clarify: in Cara de Angel, the phrase about horns, it's an argentinian slang. "to have horns" means that you have been cheated by your partner. So, the girl in the song cheated on him. No, I don't know why we have this phrase, but it had way more sense than Karen's guts for singing. God, this might be the first memory of something that I really wanted to forget. It was way too bizarre back then too.

[@brifyjek]

Oh, there's actually an identical phrase in Polish that means the same thing.

[@lilacKurage]

@@brifyjek that's amazing! I didn't know, I wonder if we learned that slang from your country! Btw thank you so much for the tango music while documenting the band 🙇🏼‍♀️

[@junekamilleelo7555]

It's sad that Romantica exists

[@mimmikibilly]

Lady Oscar would sound better if it was cogesive. I still find it weirdly endearing, probably bc my brain tries its best to autocorrect the notes and timing and that's fun.

[@pamipon822]

we have visual kei at home (argentina)

[@cursedgeorge939]

Y'know, I worry about my own VK music and aesthetic, but these guys have certainly helped pick up my confidence. Wow.

[@NyavYxor]

This was an amazing find. Thank you for showing us this trainwreck, I love it.

[@malenaveloso2760]

JAJA as a Argentinian i didn't know this band!! great videoo!

[@bassplayer8815]

That is the worst singing I've ever heard

[@milkxyie]

im halfway through the video and i dont think i can make it

[@vilakei]

me neither

[@初音ミク-f5u]

i really like romantica's music in terms of some of the instrumentals, but the whole n@zi thing throws me off

[@Aliceundeaddoll]

Now we need a video about Maria Cross kjkjkjkkjkkkkklloo

[@cynatriss]

maria cross is unironically my hero, hes just. he exists, alright!! the stuff is harder to track down since he has like 15 names under stuff and LOVES using insane amounts of kanji. like we know him as Maria Cross, but hes also known as Megami Maria, Maria-sama, MARIA, etc... i think he's married? his wife is nice from what ive heard. and ive heard hes either nice or mean...

[@meisa.]

hell yes. gonna agree with top reply he is also my hero unironically

[@insectsect]

I would definitely be interested in them just on the “weird guys being weird for fun” principle but all the nazi stuff is blocking me from doing that

[@friendlyargonianneighbour9500]

it is truly beautiful to see a video of a shitty band i didnt even knew it existed from MY country this is fucking amazing thank you

[@RAFAELsantos-s1p]

Khala living in argentina 😢😢😢😢😮😮😮 found he 😮😮😮😮😮

[@bbcuUurve93000]

PLSS I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS ARGENTINIAN VKEI FANS UNITE!!!

[@voidwalkerkanda6404]

This just unlocked memories from my youth. Me and some old folks were big vkei fans (still am) and hearing Action in California made me laugh, loud, like a key of remembrance just turned kkkkk Thank you for that and cheers from Brasil!

[@N00dlecattt]

the singing is actually so bad im laughing

[@horacebones493]

My god, Karen Fox and I are like the same person. Jesus, I think I need to rethink my life.

[@margarinchick]

THIS IS HILARIOUS They remind me a lot of Tori Fox and Ghost Lady, cringe cosplayers from Russia The energy is reaaaly similar lol

[@SakugaAsu]

This is really cool! First I've ever heard of this band, feels like I'm getting deeper into vkei history everyday because of your content :3

[@KyrieFortune]

me, opening the video: "oh, i mean, they are musically bad i guess, but surely there can't be anything wild going o-" "Any instance of a swastika will be covered in a smiley" "I MUST LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE GUY *N O W* "

[@KyrieFortune]

Jokes aside, Karen Fox's vocals are impossible to be recovered, but the music has this "punk registered with an ipad that has been doused in salt water" vibe that I am really digging, clearly a lot of the bad comes from subpar recording and mixing and thus could be salvaged

[@niclasneziru1854]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! I remember hearing about them in some obscure corner of the internet when I was a teenager many many years ago but I completely forgot about their name

[@maffieduran]

Being someone who speaks spanish, I am glad I am able to understand the wonderfully awful lyrics. The last one was particulary hilarious and could easily pass as comedy

[@jagoda3714]

I have not known them before and I'm so scared. oh so scared.

[@thewebsweweaved]

I actually love that they were unique and didnt give a fuck. Kudos to them.

[@cutecute1218aww]

I love ur content plz don’t get hit by a bus on September 13 2026!

[@brifyjek]

@@cutecute1218aww Thanks, I'll try my best not to get hit by a bus on September 13 2026

[@Clausier]

Making a visual kei band out of japan is wild from the beginning to the end

[@gizmo4192]

There's good non jp bands out there like Madmans Esprite, Disreign, Seremedy, Die/May, Scarlett Horizon

[@Fooleen]

some bands do music but forget they do it for someone to listen to.

[@_irene]

Had no idea that there was so much more to this band, always thought they only had like 2 songs. This was very interesting to watch! 😁

[@lucyx_x9746]

JAJAJAAJ NI YO SIENDO DE ARGENTINA SABÍA DE LA EXISTENCIA DE ESTOS, increíble la verdad, buen video locoo

[@pyshicalnurose]

Didn’t know that ill be hearing vkei band and the nazhee in the same sentence 😭

[@TheSouthGuardian]

I personally have been re-discovering Vkei music lately and have been out of the loop for the past 10 years. So i had not heard about them before and would love to see more video's like this.

[@augustopenaspalmeira471]

i'm argentinian and didn't know they existed. they sound like a mix of david hasselfoff, virus and miranda (actually good argie bands) but not glam

[@lucwatoa8775]

The song they sing in the min 34:00 its an interpretation of Rata Blanca 's hit "Mujer Amante", one of the greatest and famous metal bands from Argentina, its more like power metal, so if u want to add some intercultural knowledge, i highly recomend taking a look to it, also "La leyenda del hada y el mago" and "Aun estas en mis sueños" are their top songs.

[@brifyjek]

Oh, thank you. I like power metal so I'll check it out.

[@ShiroVK870]

Hey Dont be afraid to listen to low budget with very few releases Thats where the best Visual kei is and thats what true visual kei enjoyers mostly consume.

[@KamiEmperor]

Based

[@cryptia]

I'll never feel bad about my music again 🙃

[@chaotic.content]

I usually enjoy music that's considered "bad" but this is straight up BAD. yet somehow nostalgic?

[@vinesilike]

Not people saying their song is kinda good 😭😭

[@karolinedemon]

Their guitar riffs are good and i fear thats the only good thing about them

[@juns_bf2]

i’d definitely like to see more videos like this, it was very interesting

[@washuuchanful]

I'm dying. I never heard anything of them but I remember discussions (and dunking) on forums and the like. And here you bring this detailed deep dive.

[@DorianFoscoWolfwood]

HOW DID THEY MANAGE TO MISPRONOUNCE YAOI HELP 😭😭😭

[@veevv]

@@DorianFoscoWolfwood it's not mispronounced, it's how people from buenos aires pronounce the letter 'y', kinda like an 'sh'

[@amadeus3472]

Please make more videos of deep dives into this genre

[@-ONCE-]

When you said that Karen liked David Icke I had to put my phone down and punch my bed 😭 I can't believe that anyone actually believes that that bullshit it's absolutely crazy

[@Yakoii_World]

No crei volver a escuchar de ellos XDD Ya hasta me habia olvidado su existencia E.E

[@nayutades]

as argentinian myself i'm not surprise by them omg, it's the first time i hear something about them, ACTION EN CALIFORNIA n YAOI A RE ATROCIOUS 😭 they were truly the definition of ''5 dollars and a dream''

[@reiichi.lvs.shingekinoawake]

the instrumental is decent and quite good, but the singing is omg😭

[@kejpibara]

youre doing such a good work, I love your vids!

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

The instrumentals in their songs are actually pretty dope. Just remove the vocals and they'd make great dark ambient tracks.

[@brandonbrumett5653]

well they had the look.. but not the sound I mean they obviously studied lots of 90's visual kie bands but they must have played the music with no sound lol

[@meev5887]

They are so delusional and edgy its so funny

[@kei_tastrophe]

i actually…really really like a lot of their music i’m not gonna lie 😭

[@FIyingSheep]

OMG PINTEREST OOMF FOUND IN KZbin?!?!?!? HI KEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kei_tastrophe]

@@FIyingSheep OMG HIII!!

[@KodokunaSenshi]

As a bad singer, that gives me hope

[@elivile.]

They're giving strong emo kids in the early 2000s vibes.

[@thomas-gy1vb]

Lady Oscar sounds like the singer from Pretty boy Floyd joined Immortal or Celtic Frost

[@HINOENJAPON]

I FELT HIGHLY INSULTED BECAUSE YOU DIDNT TALK ABOUT DAI, THE BASSIST OF ROMANTICA! AND ONE OF THE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND!!!!! (not rlly kjjjjjjj)

[@bassplayer8815]

I haven't even seen the video yet but Brifyjek has already convinced me Argentina is the greatest country in the world... And that Romantica is the worst

[@kegerat000r]

Never heard of them, and I'm from Argentina (but I don't live in bsas). good video fam. PD: Most of the songs are badly mixed, and artistically, it feels way edgy than expected.

[@chipacitos]

argentinian vkei fan here, what the fuck

[@louimmature]

they ate

[@hudsongabriel4301]

Sei lá eu senti um misto de sentimentos ao terminar de ver esse video. O primeiro foi de alegria, porque fiquei feliz que Karen conseguiu seguir seus próprios ideais e objetivos até o final(por mais tortos e ruims que sejam) sem importar com a opinião alheia não tendo medo e nem vergonha de si mesmo. O segundo foi de tristeza, tristeza por Sada não ter conseguido evoluir como artista de VK que deveria ter acontecido, ele tem talento pro instrumental se ele tivesse conhecido pessoas que se importavam com mesmo objetivo e propósito que ele certamente ele teria se tornado um bom músico. O terceiro foi de Esperança, Esperança porque se esses dois malucos principalmente o karen conseguiram virar músicos (por mais ruims que sejam) eu também posso.

[@trevorphillips9576]

They were trying way to hard to be edgy. lol

[@shokurei]

the styling is pretty good ngl..

[@Nataliaaaaa00]

I’m tone deaf asf and this band is a literal boost of confidence 😭

[@Ulvic_]

What we learnt here: Not studying music and going 100% on your emotions and instincts to make your career can be both awesome (Mana-sama) or terribly awful (Karen), no inbetweens

[@Ortorexia420]

long time ago i used to be friends witha person who thought they were undiscovered gold lol

[@sawbonesquad4876]

lol, yeah this band sucks, the instrumentation and vocals are both soooo bad. I love how you had to hold yourself back from laughing at the website info.

[@karolinedemon]

I think that these songs could be hits if they had someone who could actually sing or if someone remade them

[@bangyanana]

omg me and karen have the same birthday😭😭

[@ShiroVK870]

27:36 this song is solid.

[@K3no-e9g]

Esta es la que mas me gusta la verdad pero por q hicieron su voz muy bajita en algunos momentos me cuesta oirlo bien

[@thatguynamedfausto]

Best Sada project songs are, by far, Alguna Vez and Nostalgias. Nostalgia's video is pretty cool too. Yes man, here we're proud Sada apologists.