“ROMANTICIZE,” a collaborative single by Maya, a high school singer-songwriter based in the United States, and Rol3ert, who was selected for Spotify’s “RADAR: Early Noise 2026,” was released today, Wednesday, May 13. Built around the theme of “romanticizing the past,” the song is a mid-tempo ballad with entirely English lyrics, portraying the relationship between two people after a breakup while weaving in familiar motifs such as guitars and Polaroids. The track was produced by Tokyo-based beatmaker and producer A.G.O. Centered on floating synth textures and a minimal beat, the overlapping vocals of Maya and Rol3ert express subtle emotional fluctuations. The official music video is also now available. Created in collaboration with video director Futoshi Nakazawa, the video is set at an airport and features a nostalgic visual atmosphere. Maya commented that the song was mainly written around the concept of “romanticizing the past” and has a strong narrative quality. As a songwriter, she is most particular about how much of herself she can place into a song. By using everyday nouns from her own life, such as guitars, hair ties, Polaroids, and bunk beds, she tried to let listeners imagine fragments of a fictional couple whose relationship has fallen apart. She also emphasized the back-and-forth between the two characters. In the chorus, the male voice first asks, “Do you feel the same way?” and the female voice responds ambiguously, depicting the frustration of wanting to go back but being unable to do so. Maya said the past is fragile and fades more as time passes; even painful memories can start to look beautiful once they fade, making people want to return even to a painful past. Rol3ert commented that the song was completed, both lyrics and track, on the day of his first session with Maya. Because of that, they valued the instinctive flashes of inspiration and impulses of the moment all the way through. For the track, whenever they found a sound that felt right, th