ROYA Brought Power Poses, Passion & Pure Chaos to Razzmatazz in Barcelona

Photos Courtesy of @roemagazine

Backstage in Razzmatazz, Barcelona, there’s laughter before there are answers. Microphones turn blue. Someone forgets the intro. They restart. “Hi Roe.” Reset. “Hi Roe.” Again. And then, finally:

“We are ROYA from Denmark… and we are here in Barcelona.”

The Danish duo, Line and Sebastian, are hours away from taking the stage at Razzmatazz. They’re buzzing, playful, slightly chaotic in the most charming way. But beneath the jokes, there’s something sharper: intention, connection, and a shared dream they’ve been chasing since 2017.

This is ROYA; impulsive, drop-obsessed, unexpectedly emotional, in their own words.

Before the Stage: Power Poses & Bare Feet

Barcelona feels different to them already. “We don’t know how it will be yet,” they admit. “But when we’ve walked around the city, everyone is playing music, dancing, being expressive. It’s passionate.”

Line is planning to perform barefoot.

“It’s a big stage. I feel dancy tonight,” she says, grinning. “I really hope the Barcelona people are ready to dance.”

Before every show, there’s a ritual. No alcohol. No chaos. Just grounding. “We hold each other’s hands. Look each other in the eye. We run through the set in our heads. Imagine the stage.” Then comes the shift. “We gather all the energy,” Sebastian says.

“We go into a power pose. Feel like we’re on top of the world. And then we run on stage.”

Power pop energy, but rooted in presence.

The Loudest Crowd (Jet Engine Level)

Tour life has already delivered its “is this real?” moments. Manchester stands out.

“It wasn’t the biggest crowd,” Sebastian recalls, “but they were the craziest.”

Their sound technician clocked the decibel level of the screaming, comparable to a jumbo jet taking off.

“That energy they threw on stage was just out of this world.”

In Cologne, fans refused to accept that the show was over. The duo left the stage. The crowd kept screaming for an encore.

“We hadn’t prepared anything,” they laugh. “But when they’re loud enough, you have to go back.”

Improvisation isn’t a backup plan for ROYA. It’s part of the magic.

If ROYA Was a Drink…

“A mojito,” Line answers immediately.

Fresh. Sharp. Slightly sweet.

“But we’re melancholic too,” she adds. “So maybe a mojito with blueberries. And orange. And passion fruit.”

Sebastian nods. “Fresh, but emotional. You need a lot of them, and then you start screaming everything out.” ROYA isn’t one flavour. It’s contrast. Citrus and ache. Drop and vulnerability.

Dropaholic & Impulsive

If they had to describe the band in one word? “Dropaholic,” Sebastian says without hesitation.

ROYA builds tension. Releases it. Builds it again. Their live set thrives on that moment right before the drop; that electric suspension where you can almost feel thousands of bodies about to move.

Line chooses a different word. “Impulsive.”

Being in the present. Letting ideas bounce. Trusting instinct over overthinking.

Their Instagram videos? Impulsive.Their songwriting sessions? Impulsive.Their career decisions? Also, yes; impulsive.

“It’s about flowing along with each other’s ideas,” Line explains. “Sometimes it feels crazy. But that’s where the magic is.”

Unexpected might be the most accurate word of all.

Teleporting Denmark to the Stage

If they could teleport tonight’s Barcelona crowd anywhere in Denmark for one song?

Thy. Line’s hometown, Denmark’s first national park. Wind, cliffs, sea, sand dunes that look like desert landscapes. They describe a summer memory: a hill overlooking the western sea, cows grazing nearby, a choir singing into open sky.

“We’d play ‘Falling’ there,” Line says softly. “Wind in the hair. It’s cinematic. Almost spiritual.

And it explains why nature comes up again and again in their answers.

What Grounds Them

Off stage, ROYA splits into two very human rhythms. Sebastian grounds himself in family. Long walks. Quiet. Line reads books that “tease her brain spiritually.” She recently finished Signs: The Language of the Universe, drawn to anything that feels like growth, evolution, expansion.

“I love feeling like I’m evolving as a person,” she says. “Like I’m in contact with the world.”

They both talk about nature the way some artists talk about applause; essential.

The Name: A Dream Misheard

The origin of ROYA feels like fate disguised as a mistake. After writing a song that felt different, bigger; they knew they were becoming a band. But they didn’t have a name.

Line tried to tell Sebastian, in Danish, that they should go home, sleep, and dream the answer.

She began the sentence: “Jeg tror, jeg kan mærke…” (“I think I can feel…”)

Sebastian interrupted. “That’s it.”

He misheard it as “Roya Kama.” They shortened it to Roya. Weeks later, at Smuk Festival, after winning a contest that fast-tracked their rise, Line visited a psychic medium on site.

“You have David Bowie energy,” the psychic told her. “Are you in a band?”

“Yes. We’re called Roya.”

“Do you know Roya means dream?”

Everything clicked.

The misheard phrase. The intention to dream the name. The scale of their ambitions.

Roya. Dream.

“It felt complete,” Line says. “Like all the energy we’ve put into music is living on its own now.”

Three Words for Each Other

Line describes Sebastian as: “An explosive, hyper-focused Labrador.” The image is strangely perfect. Loyal. Energetic. All-in. Sebastian describes Line as:

“Light. Soul. Mindful.” They laugh. They tease. But there’s deep mutual admiration under it all, the kind that keeps duos intact long enough to build something real.

Dream Stages & Manifestation

Did they see this coming? “We dreamed about it,” they say. “We tried to manifest it.” But even heavy dreamers struggle to believe their own vision sometimes. “We always had faith,” Line says. “Now we’re just grateful we’re here.” United Dream Chasing since 2017.

Their dream venues? Wembley.Camp Nou in Barcelona. And of course, Coachella.

There’s also talk of collaborating with Fred again.. or manifesting a trio moment with Harry Styles.

They’re half joking. Half already visualising it. “That’s how you do it,” they smile. “You see it first.”

But ultimately? “It’s not about how many people. It’s about the energy.”

BTS from the show with @roemagazine

The Moment They Felt Most Alive

The biggest high in Barcelona didn’t happen on stage. It happened in a tapas bar.

A waitress ran after them. “Now I know who you are.” For two Danish artists far from home, that recognition felt surreal.

“My whole soul exploded,” Line says. “I was almost more starstruck than she was.” 

That’s the through-line with ROYA: connection over spectacle. Eye contact over ego. Shared energy over numbers. “When we create a concert,” they say, “it’s not only us. It’s also the crowd.”

After a great show? They pack down. They talk to fans. They stay present. No on-stage drinking. No escapism. Just gratitude. “Speaking to the people who actually listen to us, that’s the best part of the night.”

If ROYA were a drink, it would be a blueberry-passionfruit mojito. If it were a word, it would be impulsive.

If it were a moment, it would be that split second before the drop, when everyone in the room knows something is about to explode. And if it were a dream? It would be two Danish artists standing barefoot on a massive stage, power-posing before the lights hit, believing, fully; that they belong there.

For ROYA, the dream isn’t a future tense.

It’s happening now.