I wanted to do something goofy and fun like “Santa Baby” or “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth. Romi: I love tongue-in-cheek songs, and I LOVE Christmas songs so I decided to combine the two. Mochi: What motivated you to do this song? She recently resurrected her popular character for a comedic video that went viral across multiple social media platforms, gaining over 20 million views. For non-Disney related roles, she voices Musa in the Nickelodeon dub of Winx Club. 1 After finishing high school in Seattle, Romi was accepted to the University of Washington. DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games Starring: Mae Margaret Whitman, Anais Fairweather, Grey Griffin, et al. Hiromi Romi Dames is a Japanese-born American actress and voice actress.
It’s basically a letter of appeal to be on the “Nice” list instead of the “Naughty” list. Romi Dames is probably best known to her fans as Traci Van Horn, the super snobby socialite (with a voice to match) on Disney’s Hannah Montana. Born to a Japanese mother and Jewish American father, Hiromi (later shortened to Romi), lived in Japan until she turned 13 soon after, her father retired and moved the family to Seattle, Washington. Romi: “Christmas List (Of Excuses)” is a letter from a young girl to Santa explaining why the things she did may have been misconstrued as “naughty”. Mochi: What is “Christmas List (Of Excuses)” about? I missed it though, so now I’ve decided to start again. Beneath all this, however, is a happy and bubbly half-Japanese, half-Jewish, self-proclaimed Jap JAP, all sans the whiny voice.
To top it off, she has a sinus problem that makes her nasally voice painful to listen to. As I started focusing more on my acting career, singing fell by the wayside. Traci Van Horn on Disney’s Hannah Montana is spoiled and obnoxious. Romi: Well, it seems like all the actors on Hannah Montana are launching their singing careers, so I thought, “I’d better get moving, maybe this is a prerequisite to be on the show!” (giggle) No, but seriously, I used to do musical theater all the time. Mochi: Why did you decide to go into singing? Well, there’s certainly no better way to start her singing career than with a Christmas song.
We recently caught up with the lovely actress Romi Dames, who’s best known as Traci Van Horn on Hannah Montana, and will be debuting her first single next week on Thanksgiving, called “ Christmas List (Of Excuses).” Since she started acting at age nine in Japan and landed the role of Molly in the musical Annie, Romi’s always had a strong love for singing and acting.