‘MarranÀsia. Svetlana in Japan’ now available on 3CAT
During their Far East tour last October —which took Svetlana across five Japanese cities and Seoul, South Korea— the band spent several days alongside the team from AlRevés Produccions, and out of that experience a documentary mini-series was born
Between temples, neon lights and tiny venues, Svetlana turns Japan into a mirror of their own universe in a journey that is as musical as it is personal, shaped by contrasts between order and chaos, discipline and freedom
Through concerts, conversations and cultural clashes, the four short episodes explore the lights and shadows of the music industry and the transformation of a band that decides to become small again in order to reconnect with itself
After a wild start to 2025 with Sarnalona and a tour of nearly 50 sold-out shows, the most unruly duo from Poblenou —Júlia Diaz and Roc Bernadí— decided to take an unexpected step: travel to the Far East to play shows like they used to and reconnect with their roots as a musical project. That’s how the “Marranàsia Tour” was born: a two-week journey with performances in Gunma, Utsunomiya, Kumegawa, Shinjuku and Shibuya in Tokyo, capped off with a chaotic grand finale in Seoul, South Korea.
Far from home, they return to playing small venues in front of Japanese audiences who have never heard of them. Every song becomes a test again. Every concert, a reconquest. In this journey —both musical and personal— Svetlana questions what brought them here. Why did they start? What does it mean to grow within the Catalan music industry? And how do you preserve your essence when everything around you changes?
Hand in hand with AlRevés Produccions, and caught between two seemingly opposite worlds —Tokyo at its most orderly and its most overwhelming— the band discovers an unexpected reflection of its own universe: restraint and chaos, discipline and freedom. Filmed across three Japanese nights, ‘MarranÀsia. Svetlana in Japan’ becomes an intimate portrait of a band in transformation that, precisely at the moment of growing bigger, decides to become smaller in order to find itself again.
EPISODE 1 — LOCAL, UNIVERSAL: THE ARRIVAL
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Svetlana Svetlana lands in Tokyo with a question: what happens when a band that fills venues at home has to start from scratch on the other side of the world? Without an audience, without a network, and within a completely different culture, Roc Bernadí and Júlia Diaz face their first concert in a tiny venue in the city.
We witness their arrival and first encounter with Tokyo: a city that, in some way, had already reached Catalonia through anime and popular culture. Between temples, arcades and the world’s most iconic crossing, the band reconnects with its origins and wonders what brought them here. Why Svetlana? And why Japan?
EPISODE 2 — LOST IN TOKYO
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After the initial shock, Svetlana begins to surrender to the city. Tokyo unfolds before them as a universe of contrasts: order and chaos, silence and excess, routine and unpredictability. From the calm of temples and parks to the overflowing energy of the gay district and Tokyo nightlife.
Throughout this journey, Roc and Júlia not only discover a new culture, but also new ways of looking at themselves. Between endless streets and intimate moments, the trip becomes a mirror: how different are Japanese and Catalan people, really? And what does Tokyo reveal about Svetlana’s own DNA?
EPISODE 3 — THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE INDUSTRY
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In the middle of the tour, the band uses the streets of Tokyo to shoot a music video for their new album. But beneath the image and aesthetics, a deeper conversation emerges. What does it mean to grow within the music industry? Which compromises must be made —and which should never be made— in order to keep moving forward? Roc and Júlia reflect on the lights and shadows of the industry, the pressure to fit in, and their place as a queer project with a strong identity inside a system that is often contradictory.
EPISODE 4 — PLANTING A SEED
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The journey reaches its climax with the most anticipated concert: Kumegawa. The most intense. The most meaningful. Here, everything they have experienced finally makes sense.
In this final episode, we meet Shogo, the person who made this adventure possible and who embodies the bridge between two worlds. The concert is not just an ending, but also a beginning: the start of a genuine connection with Japanese audiences and a new chapter for Svetlana. Because sometimes, going far away is not about escaping — it’s about planting a seed.
