The Vanished People is an independent music project born in Lanciano, Italy in 2022. It is formed by pianist/bassist/producer Jacopo Maria Gaeta and guitarist/engineering student Piero Bonanni. The group debuted with their first single “AWAKE” with a style that was very much in the vein of indie rock and bedroom pop. They got to collaborate with Italian jazz saxophonist Max Ionata on the track “My Last Tape,” which is very different from the other songs and considered a small cult item among fans. The turning point came with “MOKA!” released on March 31, 2023, the first song to define the band's unique style. The song had a rapid rise on TikTok because of its similarity to J-Rock songs often used in anime. With subsequent singles “QUEEN OF THE NIGHT,” “GHOSTRADE,” and “SNAP SNAP,” The Vanished People further developed their musical language by also drawing from K-Pop. On October 20, 2023, the School Trip EP is released, gaining popularity thanks to the song “Castaway,” which achieves high views on TikTok due to fans' association with the Bluepoch video game “Reverse:1999” (Released at that same time). The band then gets to collaborate with Bluepoch by writing the song “Backwards” which will be played during the “Panoramic Ripples Fan Concert", broadcast live on the Reverse:1999 channel. A phase of further experimentation follows with the singles “Glass Moon Dance” and “SOUL VACATION” which feature typical Jazz, Funk and Fusion sounds, as well as nice pop culture references such as the movies “Pulp Fiction(1994)” and “The Aviator(2004)” paid homage in the cover of the former and a quote from the Italian TV series “Boris” shouted in the finale of the latter.