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Selly about NIBIRU 2027: "It won't be the same again"

September 13, 20262 minute112 views

Selly won't let NIBIRU repeat the summer of 2026. What's in store for 2027: bigger artists, expansions and surprises still kept secret

Adrian Gorpin

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A possible "Tomorrowland-level" headliner, a karting track, an expanded amusement park and new spaces for brands. These are just some of the hints that Selly has leaked about the next NIBIRU season. In the new episode Funky & Spicy, the project that only existed in 3D renderings a few months ago is analyzed without packaging: what worked, where costs were exceeded and why the summer of 2027 should look completely different in Costinești.

In April 2026, when I first spoke to Selly about NIBIRU, there were more questions than certainties surrounding the project. Was it a resort? An amusement park? A permanent festival? A resort? Were there going to be apartment buildings? People were still trying to understand what was going to be built in Costinești.

A few months later, the conversation has changed radically. We're no longer talking about renderings, but about 2,6 million "person-days," families coming specifically to NIBIRU, evenings that extended the season past August 15, and an ecosystem where restaurants, bars, hotels, and vendors have struggled to keep up with the traffic.

What's in store for 2027: bigger artists, expansions and surprises still kept secret

The answer comes without hesitation. Will the audience in 2027 find NIBIRU exactly as they left it this summer? “No, definitely not.” Selly talks about expansions, surprises, new spaces and changes to existing areas. But he also acknowledges the most important thing the team learned after the first season: no matter how spectacular the place looks, the main reason people come is still the music.

That means the first major change for next season will be right on stage.

“The main thing is going to be better and bigger artists ,” Selly says, explaining that artists are also the most expensive component of the project’s operating budget. And the episode begins with a teaser that’s hard to ignore: a “Tomorrowland-level” headliner.

One of the most discussed figures announced at the end of the season was the estimate of 400 million euros generated in the economy of Constanța County.

Selly explains in the podcast that the estimate is based on a cumulative traffic of 2,6 million "person-days", not unique visitors. The calculation would include daily expenses for accommodation, beach, food and transport, as well as consumption in local businesses. It is an economic estimate by the NIBIRU team, not a value resulting from an independent audit presented in the episode. However, there is an effect that was also seen beyond the project's gates: August did not suddenly end on the 15th, and tourists continued to come until the end of the season.

Răzvan Dobre, manager of Nyota Hotel Mamaia and co-host of the podcast, talks about the constant demand for tickets offered to tourists through the partnership between NIBIRU and hotels. In his experience, the events contributed to extending the period in which there were reservations on the seaside.

And this could be the most important gain: people who didn't come to the beach just for the sea, but because they had something concrete to do after they got off the beach.

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Adrian Gorpin

I have been working in the media for more than 20 years. I started at TV Neptun, and for 18 years I worked at Pro TV. Every year, I try to see what good things have been done on the coast, what needs to be corrected and if there are models that we can follow. Funkytravel.ro is a digital "book" where you will discover analyzes about tourism, interviews with people who work in this industry, accommodation tips, but also some of the adventures we have experienced