Respect The Father, Krisdayanti Changes Stage Name To Kris Dayanti

Krisdayanti announced the change of her stage name to Kris Dayanti. (VOI/Ivan Two Men)

JAKARTA Krisdayanti decided to change the stage name she had worn for 28 years. The singer, who is now a member of the DPR, changed his stage name to Kris Dayanti.

He adjusted the name change to the name in the birth certificate given to him by his parents.

"Actually, Kris Dayanti my own name in the birth certificate," he said during a press conference at FX Sudirman, Central Jakarta, Friday, April 28.

The diva said that Krisdayanti's naming began when she collaborated with Warner Music in 1995. According to him, the record company at that time thought that the name was easier to remember.

However, after the death of his late father who died in 2021, the wife of Raul Lemos thought of reusing his stage name according to the name given to him at birth.

As a form of love for his late father, he asked that Kris Dayanti's name be written for now and so on.

Kris Dayanti also talked about other stage names attached to her, KD. He told how the name appeared.

While still active as a singer, Aurel Hermansyah's mother had the opportunity to have a duet with the singer from the United States, Gloria Gaynor. Afraid that his duet mate had difficulty mentioning his name at that time, he decided to introduce himself to the name KD, like what African-American people usually do.

"It was difficult for him (Gloria Gaynor) to call 'Krisdayanti'. So, I just told him to call KD. Then a lot of people called KD the initials," concluded Kris Dayanti.