Menparekraf Supports The Nation's Best Music Talenta, Including Ariani's Daughter At America's Got Talent

Menparekraf Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno and Putri Ariani who entered the live show America's Got Talent (AGT) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno mobilized young Indonesian talents to continue to innovate, adapt and collaborate in taking opportunities in the music industry.

"We will move to find talents that make Indonesia rise and we make sure to reach a developed country, Indonesia Gold in 2045," Sandiaga said as quoted by Antara, Monday.

The creative economy industry of music recorded a contribution of IDR 5.98 trillion for national gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 and the number of workers from this sub-sector as many as 62,479 people.

Furthermore, Minister Sandiaga said he would support the nation's best talents, so that they would be more involved in international events including music, one of which was Princess Ariani, who entered the 18th season of the America's Got Talent (AGT) live show round in 2023.

He then invited all Indonesian people to provide support in the form of voting for talented young musicians such as Putri.

"We from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy are also ready to intensify, socialize so that hopefully later Putri can get the best achievements," said Sandiaga.

Sandiaga admitted that he was amazed at the figure of Princess Ariani because of her persistence and high fighting spirit, so that she found a way to realize her dreams by getting a golden buzzer from Simon Cowel in the AGT talent search event.

"Putri Ariani managed to get a golden buzzer and we saw a very extraordinary talent from the creative economy sub-sector of music that can bring pride to Indonesia," he said.

Meanwhile, Putri Ariani expressed her happiness because she gained support from the entire community and became a popular topic on various social media channels.

"This is a support that Putri never even imagined before it would happen to me. Putri hopes that her euphoria will not stop here because Putri is still on her long journey and still needs support from all of them," said Putri.

He then told about the song "Loneliness" he performed in the AGT event and led Putri to get the Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowel.

"Loneliness is a song about acceptance, how can we accept mistakes, accept ourselves. And also when we think something is good for us, it's not necessarily the best," he explained.