Continue Experimental Phase, RAN Launches Music Video Still Afraid To Love

JAKARTA - The trio from Jakarta, RAN, continues the experimental phase of the Teater Nestapa album released in October 2024, by launching the latest music video for Still Afraid of Love.

The tenth track of the 'Teater Nestapa' album is not just a piece of a failed love story, but a common ground for anyone who is learning to accept, recover, and slowly opens the heart.

The music video Still Afraid of Love is directed by Bonita Rachel who is also Creative Director RAN by describing the figure of a woman who is in the process of going through one of the most love moments in her life, and admitting that she is afraid to start a new story.

In this song Rayi, Asta, and Nino are not making an anthem move-on or a spell to rise from heartbreak, but rather to say that fear and unpreparedness to start a new relationship in the phase of a failed relationship is a humane process.

This song is not a matter of dramatic heartbreak or new love that is bulging. This song is in the middle of it. About the process, "said RAN through a press release to VOI, Friday, July 18.

'We want to be here as friends who hug, not judge. If you're not ready to love anymore, it's okay.'

Meanwhile, Still Afraid of Love is a unique form of experiment in the journey of the RAN music catalog. In terms of themes, they insert a love that runs aground in the pain of the moment of separation.

On the other hand, in terms of arrangement, RAN presents a juxtaposition while still listening to the DNA of their cheerful music, including the guitar intro, which has been a characteristic.

As a result, although this song tells a bitter story, it still brings hope strength through uplifting music.

This song just comes out, it's really natural. It feels like our own blood is writing," said Rayi.

"Compared to other songs on this album, this one does not need to be forced. The DNA is very RAN," added Asta.

For information, Rayendra Sunito acted as a co-producer for this single. Rayendra's involvement, said RAN, was an effort to return to the roots of the Indonesian pop soul-funk that used to grow them.