Duet Ello And Virzha, Dewa19 Re-release Still I'm Sure We'll Love Again

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JAKARTA - Dewa19 re-released the song Still I'm Sure We'll Love Again by featuring the duet of Ello and Virzha for the first time in a recorded format. Ahmad Dhani assessed that the vocal characters of Ello and Virzha entered with the new arrangement he was working on.

According to him, the end result sounds fun and still gives Dewa19's distinctive color. He also considered that the decision to duet them was also an experiment that matched the final result.

“This song really needs a new breath. Ari Lasso used to sing, now it's directly Ello and Virzha. The arrangements also keep up with the times. Still typical of Dewa19, but adapted to the current market," said Dhani in a release, Friday, August 5.

The song is part of the album “Format Masa Depan” (1994) which originally featured Ari Lasso's vocals. The re-release of the song is in order to celebrate 30 years of Dewa19 as well as to update their classic works.

The project marked the first time that Ello and Virzha had a duet to sing Dewa19's song on a recording. Previously, the duet only took place on stage when the two were vocalists in Dewa19's live set.

"We've never been together on record before. It's the first time. I got to the front, then Virzha followed behind," said Ello.

“Yes, it's also interesting to see the vocal sharing. Ahmad Dhani's arrangement makes it easy to share between me and Ello," added Virzha. Meanwhile, Dhani added that he hoped that Dewa19's intention to reintroduce selected songs that had not been so exposed would be accepted.