Maliq & D Essentials Release Album Can Machines Fall In Love? Full Of Taste

Maliq & D Essentials (Doc. Warner Music Indonesia)

Jakarta - Maliq & D Essentials officially released the new album 'Can Machines Fall In Love?' today, Thursday 30 May 2024. This album is the ninth album after finally launching the mini album Raya in 2021.

This album contains a total of seven tracks in it including two singles that have already been released in advance such as "Intro", "Dadidu in Dada", "Adoh", "Frankly Bright", "We Make Romantic", "This is it", and "Last Day".

Can Machines Fall In Love? is the work of Maliq & D Essentials consisting of Angga Puradiredja, Widi Puradiredja, Indah Wisnuwardhana, Java, Lale, and Ilman Ibrahim personnel. This album took up production for almost a year.

"This is an album full of 'flavor', written with all our souls, body, heart and emotions at this time," they said in a press release written on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

Earlier in the Hearing Session Experience session at FLIX Cinema, Ashta District 8, on May 7, 2024, they leaked the main difference in making this album, namely in writing the lyrics of the selected songs and musical arrangements as they are.

"We don't really think that from the lyric side of this album, we will fall in love, whether it will be sad. We are just on the spot everything, what is relevant in the children. Almost all the lyrics don't come raw. It must be that all the children relate to the writing. From the arrangement side, it refers to the album 1-4. It's about Maliq's type of music," said Widi.

The selection of album names, he said again, is a manifestation of Maliq's personal experience while working on an album in the midst of technological sophistication, one of which is the influence of AI (Artificial Intelligence, ed) can affect creativity, how to work, and how to produce.

"We don't hate technology, but think feelings are still the strongest thing to get to listeners and we haven't felt the technology can replace it," explained Widi.

Since holding the May 2023 single concert, Maliq has proven to be more productive. In addition to the new album, they have planned many things this year. Indah, other personnel added, "After more than 20 years of being together, it brings a harmonious pop atmosphere and full of love stories, hope, and joy. And keep in the fundamental emotion is blessings. This is what we feel about this album," concluded Indah.

In the context of launching a new album, the day before the 22-year-old group was officially released held an Anniversary Party at the exhibition area in Ashta District 8. Bringing hits and also the latest songs on the ninth album, Ashta District 8 is filled with Maliq fans who are enthusiastic about watching the stage action of six personnel.

The exhibition entitled 'Can Machines Fall In Love? Experience' is included in the ASHTA agenda called Resonate: The Story of Music and will last until June 9, 2024 at Melting Pot, GF, ASHTA District 8, South Jakarta.

For additional information, 'We Make Romantic' is the second single issued by Maliq D Essentials since returning to work with Warner Music Indonesia and has been streamed more than 25 million times on Spotify. The song 'Aduh' which was released in November 2023 has streamed more than 38.3 million times on Spotify.

While the official music video 'Oh,' has been watched by more than 5.3 million on YouTube and the video 'We Make Romantic' as many as 3 million views.

Maliq released his first to fourth album together with Warner Music Indonesia before walking with Organic Records. Prior to this several hits of the song Maliq were performed by several Warner Music musicians such as Untitled by Rahmania Astrini, He' by Eclat, Silently by Chintya Gabriella, The One by Jevin Julian, Kara Chenoa, and Jinan Laetitia, and Heaven by Rafi Sudirman.

Can Machines Fall in Love? can be heard on all digital streaming platforms in Indonesia. Official Lyric Videos for all songs can also be watched on the Maliq & D Essentials Youtube channel.