Doel Contributes To His Viral Song After Decades Of Release

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JAKARTA - Dynamic social media algorithms are sometimes difficult to balance. But on the other hand, it benefits many people. This was experienced by senior musician Doel Sumbang.

This Sundanese pop music icon has been working on the music scene for decades. According to him, he has released around 1000 songs throughout his journey to work.

Who would have thought, his works that had been released 20 to 30 years ago turned out to be viral today. A number of songs he composed, such as Teteh, Ai and Runtah, were again widely listened to by the younger generation.

"The impact is very big. I didn't expect it to go viral at all, because we didn't play there (TikTok)," said Doel Sumbang, who was a guest star at the HOME Chapter on Dewa Budjana's YouTube channel.

Doel Sombang's songs have a strong relevance to the love phenomenon experienced by the community. Therefore, until now his work is considered to represent the feelings of young people to adults.

This phenomenon did not make him happy. He believes that the blessings that come unexpectedly are none other than the intervention of the Creator.

"I draw conclusions, there are those who work for this, namely God. So my job is only one, to be grateful. We can't be proud or proud, just grateful," he continued.

Until now, the 61-year-old musician is still actively creating musical works. He is also actively releasing his songs on digital platforms and YouTube.

"Every year there are 4 or 5 new works out. It's good not to be major (label), if now suddenly there is an idea, the music has been finished, mixing immediately checks 2-3 days it's safe, it's immediately released," he explained.