Astrid Said About The Second Song That Had Gone Viral On Social Media

Astrid (Instagram @astridbasjar)

JAKARTA - Astrid responded to the viral song Mendua on social media some time ago. In fact, the song is a single released 13 years ago.

The 42-year-old singer admitted that she was surprised when the 'Mendua' was suddenly widely used by netizens on social media. This makes the number of streams of the song increase drastically.

"I was surprised when I found out that the song Mendua suddenly went viral on TikTok, until finally the stream also rose dramatically," Astrid said in a virtual press conference, Thursday, June 27.

Surprised, Astrid tried to find out what happened. The reason, he himself admitted that he was not too enthusiastic when he first heard it.

"Then I'm looking for out why, even though at the first time the song, I was wondering about the lyrics," Astrid said.

"From the lyrics of the song, it is said that Gen Z is the one who experienced this. He said yes," he continued.

"Even though my music listeners are not Gen Z. If they hear the song, they will definitely imagine nostalgia. But if Gen Z hears it, they will relate to the song."

After 13 years of release, Astrid finally realized that a song has its own magical power, which can be interpreted as the next generation again.

"Finally I just understood, after many years later, it turns out that the song can still relate to the listeners," concluded Astrid.