Welcoming National Children's Day, RAN Releases New Album RAN For Your Kids

RAN personnel (doc. Special)

JAKARTA - In celebration of National Children's Day on July 23, the music group RAN will release a new album with the title RAN For Your Kids. This album contains eight tracks consisting of four songs and four voiceovers from Kak Seto.

Again, the iconic children's song in the 1990s which was synonymous with Si Komo's character was also revived with a context that is more relevant to the current situation.

RAN For Your Kids is not just a music album, RAN wants to be closer to the world of children through the characters in the music video that will be released. Another activation will also be carried out as an effort to revive children's song issues, one of which is by having a picnic at Urban Forest Cipete, South Jakarta.

"Initially it started from anxiety, we saw a lot of children singing songs with adult lyrics. We think maybe it all happened because of the lack of choices of children's songs today," said Nino, vocalist of RAN in his statement, Friday, July 19.

"Given our motto RAN FOR YOUR LIFE, why don't we just try to accommodate the problem. At the same time remind them that RAN really wants to be present in every phase of the listener's life, starting from ABG, dating, marriage, even getting to his children," Nino continued.

Rayi also talked about how RAN already has some songs that 'child's lecture'. Not all RAN's songs raise themes that are only for adults. Songs such as Good Morning, Bike, Close to the Heart.

"We are concerned and we want to do something, we don't want to be silent and we want to contribute to the music world of Indonesian children. And we also have songs that are suitable for children to listen to," said Rayi.

What RAN has done through his new album is expected to be able to revive the lively children's songs. Children's songs are part of our pop culture and daily life, even as adults.

"In the past, I really listened to children's songs. And there was also a lot of memory attached to children's songs, maybe even musicality greatly enriches our musicality. The days were cheerful, for example going to school listening to children's songs are very happy, or having a vacation listening to children's song recordings. The point is to make our childhood more fun, "concluded Asta Andoko, guitarist RAN.