Slank Back To Factory Settings, Change Song Lyrics For Ruling Criticism

Slank (Instagram @slankdotcom)

JAKARTA - Slank has become a big Indonesian band known for its work which is full of criticism of socio-political issues. Not infrequently, the songs of Bimbim cs criticize government policies and the behavior of public officials and those around them.

However, their political choice since 2014, which is considered too close to the government, is felt by some fans to have made the values Slank has been fighting for so far. Especially when Abdee (guitar) held the position of commissioner in a state-owned company (BUMN).

In recent Instagram posts, Slank seems to be back as a band that will continue to voice criticism of the government and the people around him. Slankers (fans) seem to enjoy the return of the Potlot-based band as a band that represents their unrest.

In the Instagram upload, Slank displayed a video clip of an appearance at the Golden Central Sulawesi Concert in Palu on August 29. You can see Kaka (vocals) leading the band to perform Child Mami, a song from the album 999+09 Vol. 2 (1999).

In the video, Slank converts the lyrics from the second verse to, 'Child mami berdikari / Go use a private plane / take cover behind papa / Every day party.'

When singing 'going on a private plane', Kaka seemed to be laughing lightly before continuing the song.

Slank seemed to criticize Kaesang Pangarep and Erina Gudono, who were recently discussed after the two were caught using private jets on their way back and forth to the United States.

Until this article was written, the video was liked more than 16 thousand times and received 534 comments.

"Go back to the factory settings," wrote one fan in the comments column.

Many netizens are aware of the change in lyrics in the song 'Child Mami'. They believe Slank wants to criticize Kaesang Pangarep and Erina Gudono.

"Kaya a pain kaesang, mas Slank," wrote one netizen.

"MAM'AMI PAKE PRIVATE AIRCRAFT (LIVING emoji)," wrote another netizen.

"When I brought MAMI's children in today's era," wrote another netizen.