Basboi Memaknai Kepedihan As Part Of Life In Single Cry

Rapper Basboi (Ist)

JAKARTA - Baskara Rizqullah, known for his stage name Basboi, launched his latest single entitled Let's be. The song, which is the material of this upcoming album, is made different from the previous releases.

"Please listen to the fragile side of a Basboi, as well as proof of how he really celebrates every emotion experienced in living life as an adult."

Basboi's relationship with his lover became the main trigger for this song. He sees that pain is often considered something that must be covered up, rather than being hugged and celebrated. The demands of life make us have to rush to deny our sadness, injury, and all that drains our souls.

This song is an invitation, a call to the partner. I know how happy you are, it's not as happy as that. I know that your cheerfulness is not that easy. I can feel behind it all a lot of sadness and many life problems that you've been holding back so far, you don't feel emotional, because you have to keep the function, because the demands of A-BC-D-E. You don't have a luxury of time, luxury of trust to actually pour the emotion, "said Basboi in a press release received by VOI, Friday, November 29.

Although the initial inspiration for the song was a personal story, Basboi tried to attract his maturation to become wider, not limited to the love romance case.

This song is more general about its meaning, because actually the taste I conveyed earlier, even though it's for a partner, it's relevant not only in the context of romance. It's more about to my loved one, for the loved ones. I'm sure the loved ones aren't limited to just couples," said the 27-year-old rapper.

Take care of it is also seen as a perspective that Basboi wants to share with his listeners, that crying as an overflow of pain is natural for every human being, regardless of gender background, profession, age, and other binding things.

The perspective is described through a music video, which tells the relationship between his father and son.

"Why do I in the music video describe that allotment, the message I want to convey, especially for men and hip-hop stereotypes, it's easier for you to point a gun, look fierce, than you actually sit with your own feelings. Why is being honest with your own feelings so scary for men in general?" he said.

In this single, Basboi collaborates with Panji Wisnu alias Mildwave as producer. The vocal approach is made different in the recording process, considering that this ballad song demands excellent vocal quality like the R&B singer. But that doesn't mean the rapper loses his characteristics as a hip-hop musician.

"In terms of music, maybe without lyrics this song will feel like pop-ballad in general. However, his strength lies in my storytelling and my manner in writing. With my haphazard language and my code switching. That's what I think has been one of Basboi's strong characters. Code switching that feels difficult to replicate. Melayu-inspired switching code pronunciation or gramatically," he said.

The title of the album is the bridge to Basboi's second full album, 80.1 FM which will be released in early 2025. The album title refers to the radio station broadcast frequency modulation that semiotically describes Basboi's faith journey.

80.1 FM is a collection of 12 songs containing my views and feelings about adult life. Later, on this album, there will be my single with hardcore music, punk, there will be a boom bap, there is a trap for sure, there will be a pluggnb. So with this musical delay, everything will feel like make sense because this is radio," said Basboi.

Karena saya aku adalah orang yang mempercaya bahwa hip-hop itu tidak punya format ajek suara maupun visual. Mungkin ada yang populer dan menjadi stereotip, tapi pada dasarnya hip-hop itu semuanya bersyusar. Semuanya bisa be on anything. Hip-hop itu terletaknya ada pada konteksi, tidak pada konten, tandasnya.