Maudy Ayunda Works on Album Pada Suatu Hari with Minimum References

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JAKARTA - Taking references or inspiration from other musicians when working on songs or music albums is very common, but Maudy Ayunda admitted that her latest studio album titled "Pada Suatu Hari" was made with minimal references.

During a hearing session for the new album with media crews in Thamrin, Central Jakarta on Tuesday, December 3, Maudy was asked about the works of other musicians that were used as references when working on songs for her album. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter said that her album this time is different from her previous albums because there are no specific references that she uses.

"In the past, maybe we had aspirations like who we wanted to be like, or who we wanted to make songs that felt like. You could say that for these songs, our approach was song first, or like story first. So it's really very basic, raw, using guitar first, always at the beginning," said Maudy.

"Then the melody, we don't start like we want to make a song like anyone, but always from what we want to tell, what feelings we want to convey from this song," she continued.

Maudy even boldly stated that "Pada Suatu Hari" is the only album with minimal references from her.

Maudy Ayunda (Ivan Two Putra/VOI)

"So if it's related to references, actually this is probably the only album that we didn't have too many references at first, so we tried to go back to the songs, back to the songs again," she said.

That method, said Maudy, made her new album so diverse, the ten songs presented have their own style in telling stories.

Through her fourth studio album, Maudy also wants to mark a new chapter in her musical journey, by presenting herself as a figure who tells stories through music.

Maudy said that her album this time is different from the ones that were previously known. She wrote nine of the ten songs presented. While the rest were written by Dee Lestari.

"The most important thing on this album is my own role in writing songs," said Maudy.

"On the previous album, there were more collaborators. If you could say that I was very involved, there are even some songs that I wrote alone," she continued.

Meanwhile, one song was specifically given to Dee Lestari. This is Maudy's way of paying tribute to the songwriter who has been nominated five times for the AMI Awards.

Maudy also involved two other names who played a big role as songwriters and producers, namely Lafa Pratomo and Mikha Angelo.