Radja Eliminates APT-like Parts. In All Song Circulations, What's Up

Radja ft. Evva Cinderella at the 'What Soh' single artwork (Instagram @radjabandofficial)

JAKARTA - The band Radja seems to have "submitted" with so many criticisms of their last single entitled "What's Up?".

As is known, Ian Kasela cs was criticized for accusations of plagiarism in the song 'What Sih'. They are considered to be 'stealing' the hooks of the song APT.' from Rosé and Bruno Mars. Not only on the song part, they also make artworks and music videos with similar concepts.

Although initially adamant that taking inspiration from a song that went viral was not wrong, Radja seemed to have to swallow his own saliva. Now they remove the part of the song that is similar to the song APT.

"Single #APASIH managed to steal the attention according to the lyrics, and everyone is free to believe and blaspheme, but the real goal of music is to entertain all of us. Greetings to Indonesian music," wrote Radja, citing a description of Instagram uploads, Wednesday, January 15.

Initially, the song 'What Sih' disappeared from its circulation on Spotify. Less than a week, the song came back, but Radja lost a part of the song similar to APT.

Not only for its circulation on digital streaming platforms, now Radja has also decided to change the music video 'What Sih' which is circulating on YouTube.

That way, all the songs 'What Sih' circulating on digital platforms, are no longer found in the controversy section.

Previously, Moldy (guitar) as the songwriter 'What Sih' said that the part of the song that was targeted by criticism was just a game.

"For me, what is this 'What is this', I stick it in front of making a gimic, the same in the barrier, after the chorus goes to song again," said Moldy.

"Pun dihilangkan apa sih apa sih yang saya sudah ubah nadanya ini dan liriknya ini, meskipun tidak diklaim sama aplikasi, saya hilangkan pun, tidak merusak sama sekali lagu saya yang berjudul Apa Sih, lanjutnya.

However, Boy seems to forget that there are other problems in his song, where the rhythm of the guitar he plays, the rhythm that stands out in the song, is also very synonymous with the song The Offspring entitled Prety Fly (For A White Guy).

Although there have been many discussions about the similarity of the guitar rhythm, Boyy did not discuss it at all. Instead, he argued that what was done was not a form of plagiarism.

The 52-year-old guitarist argued that it was Radja who was the victim of plagiarism. He called an Australian artist named Troye Sivan once released the song 'Angel Baby' (2021) which plagiarized Radja's song entitled 'Tulus' (2005).

If it's called plagiarism or plagiarizing it, if I say yes the tone is the same, Troye Sivan, an artist from Australia. In tone, it's actually plagiarized. It's on his refrain body trunk, "he concluded.