WAMI Says Ari Lasso Gets Tens Of Millions Of Royalties Throughout January - July 2025

Ari Lasso (Instagram @ari_laso)

JAKARTA - Adi Adrian as President Director of Indonesian Music Wahana (WAMI) finally revealed the amount of royalties for performing rights Ari Lasso, who has recently been in the spotlight.

Initially, Ari Lasso, through an Instagram upload, criticized WAMI for receiving a royalty report of Rp765,594. He was even more angry because the report contained the name of another person, namely Muthoillah Rizal Affandi.

WAMI also admitted that he had made a mistake in sending the report. However, what made the former vocalist of Dewa 19 wonder, the report on his name only received royalties of Rp. 497,300.

Feeling that what is narrated on social media is a mistake, WAMI explained that the royalties received are much greater than what Ari Lasso stated to the public.

"There has been miscommunication of the post concerned, which then raises a wrong perception on social and public media," Adi said at a press conference at the WAMI office in Pancoran, South Jakarta on Tuesday, August 19.

The royalties received by the Navy are many times larger than the figures in circulation. In the last seven months period alone, in the sense from January to July 2025, the royalties received by the Navy were tens of millions of rupiah. We have transferred that," he added.

Adi stated that Ari Lasso had received four royalty transfers from WAMI with a total of tens of millions, of which Rp497,300 was only one of them.

"So, it's as if the licensing team and distribution team worked hard, as if it were only hundreds of thousands. Well, we often hear this narrative, as if the WAMI can't work. I don't understand why there is such a narrative," said Ari.

"We have to clarify, tell the public. (Royalti Ari Lasso) is far from that number. Tens and dozens of times. This is not fair, as if the royalties are just that much, the bill is large, as if the money has been corrupted," he said. We have transferred to the person concerned tens of millions