Angan Nadin Amizah Enjoys Music Festival Without Capitalism

Nadin Amizah (Instagram @cakecaine)

JAKARTA - Nadin Amizah decided to continue to appear at the 2025 Party. He admitted that he had considered resigning because of the involvement of sponsors who were not in line with his ideology.

But in the end he decided to keep on stage and entertain the audience. Apart from wanting to be responsible for fans, he wants to continue to appear because of the great consequences that will occur in the future.

"When I decided, 'OK, maybe today I won't perform,' that means I have to not perform at other brand-affiliated events, and that includes 80% of events that are still in Indonesia," he said on September 7 in the JIExpo Kemayoran area, Jakarta.

Nadin hopes that Ucup, the Partypora festival director and other organizers will create small spaces where the perpetrators meet and music lovers.

Maybe as humans we need a smaller space than all of this. What if we can be more connected to music without a business that is too giant, without capitalism that harms us all?" he said again.

The statement received various reactions on social media. Not a few who gave support to give appreciation for Nadin's courage to speak up.

However, at the other end of the bridge, there are also those who emphasize that it is necessary to make an event, so inevitably involving capitalism at a certain level. Not to mention the cost of artists whose numbers are not relatively small.

Criticism was made by the @dieralarasati account on Threads on September 7. He pointed out the irony that the promoter needed to pay nearly 100 million for Nadin's appearance. The post went viral and drew many other comments.

The big question is, can a 100 percent free music event be free from capitalism? And does capitalism only refer to destructive and negative things? Studies about this are still an interesting topic to discuss on social media, and maybe there won't be an absolute answer to it.