Aisha Retno And Ade Govinda Present Cross-State Collaboration Via Single Hopefully

Aisha Retno and Ade Govinda (doc. Ist)

JAKARTA - A young Malaysian singer, Aisha Retno, is the latest collaborator for Indonesian composer and music producer, Ade Govinda.

Previously, Ade had collaborated with two senior Malaysian singers, Siti Nurhaliza and Ernie Zakri. This time, he wants something different from singers from younger generations.

A single with the title Hopefully will be Aisha Retno's latest work written with Ade who also acts as a producer.

This pop-ballad song depicts a sense of loss and prayer for someone who has left.

"Hopefully this is a broken heart song wrapped in ballad arrangements and tempo medium. And I feel like it's a different color from my previous songs," Ade said during a virtual interview with VOI recently.

The Govinda guitarist added that the meeting with Aisha took place after recently he collaborated with singers from neighboring countries. According to him, the 25-year-old soloist is one of the singers who has its own uniqueness.

"Aisha is one of the most unique singers in Malaysia. Aisha has a very good stage act in my mind," he said. Because I often collaborate with singers from Malaysia, with Ernie Zakri and Dato' Siti (Nurhaliza), finally we accidentally met. We made a song together and we made it all together.

Aisha herself saw well this cross-border collaboration. Being able to perform songs that were worked on together with Ade was seen as a moment to study as a musician.

"Sis, Ade is usually the same as Malaysian artists who are already a bit senior and also those who are more experienced in the music industry, while I am new. To get this opportunity, it's like a moment that will not be forgotten. And in my opinion, this is one of the big collaborations that I have for this year, "said Aisha.

Both of them also had high hopes, "Hopefully" not only accepted in Indonesia and Malaysia, but also the Southeast Asian music market.

I think this song 'Hopefully' can be universal. It means universal is that all hope is usually a good thing. The word 'hopefully' hopes for a good thing, almost no one with the word is followed by a bad thing, "said Ade.

"So, hopefully this song can really go anywhere. This song can be heard for anyone who has felt good, who has never felt it," added Ade.

"I also hope that you can relate to the lyrics that Kak Ade wrote with me. And hopefully with these lyrics you feel that it's okay for us 'kam that can't move on' to feel like this at all. Because it's part of a normal life. And hopefully this song can skyrocket, listen to it in both countries or throughout Southeast Asia, "concluded Aisha.