Not Only Viral, Tabala Bale Also Wins Award From Youtube Music Academy 2025

The song Tabla Bale won an award from the YouTube Music Academy 2025 (ist)

JAKARTA - The uniqueness of the song Tabla Bale has made it even more phenomenal. Not quite viral on social media, this combination of Minang and East culture also won a quite prestigious award.

The collaboration, which was initiated by Site Open Up, Jacson Zeran, Juan Reza and Diva Aurel, won awards from Youtube Music Academy 2025 as the Most Subscriber Gained Artist.

The success of this song is also proof of the strength of local works that have successfully crossed the boundaries of platforms and generations. Through the combination of modern rhythms and authentic traditional touches, this song invites listeners to feel the essence of music, namely enjoying, singing and swaying.

Judging by the process behind its writing, this song was originally written in early 2024 in Yogyakarta in just a week. However, a big decision arose in the middle of the production process, namely to maintain Minang elements that had been considered to be eliminated.

"I think it is one of the best decisions. And precisely by maintaining (the Minang element) it is the key to the identity of this song," said Simple Open Up in a written broadcast received by VOI, October 15.

Unexpectedly, it actually catapulted the popularity of Tabola Bale in cyberspace and in real life. Until this news was published, "Male football" has been used nearly 9 million times on Tiktok Sound, 1.6 million times on Instagram Reels, and earned more than 241 million views on Youtube.

The listeners' positive response to Tabala Bale is expected to increase the confidence of local musicians to raise cultural elements and collaboration in their work.

"Hopefully this song can still entertain, give peace, and help us forget for a moment the burden of life," hoped the Simple Open Up. Hopefully this work unites, not divides," he concluded.