Afgan Presents Reflection Room In Seventh Album, Retrospective

Afgan released his seventh album, Retrospective (Instagram @afgan__)

JAKARTA - Afgan listed his next monumental work as a singer. Through a full album titled Retrospective, the singer poured her emotions and musicality into a series of conceptual tracks.

This work is Afgan's number seven album. Here he embraces Indonesian pop music again, making it a contemplation space with a more honest and intimate approach.

"After years of experimenting and going far, I want to return to the roots that have grown me. But this time with a different heart, more mature, more honest, and more ready to share the story," Afgan said in a press statement received in Jakarta, citing ANTARA on Wednesday, November 19.

The album contains ten songs featuring typical pop and R&B colors, but is packed with a touch of more organic and warm production. The Retrospective creative process involves a row of collaborators who make a significant contribution to the color and depth of this album.

Afgan works with songwriters and composers such as Petra Sihombing, Muhammad Kamga, Iqbal Siregar, Bilal Indrajaya, and Rendy Pandugo.

Petra assessed that the creative search process in the production of the Retrospective album, Afgan, included personal energy together and found the direction of the musical language that he wanted to convey as the process progressed.

"For me, watching someone go through the search process is a very beautiful thing. That energy makes this album feel personal because we don't wait for inspiration to come, but really look for it together," Petra said.

The Retrospective Album provides something different from Afgan's previous works, namely more organic, earthy, masculine, and close to acoustic nuances, far from the touch of the magnificent orchestral ballad which has been synonymous with him so that he feels fresh but remains familiar to the ears of the listeners.

The first single 'glass' that was first released was the gateway for listeners to enter the world of Retrospectiveness. This song was warmly welcomed by listeners and recorded more than 5,000,000 playbacks in less than a month.

'glasses' telling stories about giving in does not mean losing, another way to love, even though they finally have to give up. Other songs include "World Mystery", "Ahead", "Please", "Deny", "See You", "No Plans", "Yes?", "Certainty", and "The One That Got Away".

Overall, Retrospective is a portrait of Afgan's maturity as a musician and human. This album is not about nostalgia, but about acceptance and understanding. He turned to the past not to be trapped there, but to embrace every experience that shaped him today.

"I want people who listen to this album to feel accompanied," Afgan said. "For me, Retrospective is the journey back to the place where I first found the meaning of music and was honest with myself," said Afgan.