Google Doodle Today Shows You The Face Of Broken Heart Didi Kempot

Google Doodle Didi Kempot. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Google Doodle today, Sunday, February 26, features the face of famous Indonesian mixed musicians Didi Kempot, also known as The Allah of Broken Heart.

Google was quoted from Antara as saying that the reason why the maestro's face was displayed on February 26, was because on that date in 2020, the singer whose real name was Didik Prasetyo received the Billboard Indonesia Lifetime Achievement Award.

"A Javanese mixed music expert, Didi Kempot wrote more than 700 songs throughout his productive career. Today in 2020, he received the Billboard Indonesia Lifetime Achievement Award," wrote Google.

Didi Kempot was born in December 1966. He grew up in a family of artists. His father and brother are comedians and his mother is a traditional Javanese singer.

At the age of 18, Didi Kempot and his friends formed a street band called the Trotoar Boarding Group, and started busking to make a living.

For more than two decades, this world-class singer appeared on the streets of Surakarta and Jakarta.

Not only that, the Trotoire Boarding Group later became where he got his famous last name Kempot.

Although he had no money, he wrote and performed some of his most famous songs, including "We Cen Yu", "Cidro", "Moblong-Moblong", and "Podo Pinterest".

After a day of singing, Didi often stayed up late to record his songs on empty tapes. Although most of the cassettes he sent to the recording studio were fruitless, Didi never gave up on his dreams.

Didi Kempot finally got a big breakthrough in 1989 and signed a contract with a music label. Cidro's first single hit became very popular in the Netherlands and Suriname, two countries with a large Java diaspora.

It also paved the way for campursari music to penetrate the mainstream market.

When Didi Kempot traveled to the Netherlands to appear in 1993, he was moved to see fans had memorized the lyrics of the song. He continued to release ten more albums in the Netherlands and Suriname.

In recent years, Badisari Didi Kempot's music has experienced a resurgence of popularity among the younger generation. The songs continue to touch the hearts of desperate romantic people around the world.