JAKARTA - In the #SerunyaIndonesia Festival organized by TikTok and support from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Slank is trusted to bring Mars #SerunyaIndonesia.
The legendary band admitted to the media that Slank has the same voice as the short video platform TikTok about diversity and unity in Indonesia.
"The voices were the same. TikTok and Slank both want to speak out about the excitement of Indonesia, about the 17s, diversity and unity," said Slank vocalist Akhadi Wira Satriaji or Kaka during a press conference at The Tribrata Darmawangsa, Jakarta, Friday, August 19. .
Furthermore, the drummer, Bimo Setiawan Almachzumi or who is more familiarly called Bimbim, also shared the inspiration for the lyrics for Mars #SerunyaIndonesia which were made and remixed from the mars song Slankers (as Slank fans are called).
"We're remixing the Slankers march song, because it's about nationalism, togetherness, and hard work. Then we adjust the lyrics to the August 17 theme. So God willing, this will be something encouraging," added Bimbim.
With TikTok's current collaboration with Slank, the 80s band admits that they are open to other collaborations with TikTok content creators. Because according to them, TikTok is a platform that is very fast in spreading music.
"Because we're promoting music. Nowadays, music is spreading faster, spreading through TikTok. So TikTok is also our friend to spread music," explained
In addition to collaborating with content creators, Slank also has plans to continue working with TikTok for the promotion and distribution of its albums in the future.
Slank members hope that TikTok as an entertainment platform can give birth to creators with useful content.
"Because if it is through entertainment such as music, education can enter faster. Hopefully creators can make useful content, without being patronizing and can share information," said Kaka.
Responding to expectations from Kaka, Slank guitarist, Mohammad Ridwan Hafiedz or Ridho hopes that more TikTok creators will raise content about Indonesia, whether in terms of history, culture, or other things.
Slank also performed as the closing of the #SerunyaIndonesia Festival by playing legendary songs such as Balikin and also Ku Tak Bisa.
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