JAKARTA - Titiek Puspa commemorates her 85th birthday on Tuesday, November 1. To celebrate birthdays as well as reminisce about her career, Titiek Puspa spoke with the media and several music industry players virtually.
He told how he started in the world of music since childhood and got his first pay at the age of 15. The senior singer with his work, who has been around for more than 70 years in the Indonesian entertainment industry, is known to have composed many songs that are familiar to the ears of the Indonesian people, such as Gang Kelinci, What's Dong and Kupu-pus Malam.
Especially the title of the last song, Titiek tells the story of emotion which is the background for the creation of the song Kupu-pupus Malam. A woman met me. She became a prostitute (Commercial Sex Worker) because her husband left her. She wanted to be willing and repent," said Titiek.
Furthermore, the woman experienced financial difficulties after she and her child were abandoned by her husband. Having no expertise whatsoever, she decided with a heavy heart to become a blind person. However, the woman has a great desire to get out of the dark world she is living and hopes to find a husband.
"We pray together. Because he is a Christian and I am Islam, he prays by calling the Lord Jesus, I read Gusti Allah. A week later, someone took it from behind, he was married to an honorable man," he continued.
Even though he has composed dozens of songs, Titiek thinks that he is not a good writer. As an example of the process of creating the song Kupu-pupus Malam, he thinks that what he is doing is just arresting the atmosphere. What Titiek sees and is natural, that is the source for him to create songs.
Released in 1991, Kupu-pus Malam is one of many popular songs performed by Titiek Puspa. In 2008, Noah, fronted by Ariel, rearranged the song and was included in the album A Name, A Love.
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