JKT48 Record Spotify Beats AKB48 and BNK48
How are you wota, at this meeting we will discuss the superiority of the Rapsodi song. Yes, the first JKT48 original single whose video clip currently has 8 million views on YouTube.
The MV for the Rapsodi JKT48 song was uploaded in January 2022. Getting good responses and comments from Indonesian musicians, this song was made with the help of the Laleilmanino trio who as we know are well-known music producers in the country.
Many members of the AKB48 Group also gave positive responses to the presence of the original single JKT48 Rapsodi. Starting from Cherprang Areekul and Music BNK48 who said they both liked the video concept.
“The song is good, the concept is suitable. All the members in the video clip are very total. Finally, we also have an original single, congrats JKT48! Let’s go further, I wish you more success.” said Ochi Rosediana on Insta Story.
General Manager of JKT48, Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, as reported by CNN Indonesia also said that it took a long time to produce Rapsodi songs. Starting from the licensing process, manufacture to production.
The hard work and effort seems to be paying off. Because apparently now as of July 2022, Rapsodi’s song broke a new record on the digital music streaming platform Spotify.
Rapsodi helped the group to score a Monthly Listener number of up to 586,729 when this article was written, meaning that JKT48 has successfully surpassed the senior AKB48 who has a number of 394,728 and the junior BNK48 with 108,362 monthly listeners.
What is this success factor? Apart from its songs about romance & romance, which in fact are easily accepted by the Indonesian people, Rapsodi is also often used in the short video sharing application TikTok.
Yes, many TikTokers and TikTok celebrities use JKT48 Rapsodi songs in their videos so that their appearance on FYP makes the public curious and listen to the song.
Not only JKT48 with Rapsodi songs, many artists who previously were not widely known are now increasingly popular thanks to TikTok. Indeed, indirectly, the existence of TikTok is enough to help musicians promote their work.