Maliq & D'Essentials Are In Love Again on the Album "Can Machines Fall in Love?"
Maliq & D'Essentials will release their 9th album, "Can Machines Fall in Love?". This album will be released on May 30, 2024.
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Music group Maliq & D'Essentials spoke at the Hearing Session Experience event in Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/5/2024). Maliq will release his 9th album entitled Can Machines Fall in Love? on May 30 2024.
Maliq & D'Essentials will turn 22 years old on May 15 2024. At this age, this six-member musical group is actually in love like teenagers. This is clearly visible in their ninth album entitled Can Machines Fall in Love? which will be released this year.
In Can Machines Fall in Love? there are seven songs, including two singles that have been released. In sequence, the songs are "Intro", "Dadidu di Dada", "Ouch", "Frankly", "We Make It Romantic", "Like This Is That", and "Last Day". This album will be released on May 30, 2024.
”Over the year, we talked a lot about technology and artificial intelligence that make work simpler. "But, what we feel, there is a feeling that apparently cannot be defeated," said Widi Puradiredja, Maliq's drummer, in the Hearing Session Experience in Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/5/2024).
Besides Widi, there are also Angga Puradiredja (vocal), Indah Wisnuwardhana (vocal), Dendy Sukarno alias Jawa (bass), Arya Aditya Ramadhya or Lale (guitar), and Ilman Ibrahim Isa (keyboard and piano).
Widi explained that one thing that cannot be replaced by advances in technology is the magical feeling that arises when they can gather and make music together. From there, works representing their sincere feelings emerged.
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Billboard display featuring the 9th album of the music group Maliq & D'Essentials entitled Can Machines Fall in Love? in Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/5/2024). This album will be released on May 30, 2024.
The title Can Machines Fall in Love? was inspired by a lecturer Maliq knew in Japan. The lecturer teaches a course with the same title. This question refers to the understanding that no matter how sophisticated a machine is, it cannot fall in love.
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In the works since June 2023, Can Machines Fall in Love? has a strong city pop feel. The arrangement of this song refers to the first to fourth albums, as Widi said. The feel of this album is a bit reminiscent of the album Mata Hati Telinga (2009), but simpler and more interesting.
”After being together for more than 20 years, we bring a pop atmosphere full of harmony and stories full of love, hope and joy. "And keeping the emotions groovy is a gift, this is what we feel about this album," said Indah.
The lyrics of the songs on this album also convey Maliq's soul. They use repetition of words and phonetic games so that they rhyme throughout the lyrics, such as Tak I unexpectedly dadidu di dada and Sometimes out of control, love and love with youin the song "Dadidu di Dada ”.
Relationship chronology
One sweet gesture that Maliq made was the compilation of the song list inCan Machines Fall in Love? The seven songs are arranged according to the beginning to the end of a romantic relationship.
"When we were conceptualizing this album, we had plans for it to be for some kind of movie project. That is indeed the function of an album, to tell a story," said Widi.
The cheerful songs "Dadidu di Dada" and "Aduh" tell the story of the moment someone falls in love at an unexpected moment. Like the sound of a piece of the lyrics "Dadidu di Dada" with its cheerful melody; ”About those of us who feel like we can never be normal. "Why oh why is his heart falling again," sang Indah and Angga.
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Maliq & D'Essentials spoke at the Hearing Session Experience event in Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/5/2024). Maliq will release his 9th album entitled Can Machines Fall in Love? on May 30 2024.
The romantic journey continued with the song "Terus Terang", which felt submissive. Maliq takes the perspective of someone who can no longer deny their feelings. The emotions are so intense that they culminate in a declaration of love.
Next, the song "Kita Bikin Romantis" clearly tells the story of the phase of a relationship between two people who are drunk in love. As one of the introduction singles of the album, this song has gone viral on social media platforms such as Tiktok with more than 3.5 million videos using its audio version as content background.
The prayer for the romantic relationship to last is then uttered in the song "So and So". Using a slow tempo, this song sings the lyrics Dear moon, wait for the sun to come/The night is beautiful, I don't want it to end soon.
Interestingly, Maliq ends this album with "Hari Terakhir" which is inspired by a farewell after a prom party. This melancholic song tells the story of a relationship that ends with maturity but full of hope.
"Yes, sometimes if the film doesn't have a happy ending it makes you curious, ha-ha... Maliq always has a 90 percent view that there is room for people to be curious and we can be even better. "Indeed, space must be set aside so that on the one hand you are satisfied and on the other hand you can work again," said Widi.
Romantic period
Maliq is a musical group that has consistently worked for decades. Before Can Machines Fall in Love?, Maliq last released the mini album Raya in 2021 and held a single concert in May 2023.
In addition, Maliq is starting to delve into the phenomenon of viral content on social media such as Tiktok, which is favored by many from the Z generation. Currently, Maliq's account has about 80,000 followers. Some amusing comments on social media ask who the person behind Maliq's name is. Understandably, Maliq has been around since the Z generation were still babies.
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Three members of the music group Maliq & D'Essentials, Angga, Jawa, and Lale, at the Hearing Session Experience event in Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/5/2024). Maliq will release his 9th album entitled Can Machines Fall in Love? on May 30 2024.
From a musical perspective, more than two decades have made Maliq now a natural person. They make songs according to the mood of each member, whether they are happy or sad. In terms of music, it also flows without having to decide whether the song wants to feel soulful or what it should be.
"We feel that being able to get the six of us together has magic in it. "Being able to gather in the studio for 22 years, I think is a rare thing for bands, let alone the commitment to create one work together," said Widi.
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If I'm honest, Widi continued, Maliq is actually in a period of falling in love. "People say Maliq is bucin and cringe, I can say that we are really romantic with the band," he said proudly.
Thanks to the polish of 22 years of music, Can Machines Fall in Love?, Maliq guarantees the quality of their latest work. "I always thought that Maliq's best album was the first album, but it turns out this is the ninth album," said Angga.
