After the Song 'Kemarin' is Covered by Vanessa Angel's Sister, Ifan Seventeen Sends a Sharp Message: Success in a Song Doesn't Have to be Trending

Kapanlagi.com - The two younger siblings of the late Vanessa Angel have caught the attention of netizens after covering the song Kemarin by Seventeen. Instead of receiving praise, the two siblings were flooded with criticism from netizens. The song titled Kemarin by the band Seventeen, which was released in 2016, was covered again in 2021 by Mayang and Chika under the music label PT. Media Musik Proaktif.

Since it was uploaded three days ago, many Indonesian netizens have watched and immediately responded to the video titled 'Vanessa Family (Mayang & Chika) - Kemarin (Official Music Video) '. This cover video, which has been watched by more than 2.4 million YouTube users, received a lot of criticism. This is evident from the number of dislikes, which outnumber the number of likes.

The video cover received 207 thousand dislikes, while the number of likes only reached 14 thousand. Many Indonesian netizens have left negative comments on the video cover. In fact, the number of comments from Indonesian netizens has reached 81 thousand comments.

1. Ifan Seventeen Writes a Sharp Message

Ifan Seventeen (Credit: Instagram.com/ifanseventeen)

After the buzz surrounding the cover of his song by the late Vanessa Angel's sister, Ifan Seventeen, as the owner of the song, suddenly wrote a message about the success of a song in the eyes of his band members. He shared the message on Instagram. His post was immediately flooded with comments from netizens who suspected that the message was intended for Vanessa Angel's sister.

As is known, the music video of Mayang and Chika actually received a lot of dislikes and criticism. In three days since its release, the song has received 207 thousand dislikes from netizens. Not without reason, netizens believe that Vanessa Angel's departure, which has not been 40 days yet, was used by the family as an opportunity to seek profit amidst the grieving situation. Despite the many negative comments, the music video has now managed to enter the top five trending YouTube positions and has been viewed more than 2.4 million times.

Ifan Seventeen, the only surviving member of Seventeen from the 2018 Banten tsunami disaster, was considered by netizens to be responding to the song covered by Mayang after he wrote a message on Instagram. Moreover, in his message, he mentioned about it going viral and trending. This is because the song 'Kemarin' is quite familiar to fans after the disaster that killed all the members of Ifan Seventeen.

2. Ifan Seventeen: It Doesn't Always Have to Be Trending

Ifan Seventeen (Credit: Instagram.com/ifanseventeen)

In one of his Instagram posts, Ifan explained that since the beginning, the members of Seventeen believed that a good song is one that can touch the hearts of listeners. For him, writing and releasing a song doesn't need to prioritize going viral and trending in order to be successful.

"Back when we were in Seventeen, we agreed that a successful song doesn't always have to be trending or viral, but it should leave an impression on the hearts of those who listen," wrote Ifan Seventeen on Thursday (11/25) alongside a picture of himself on stage. He expressed his sadness seeing songs that go viral and trending, but don't leave a lasting message in the hearts and memories of the listeners.

"Because in reality, it often happens the other way around, the song goes viral and trending but its good message is never conveyed, nor remembered," explained Ifan Seventeen. From his post, many people associated the message he wrote with the song "Kemarin" which has recently gone viral and trending after being sung by Vanessa Angel's late younger sisters, Mayang and Chika.

(kpl/mag)