Kapanlagi.com - Written by Rachel Carisa Oswandi
The Coldplay concert that took place on Wednesday (15/11/2023) was sweetly opened by a performance from Rahmania Astrini, a young singer from Indonesia. The singer, who started her career by covering songs, had received a lot of rejection from netizens who believed that she was not a famous singer who deserved to perform on such a big stage as Coldplay.Rahmania Astrini opened the concert titled Music of The Spheres by performing some of her songs such as GOODNIGHT KISS, MENUA BERSAMA, and Chrisye's song titled AKU CINTA DIA.
This sweet girl has been actively covering songs since 2016 by singing hivi's song PELANGI which she uploaded on her personal Youtube account and gained 370 thousand viewers. 6 years ago, Rahmania Astrini also covered Coldplay's song FIX YOU which she sang beautifully with her distinctive voice. In the description of the video, she expressed her strong desire to watch Coldplay.
“I really want to watch Coldplay but I couldn't, so I just covered it HEHEHE,” wrote Rahmania Astrini.
Who would have thought that her dream 6 years ago could come true in an extraordinary way? Not only becoming a spectator, Rahmania Astrini could even share the stage with Coldplay, which she had been dreaming of all this time. Starting her career as a cover singer until being able to be the opening act for Coldplay's concert is proof that she is a talented young singer who deserves to be appreciated. For KLovers who are curious about Rahmania Astrini's figure, or maybe fell in love when watching her performance at the Coldplay concert, let's check out her profile below!
1. Profile
Rahmania Astrini (instagram.com/aliciakars)
Rahmania Astrini Purwono or commonly called Astri was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States on July 4, 2001. Astri is the youngest of 3 siblings, from the couple Urip Purwono and Febina Bartania.
This beautiful girl who lives in Bandung has completed her education at SMA Negeri 5 Bandung and then continued her bachelor's degree in Communication Science at Bina Nusantara University.
2. Early Career
Rahmania Astrini (youtube.com/Rahmania Astrini)
This beautiful girl who loves music very much has honed her singing talent since she was in fifth grade. Since then, Astri has participated in various singing competitions and even won second place in the solo singing category at the Arts and Indonesian Language Olympiad in 2012.
Astri, who used to be shy about singing in front of many people, started her career by covering songs on Youtube and Instagram. Then, in 2017, she made her debut by joining Warner Music Indonesia and releasing her first single titled MENUA BERSAMA.
After releasing several singles from 2017 to 2020, she finally released her first album titled ADOLESCENT, followed by her second album in 2023 titled SPACE. Recently, she also released her latest single titled SOMEDAY SOMEWHERE SOMEPLACE SOMEHOW.
3. Collaboration with Foreign Singers
Rahmania Astrini and Pink Sweat$ (instagram.com/rahmaniaastrini)
This young singer has also collaborated with popular foreign singers such as Ailee and Pink Sweat$. In 2020, Astri had her first collaboration with singers from 5 other Asian countries to sing the song ME ME WE. In the collaboration presented by Warner Music Korea, she sang with Ailee, NewKidd, RAVI, Aizat Amdan, Chillies, and PAAM.
In her latest collaboration, Astri had the opportunity to duet with the singer of the song AT MY WORST, Pink Sweat$. They performed a single titled I FEEL GOOD (Asia Edition) in 2022.
4. Awards and Nominations
Rahmania Astrini (instagram.com/bonyoo)
The fruit of consistency in singing that she has honed since childhood has brought her various achievements. Throughout her career as a singer, Rahmania Astrini has received a total of 4 nominations, most of which she obtained in the Anugerah Musik Indonesia event.
Not only nominations, Astri also won the Best Male/Female Solo Artist in the Soul/R&B category in 2019. Not only in special Indonesian singer events, Astri also received nominations in the Anugerah Planet Muzik event, competing with other singers from Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam.
5. Collaboration with Beyonce's Songwriter
Rahmania Astrini (instagram.com/aliciakars)
In addition to writing her own songs, Astri also had the honor of singing a song written by Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter, Toby Gad. The single titled SHUSH released in 2020 was written directly by Toby, who also wrote songs sung by Beyonce and John Legend.
The song, which has garnered 1.6 million views on YouTube, conveys the meaning of someone repaying the kindness of others.
"This song is about repaying the kindness to your significant other. Repaying all the kindness they have done for you," she said in a virtual press conference (30/11/2020) quoted from Fimela.com.
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Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.