JAKARTA - THE RAIN maintains their productivity as a band that actively spawns works. The spirit of work was seen in early 2025 where they greeted listeners with the latest song, Di Bawah Hujan.
Even though they already have a popular series of hits, The Rain keeps their vision as a solid band. Even after 23 years of music without changing personnel, the consistency of work has never been missed.
"We are very grateful for it but we don't want to be complacent by just relying on our old songs. It feels good to be able to continue to challenge ourselves to remain productive in producing new works. Popular or not is a recent matter," said Indra Prasta, vocalist of The Rain in a written broadcast received by VOI on January 24.
They also introduced a song that tells the story of someone who tries to calm down when facing difficult times. This song is wrapped in a dynamic arrangement.
It opens very minimally through keyboard hijabs and turquoise vocal strains, followed by onslaught from electric guitars, bass and full-powered drums. The listeners' emotions are made ups and downs along the song, such as riding a rollerlev.
"It looks like this song will be one of The Rain's new songs that is suitable to be performed as the opening song on stage," said Iwan.
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The story behind this song has something to do with 2023, where Putra Djohan, a well-known photographer who has been a friend of The Rain's personnel for a long time, invited The Rain to collaborate in a music video.
Putra Djohan, who has begun to explore the world of videography, comes up with a visual concept and asks if there is a song The Rain that is suitable for the concept. Indra sent several songs that The Rain was working on, and the song Di Bawah Hujan was selected.
At that time, we had not even chosen which songs would be used as singles among the new songs that were being worked on. It looks like the track is already running for this song," recalled Ipul.
The Rain and Putra Djohan have been friends since The Rain still doesn't have an album. In the past, Putra Djohan and Indra Prasta both studied at the Faculty of Forestry UGM. At that time The Rain had just started a career in Jogja. Putra Djohan, who started a hobby of photographing at that time, became The Rain's first photographer.
Over time, Putra Djohan became one of the most famous photographers in Indonesia. He took pictures of various national and international artists. Iwan Fals, Rossa, Ungu, Agnezmo, Afgan, Melly Goeslaw, Billy Sheehan, Lee Ritenour and many other musicians have been immortalized through his camera lens. He founded Aloke Pictures as a production house for his works, and has always supported each other with The Rain to date.
"It feels like a reunion. I'm very happy to be able to work with our old friends," concluded Aang.
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