The Talented Korean Artist, Lee Hi, Will “Breathe” At We The Fest 2023 by irvan wahyudi

An R&B Korean solo singer, Lee Hi will finally perform her powerful voice and unique musical style at We The Fest 2023.

Lee Hi first gained recognition as a finalist on the popular reality show “K-pop Star” in 2011. She made a remarkable debut in 2012 with her hit single which showcased her incredible vocal range and musicality.

Her distinctively soulful voice made her singles “Breathe”, “HOLO”, and “For You” effortlessly connect with the listeners. Lee Hi’s newest album, titled “4 Only,” showcases her artistic growth and musical maturity. The album offers a captivating blend of soulful ballads and contemporary tracks.

Make sure don’t miss out her incredible performance “Only” at We The Fest 2023

Daniel Caesar Ready To Grace The Stage At We The Fest 2023 For His Second Appearance by irvan wahyudi

After a long wait, Daniel Caesar finally returned to perform his second act stage at Jakarta. This time, he will be one of the headliners at We The Fest 2023.

With his anticipated newest album “Never Enough”, which dropped in 2023 is an artistic masterpiece that pushes the boundaries of R&B music. Among the standout tracks, “Always” effortlessly captures the listeners attention with its heartfelt lyrics and ethereal melodies.

His newest album is highly expected by many listeners because it explores themes of love, heartbreak, and self-discovery. He proves once again why he is a true musical force by connecting his audience to his music on a deeply personal level.

Make sure you don’t let it slip away Daniel Caesar’s performance at We The Fest 2023, it’s a musical journey that deserves your undivided attention!

WE THE FEST ANNOUNCES FIRST PHASE LINEUP by irvan wahyudi

We The Fest (WTF) will be back with its 8th offline edition and has revealed their first phase lineup that will grace its stages on 21, 22, and 23 July 2023.

Through #WTF23 stop motion video trailer, We The Fest shows us that the line up that has just been announced was part of the wishlist tree from the We The Fest 2022.

Bringing diversity and inclusivity to its festival, We The Fest announced 21 names that includes 4 headliners.

At the top of the headliners, the legendary rock band, The Strokes, will finally make their debut in Indonesia at this year's We The Fest. Fronted by Julian Casablancas (vocals), Nick Valensi (guitar), Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar), Nikolai Fraiture (bass) and Fabrizio Moretti (drums), this one of the most influential bands of the early 21st century returned with some of their most passionate-sounding music on 2020's, The New Abnormal. Recorded in California and Hawaii, the album was a critical and commercial success, becoming a Top Ten hits in several countries including the U.S. and the U.K. In 2021, The New Abnormal won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Apart from their new album, the band's defining tunes "Last Nite", "You Only Live Once", and "Reptilia" are also highly anticipated by the crowd.

Next headliner, the Manchester band, who frequently appeared on the wishlist tree and was highly requested by the audience, The 1975, will be back to enliven We The Fest this year after their first appearance at We The Fest 2016. The owner of the great hits "Chocolate", "It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)", and "Somebody Else" consisting of Matthew Healy (vocals, guitar), Adam Hann (vocals, guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass) has also just received the 2023 BRIT Award and won the category "Best alternative/rock artist" . They had just also released their fifth album, "Being Funny In A Foreign Language," last October.

The Kid Laroi has also just been announced as one of the headliners. Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter has attained mainstream popularity in 2021 with his collaboration with Justin Bieber on "Stay", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut mixtape, F*ck Love (2020), peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts, making him the youngest Australian solo artist ever to reach the top of the chart and also reached number one on the US Billboard 200. Throughout his career he had collaborated with lots of great musicians like Juice WRLD, Marshmello, Polo G, and Machine Gun Kelly.

The last headliner on phase 1 lineup, Lewis Capaldi, a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" topped the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; It was also nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.

On the second tier, names like Dhruv with his hit single “Double Take”, and Peach Tree Rascals with “Mariposa”, Sabrina Carpenter with her collab song “On My Way” with Alan Walker and Farruko, also Darmot Kennedy with “Power Over Me” are also added to the phase one lineup.

NxWorries, the duo consisting of Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, two of the major figures who emerged from Los Angeles'. .Paak who have won 8 Grammys and 13 times Grammy nominated, and now a member of Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars and Knxwledge producing lots of songs, one of them is called “Momma”, a track off Kendrick Lamar’s Album “To Pimp A Butterfly”. They will also bring some heat to this year’s We The Fest.

Next, Giveon, the seven-time Grammy-nominated singer is known for his hits "Heartbreak anniversary”. He has collaborated with lots of world-class musicians, a song called “Peaches” is one of them, a collaboration between Justin bieber, Daniel Caesar, dan Giveon debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, and simultaneously topped both the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S., as well as charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore and Slovakia. It also received four nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards; Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance, and Best Music Video.

We The Fest also add Porter Robinson and Gryffin to the lineup who will bring their LIVE performances on stage. The legendary Indonesian musicians like GIGI, and Project Pop, are also announced as part of the first phase in the lineup.

Finishing their lineup with Indonesian beloved names like Mikha Angelo, Kunto Aji, Rafi Sudirman, Rock n Roll Mafia, Syarikat Idola Remaja and Yura Yunita.

“We The Fest will always try to make the audience’s wishlists come true, this year’s lineup was an embodiment of the festival’s value that will always welcome everyone from all ages and all types of music lovers” said Sarah Deshita as a Brand Consultant of Ismaya Live.

“Other than the diversity of the lineup. We The Fest will bring a lot of Beyond The Music activation that will carry four of We The Fest elements which are Music, Fashion, Food, and Art” Adds Sarah.

To make sure you get updates on any information about We The Fest, you can download the “Ismaya Live App” that’s available on App Store/ Play Store. Through this application, the audience can get all of the updates on All Ismaya Live’s event. From ticket buying, checking lineup list and their performing schedule, buying merchandise, to customizing your own festival schedule can be done easily through Ismaya Live App.

In the next few days, We The Fest will start the ticket sales. Pre-register on wethefest.com to make sure you get the latest information about We The Fest.

Rex Orange County Jakarta Show Postponed by irvan wahyudi

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Due to the ongoing pandemic situation of COVID-19, AEG Presents and Ismaya Live  regret to announce that Rex Orange County The Pony Tour - Jakarta, originally scheduled for 9 May 2020 at Istora Senayan has been postponed. 

Six other dates across Asia scheduled to arrive in Seoul, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, and Tokyo are also postponed.

AEG Presents and Ismaya Live’s highest priority remains the safety of Rex’s fans, his team and everyone who has been working on these concerts.

We are actively working on rescheduling the concert dates, and these will be announced very soon via www.rexorangecounty.com.

All purchased tickets for the original dates will be valid for the rescheduled dates.

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Rex Orange County Jakarta Show Gets a Venue Upgrade by irvan wahyudi

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Rex Orange County’s upcoming debut Indonesia show on 9 May 2020 organized by AEG Presents and Ismaya Live is making a big move to an even bigger Istora Senayan arena due to the incredible response from Rex Orange County fans across the country.

“We are truly amazed by the fantastic feedback from Rex Orange County fans who managed to secure all tickets in less than 24 hours the first time tickets went on sale last December,” said Ismaya Live Brand Manager, Sarah Deshita.

“Thanks to the overwhelming response from Rex Orange County fans across Indonesia, we’ve decided to upgrade to an even bigger space for the show. Located within the same Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex as Tennis Indoor Senayan, Istora Senayan will allow us to create an even more enjoyable concert experience for more fans,” Sarah continued.

A new VIP Seating ticket category is also announced. Priced at IDR 900,000 per ticket, VIP Seating ticket holders will experience the show from a premium-view seat.

Current ticket holders will be given an option to upgrade their ticket to the VIP Seating category starting today, 18 February until Thursday, 20 February 2020 at 23:59 Western Indonesian Time, ahead of public sales for both VIP Seating tickets and additional Standing (IDR 700,000/each) and Tribune (IDR 580,000/each) tickets that will commence on Friday, 21 February 2020 starting from 12 PM Western Indonesian Time through www.ismaya.com/tickets. Prices excluding 15% government tax.

Rex Orange County’s Jakarta show is the second date of his 7-date The Pony Tour in Asia that is also arriving in South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, and Japan throughout May 2020. The Indonesian capital is currently the no. 1 city in the world that streams Rex Orange County’s music the most according to Spotify with more than 292,000 listeners monthly. 

His new album “Pony” released in October last year has received widespread critical acclaim and scored him a Top 5 both in the UK and in the US. The British singer and multi-instrumentalist completed a sell-out UK tour in 2019 playing 3 huge shows at O2 Academy Brixton and is currently playing more sold out shows across the US  including two nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York and two nights at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

His debut album, ‘bcos u will never b free’, self-released on Soundcloud when he was barely 18, caught a wave of interest. Its lo-fi textures and hi-def emotions led to a hook up with Tyler, The Creator. He asked the teenager born Alex O’Connor to come to Los Angeles, where he wrote and sang on two tracks on the album that became Flower Boy. 

Inspired, Rex turned to making his own album proper, 2017’s Apricot Princess, a beautiful, woozy, heart-shaped tribute to his girlfriend. A Number Two slot on the BBC’s Sound Of 2018 followed, as did lots – and lots – of touring.  So he continues in that fashion and arrives on the shores of South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Japan in 2020.


Dates announced:

6 May – Seoul, South Korea – Yes24 Live Hall

9 May – Jakarta, Indonesia – Istora Senayan

11 May – Singapore – Capitol Theatre

12 May – Singapore – Capitol Theatre

14 May – Bangkok, Thailand – Moonstar Studio

16 May – Manila, Philippines – New Frontier Theater

18 May – Tokyo, Japan – Akasaka Blitz

 

Visual materials and other promotional materials are available through http://bit.ly/rocjktmediakit

A Magical & Spiritual Experience with Bon Iver by irvan wahyudi

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Thousands of music fans were transported to the frame of mind of Bon Iver when the Michigan-origin band performed on Sunday, 19 January 2020 at Tennis Indoor Senayan for their Indonesian-debut show, part of the band’s latest Asia tour. 

Filled with moments that were nothing less than moving and captivating, the Ismaya Live-organized show featured a 22-track setlist that was dominated with tracks from the band’s latest Grammy-nominated album i,i, released back in August 2019. Tracks from their first 3 LPs and their Blood Bank EP were also included, creating a cohesive setlist that perfectly encapsulated Bon Iver’s 14-year-long career.

Frontman Justin Vernon who founded the unit back in 2006 was accompanied by 5 multi-instrumentalist band members on stage for the band’s latest tour; Sean Carey (drums, keyboard, vocals), Matthew McCaughan (drums, vocals), Michael Lewis (bass, saxophone, keyboard, vocals), Andrew Fitzpatrick (guitar, keyboard, vocals), dan Jenn Wasner (guitar, vocals).

As music took center stage for almost 2 hours, Vernon and co soared during grandiose-induced moments that had Vernon’s signature vocal effects in full swing, as well as more sentimental numbers such as Woods and Skinny Love that literally put a spotlight only on Vernon and his guitar on stage.

Midway during their set, Vernon addressed the band’s 2 A Billion campaign that is aimed to combat gender inequity, collaborating with Hollaback! Jakarta for their Jakarta show. “We collaborate with Hollaback! Jakarta to reduce the numbers of sexual violence in Indonesia. They are working on women’s rights and we need that,” said Vernon.

One of the most-awaited moments of the concert arrived when Holocene, off Bon Iver’s self-titled album in 2011, filled the arena and created a solemn atmosphere before moving to i,i-off tracks, Sh’Diah and Naeem, followed by band members exiting the stage.

Vernon and co returned to the stage for an encore that included Perth, Salem, and a solo performance of Vernon with Re:stacks that had not been performed in any of the band’s tour dates in Asia.  

An emotional ride it was for every single spectator in the arena, regardless of how long they’ve been following Vernon’s career that has earned him 2 Grammys and a long list of acclamations. As they exited the venue, the space of thoughts that they were in throughout the show slowly diminished. But one thing remains; whatever feelings that were associated with a certain time or experience that were evoked during the concert will always be remembered for a long time.

Setlist

  1. iMi

  2. We

  3. Holyfields,

  4. Lump Sum

  5. 666 ʇ

  6. 715 - CREEKS

  7. U (Man Like)

  8. Jelmore

  9. Faith

  10. ____45_____

  11. 33 “GOD”

  12. Blood Bank

  13. Hey, Ma

  14. Woods

  15. Skinny Love

  16. Creature Fear

  17. Holocene

  18. Sh'Diah

  19. Naeem

Encore:

  1. Perth

  2. Salem

  3. Re: Stacks

Visual materials can be found from the following link: http://bit.ly/boniverjktmediakit

We The Fest 2020 Tickets On Sale Now by irvan wahyudi

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Starting today, 3-Day Pass tickets to the 2020 edition of Southeast Asia’s biggest summer festival of music arts, fashion, and food, We The Fest, are on sale at wethefest.com.

Returning for its 7th edition this year in Jakarta on 14, 15 & 16 August 2020, the festival’s General Admission (GA) tickets come in 2 tiers; GA-Early Entry that requires ticket holders to arrive at the venue before 4 PM daily, and GA-Presale that allows ticket holders to arrive at anytime.

GA-Early Entry tickets start from IDR 1,200,000 (Early Entry 1), while GA-Presale tickets start from IDR 1,240,000 (Presale 1). 

For an even more amazing festival experience, music fans can opt for the Very Important Banana (VIB) tickets that come with a set of incredible perks that include a dedicated VIB entrance, dedicated line when exchanging tickets, access to VIB viewing area in front of stages, and access to VIB toilet, VIB bar, and VIB toilets.

VIB 3-Day Pass tickets start from IDR 3,000,000 (Presale 1). Also available Group Package tickets that include six 3-Day Pass tickets priced from IDR 7,800,000 for GA category tickets and IDR 16,800,000 for VIB tickets.

Tickets to We The Fest 2020 are available through wethefest.com. Prices mentioned exclude 25% government tax.

The 7th edition of the Ismaya Live-organized festival is set to once again gather music & arts fans from all over the world to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta for a weekend filled with some of the biggest musical acts in the world that will soon be unveiled.


Media Kit is available through http://bit.ly/wtf20mediakit

We The Fest Returns on 14, 15 & 16 August for 2020 Edition by irvan wahyudi

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After its successful 6th edition that surpassed all expectations from festival-goers that gathered from around the world, We The Fest is set to return this year on 14, 15 & 16 August 2020.

Boasting some of the biggest acts spanning a variety of genres in today’s music and a long-list of festival experiences for festival-goers of all ages since its inception in 2014, We The Fest has grown to become one of the most anticipated summer festival of music, arts, fashion, and food that we all love. 

“Our first phase lineup for We The Fest 2020 is about to be announced soon,” said Sarah Deshita, Brand Manager of Ismaya Live, organizer of the festival.

Staying true to the festival’s spirit of inclusivity and diversity, We The Fest’s signature programs and activations aimed to promote Indonesia’s up-and-coming talents in music and arts to the festival’s global audience will also be announced soon.

“Aside from a variety of international and Indonesian acts set to drop soon, our signature campaigns including our green campaign, We The Change, as well as our annual Submit Your Music and poster competition are set to return,” Sarah continued.

For the latest ticketing info, music fans are advised to log in to wethefest.com to pre-register.

Media Kit is available through http://bit.ly/wtf20mediakit