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LYODRA, AMORA LEMOS, AND SILET OPEN UP JUST MADE INDONESIA'S OWN VERSION OF THE ...
Three artists who've never shared a stage now share one song and one of them slipped his own region ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a day ago
JOKO ANWAR'S PRISON HORROR JUST LANDED AT ONE OF ASIA'S BIGGEST GENRE FILM FESTI ...
Joko Anwar's prison horror "Ghost in the Cell" made BIFAN 2026's official selection alongside five o ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 days ago
A CHOIR WITH NO MUSIC SCHOOL BACKGROUND IS ABOUT TO REPRESENT INDONESIA IN TOKYO ...
Svara Nusantara, a self-taught choir from South Tangerang, is Indonesia's only Mixed Choir finalist ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 days ago
INDONESIAN MUSIC IS TAKING OVER SPOTIFY AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
Indonesian music now owns 78% of Spotify Indonesia streams. Local artists like Bernadya and Hindia a ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a week ago
THIS YOGYAKARTA PUPPET THEATRE MADE GERMAN AUDIENCES DO SOMETHING THEY ALMOST NE ...
Papermoon Puppet Theatre from Yogyakarta received a 10-minute standing ovation at Theater der Welt 2 ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
MORGAN OEY NAMED FFI 2026 AMBASSADOR AND HE ALMOST THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK
Morgan Oey and Nirina Zubir are named FFI 2026 ambassadors. Here's what the Festival Film Indonesia ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
MEET WARTONO: THE INDRAMAYU CRAFTSMAN WHO BUILDS GUITARS FROM BOTTLE CAPS AND OL ...
A self-taught craftsman in Indramayu builds custom guitars from bottle caps and old cassette tapes ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 weeks ago
HINDIA SCORES BIG: WINS SPECIAL AWARD AT MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026
Hindia wins Special Award for Indonesian Popular Music at Music Awards Japan 2026. Here’s what the ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
"TABOO: THE SILENT DAY" TURNS BALI'S SACRED NYEPI SILENCE INTO KOREA'S NEXT HORR ...
"Taboo: The Silent Day": the Korean horror film shot in Bali during Nyepi, breaking taboos, sparking ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 weeks ago
MARBLES DEBUT: INDONESIA'S NEW GIRL GROUP DROPS "HOMPIMPA"
MARBLES, Indonesia's new girl group, debuts June 12, 2026 with single "HOMPIMPA." Meet the 5 members ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 weeks ago
A INDONESIAN WEB SERIES JUST TRENDED IN 34 COUNTRIES AND THE RECORD BOOKS HAD T ...
Love & 10 Million Dollars breaks the MURI record trending in 34 countries here's what it means for ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 4 weeks ago
35 INDONESIAN FILMS MADE IT TO NETFLIX'S GLOBAL TOP 10
35 Indonesian films cracked Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English chart by January 2026. Here's what t ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
55 FREE EUROPEAN FILMS ARE COMING TO 8 INDONESIAN CITIES
Europe on Screen 2026 brings 55 free European films to 8 Indonesian cities, 4–14 June. Here's ever ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
BACKROOMS FILM SALAM BAHASA INDONESIA NASA GOLDEN RECORD
A NASA Golden Record greeting in Bahasa Indonesia went viral after appearing in A24's horror film Ba ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
THE DEPOK DESIGN TEAM BEHIND ARIANA GRANDE'S LATEST SINGLE
Rising67 Studio, a Depok-based illustration team, designed the titles and poster for Ariana Grande's ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
INDONESIA'S ANIMATED FILM GARUDA DI DADAKU JUST MADE IT TO SHANGHAI
Garuda di Dadaku enters the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Animation Comp ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
THE METEOR GARDEN BOYS ARE BACK. JUST NOT ALL FOUR OF THEM.
The Meteor Garden boys are back. Just not all four of them. Ken Chu won't be at F4's Jakarta reunion ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
FASHION DESIGNER HARRY HALIM STEPS INTO ACTING PLAYING MAX HUANG'S FATHER IN A N ...
Indonesian fashion designer Harry Halim makes his acting debut, playing Max Huang's father in a new ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
BTS IS COMING BACK TO JAKARTA , IT'S CALLED 'ARIRANG'
BTS just announced their World Tour — and Jakarta is on the list. Two nights at GBK. General sale ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
NO NA JUST MADE HISTORY ON SOUTH KOREA'S BIGGEST MUSIC CHART — AND IT'S ONLY T ...
no na's "Shoot" hit 714K streams on MelOn, making them the #1 most-streamed Southeast Asian girl gro ...
ENTERTAINMENT | a month ago
AN INDONESIAN SHORT FILM BEAT 2,400 OTHERS TO COMPETE AT CANNES 2026
Indonesian-German short film VATERLAND or A Bule Named Yanto beat 2,400+ entries to compete at Canne ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
FOUR INDONESIAN FILMS JUST MADE IT TO CANNES CRITICS' WEEK — AND NOBODY'S TALK ...
Holy Crowd, Original Wound, Annisa, and Mothers Are Mothering are at one of cinema's most prestigiou ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
A SONG FROM EAST INDONESIA JUST EARNED A SPOT AGAINST K-POP GIANTS IN TOKYO
"Tabola Bale" by Silet Open Up is nominated for Best Asia Song at Music Awards Japan 2026. Here's wh ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
THREE DAYS, THIRTY ARTISTS, ONE UNESCO TEMPLE: PRAMBANAN JAZZ 2026 IS BACK
The festival that turns an 8th-century Hindu temple into Southeast Asia's most dramatic concert stag ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
YE SAID "COMING SOON 2026" — AND JAKARTA WENT ABSOLUTELY INSANE
A cryptic message on a videotron screen. A crowd erupting at midnight. And suddenly, Jakarta is on K ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2: FILM, FASHION, AND THE BRAND UNIVERSE BEHIND THE MOST A ...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is more than a movie — it's a full brand universe. Here's everything: film ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
4 INDONESIAN SINGERS THE WORLD FORGOT WERE LOCAL
Rich Brian, NIKI, Stephanie Poetri, and Agnez Mo are Indonesian — but the world never guessed. Her ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 2 months ago
BROADWAY'S JERSEY BOYS IS COMING TO JAKARTA.
Jersey Boys Jakarta 2026 comes to Taman Ismail Marzuki on June 27–28, starring Agatha Pricilla and ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
JAKARTA IS THE ONLY ASIAN CITY ON THE MORTAL KOMBAT II GLOBAL TOUR.
Jakarta is the only Asian city on the Mortal Kombat II global tour. Here's what that means for Indon ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
INDONESIAN HORROR IS WHAT THE WORLD IS SEARCHING FOR
While K-Pop built Korea's global identity, Indonesian horror films are now what fans worldwide can't ...
ENTERTAINMENT | 3 months ago
