The Jakarta Post | Thu, 07/21/2011 9:47 PM

JAKARTA: Wanting to reinvigorate dangdut, Anang Hermansyah has added some color to the genre by forming Tiga Kembang (Three Flowers), a trio of divorced dangdut singers.

He wants dangdut to become the music of Indonesia all over again, he said.

Cici Paramida, Ikke Nurjanah and Kirstina were Anang’s picks for the dangdut group. But, wanting such huge names, how did he make this dangdut supergroup happen?

“I was hanging out with my friend Irvan Nat. Irvan said, ‘this song Goyang Sayang would be great if it was sung by those three, can this be arranged?’ Then Irvan Nat called each of them,” Anang said as reported by kapanlagi.com.

But the song was not written for Tiga Kembang but for Krisdayanti and Siti. Because the latter project ended up not happening, the song was given to Tiga Kembang.

Anang said Goyang Sayang was filled with nuance, the rhythm of the song upbeat and fresh.

“I witnessed the development of dangdut and how it became so popular. But now dangdut’s popularity has sunk,” he lamented.