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Disebut Bukan Rapper Panutan, 5 Fakta Lagu Terbaru Rich Brian "Kids"

Disebut Bukan Rapper Panutan, 5 Fakta Lagu Terbaru Rich Brian "Kids"
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Rich Brian dengan segala pro kontranya memang selalu menarik perhatian publik. Dalam sepekan ia menjadi perbincangan di media sosial, mulai dari prestasi dengan single "Yellow" yang meraih 8,3 juta streaming dalam kurung waktu kurang dari sebulan, pertemuan dengan Presiden Joko Widodo hingga kritik pedas yang diperolehnya dari politisi Dino Patti Djalal. 

Alih-alih menanggapi cuitan mantan Wakil Menteri Luar Negeri Indonesia, Brian lebih fokus untuk memperkenalkan karya terbarunya yakni "Kids". 

Yups, bukan Brian kalau gak berhasil menjadi trending topic. Lepas dari pro kontranya, hadirnya "Kids" menjadi salah satu karya terbaik yang pernah dirilis oleh pelantun "Dat $tick" ini. Hal tersebut ia akui melalui unggahan di Twitter. 

Menjawab rasa penasaranmu tentang lagu terbarunya, berikut IDN Times hadirkan beberapa ulasannya. 

  1. 1. "Kids" diproduseri oleh Bekon & The Donuts, Frank Dukes dan Rich Brian

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    Proses pembuatan lagu "Kids" melalui perjalanan yang cukup panjang. Lirik ia tulis saat sedang sibuk menjalani tur dunia. Tak sendirian, Brian dibantu oleh Bekon & The Donuts dan Frank Dukes. Dua produser musik pemegang nominasi Grammy ini ikut andil dalam 'memoles' lagu "Kids" menjadi hits yang akan digemari pencinta musik. 

  2. 2. Lagu "Kids" menjadi single kedua dari album "The Sailor"

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    Brian akan menggebrak industri dengan album "The Sailor" yang rencananya akan dirilis pada 26 Juli 2019 mendatang. Album ini telah lama digarapnya bahkan ia mulai membocorkan beberapa teaser sejak awal tahun lalu. 

    Setelah lagu "Yellow" disambut positif dan nangkring di berbagai tangga lagu, kini giliran "Kids" yang kembali mencuri perhatian. Meski baru beberapa hari dirilis, "Kids" berhasil memeroleh jumlah streaming ratusan ribu di jejaring musik online. 

  3. 3. Lagunya berkisah tentang pesan melawan ketidakberdayaan dan cibiran yang biasanya dirasakan anak muda Asia

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    Tell these Asian kids they could do what they want. Might steal the mic at the GRAMMYs just to say we won. That everyone can makes it, don’t matter where you from

    Penggalan lirik di atas berada pada bagian verse awal lagu "Kids". Anak bungsu dari tiga bersaudara ini menyampaikan bahwa setiap orang berhak memperjuangkan impiannya tanpa peduli dari mana mereka berasal. 

    Tak dapat dipungkiri bahwa perkara asal muasal masih sering menjadi isu negatif di industri musik Hollywood. Namun Brian menjadi satu dari sekian musisi Asia yang berhasil mematahkan stereotipe itu.

  4. 4. Video musik lagu ini digarap oleh sutradara ternama Sing J. Lee

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    Kamu sudah nonton video musik lagu "Kids"? Syutingnya menampilkan keseruan Brian bersama teman-temannya. Video musik ini juga menampilkan sisi-sisi Jakarta dan kehidupan masyarakat Indonesia. Sing J. Lee menyulap kenangan masa kecil Brian menjadi nostalgia yang manis dan menggambarkan setiap lirik dengan apik. 

  5. 5. Nah, berikut ini lirik lengkap lagu "Kids"

    Berikut ini lirik inspiratif di lagu "Kids" yang menceritakan perjuangan seorang rapper muda menembus pasar musik dunia. Bukan kejayaan yang dipenuhi jatuh bangun dan cerita tentang mimpi di masa depan yang ingin diraih.

    Ayy, uh

    I’m putting numbers on the board and blowing more digits

    I haven’t started, man, these are just the before pictures

    Shout out my parents, my mother gave birth to four winners

    All of the players in the game, it's always cold benches

    Been in the studio, I forgot how to sleep

    Not tryna make an album they forget 'bout in a week

    They said the fruit never gon' fall far from the tree

    I used to be the kid, now the kids wanna be me

    Tripping about my future like way before there was cameras

    Hella plans on my calendar 'fore I went all professional

    Less souls to trust, man, these people makin' me cynical

    More copycats and less people sounding original

    Same destination, we just took different routes

    Fuck being one the greatest, I’m trine be the greatest one

    I ain’t saying I ain’t grateful for everything I’ve become

    But the throne looks more comfortable than this chair I’m sitting on

    My name is Brian, cold bars is what I’m known for

    If my vision ain't scarin' me, then I don't go for it

    Remember my first days here when it was all foreign

    Now I’m on TV with James Corden, that shit was crazy

    Just got a place with a backyard, I feel amazing

    Nothin' can get between me and the dreams I'm chasin'

    Ain't got the time for partyin', no more gettin’ wasted

    Less you got the 1942, man, then get the chaser

    You hating on me, but you know I got it

    You big in your city, I’m the king of a continent

    These rappers trine make the trending topic

    While the state of music going south

    But I don't even want to talk about it

    Let's talk about it, nah, let's talk about it

    Before all these folks decide it's cool to give a fuck about it

    Everyone’s trine make hits, I’m just trine make music

    You know, the kind that makes you feel when you listen to it?

    I’m the youngest child, I don’t need more attention

    You writing some bullshit, I write the lyrics meant for the captions

    I’m making song that’ll probably outlive us for generations

    Started off as the sailor, look at me, now I’m the captain

    I won’t lie, this shit is fun

    Tell these Asian kids they could do what they want

    Might steal the mic at the GRAMMYs just to say we won

    That everyone can makes it, don’t matter where you from

    Can’t forget about the day that Sean called me

    Talking about a vision called 88 that he is dreaming

    Man, I love him like a brother, if we fall, we gon’ recover

    Just a man with a vision who mastered in causing trouble (you can’t see)

    Man, I can't see the finish line

    Fall back, fall back, I ain't fucking round this time (Anymore)

    Did God know he created a legend in 99? (Anymore)

    Fuck pretending on a track, man, I mean every single line

    Touched down, never holding back

    Shining like some bust down, sailing round without a map

    Been the underdog, now it's time to let me quarterback

    Killin' shit in uncharted territories, man, this shit get hella gory

    Whole country of people proud, so I’m never worried

    Glad you're sittin' through the credits, man, this is my story

    The type of shit that make me cry when I record it

    This the type of shit that still gon' make me proud even when I'm 40

    R.IP. Nipsey, R.I.P Mac

    These inspirations always gon’ motivate me to rap

    Let’s celebrate their lives and the people that they impact

    The marathon continues, ain’t no way we looking back

    Amazon Prime flow, you know I’ll always deliver

    We crossed oceans for a chance just to feel somethin’ better

    Generation to sacrifice, that we’ll always remember

    It’s that circle of life shit, they hold me up like I’m Simba

    They told me I ain’t welcome, I’m here to stay, and my visa says so

    Just wait and see whose songs they gon' blast up in they headphones

    Come back like every couple years to destroy like tornadoes

    Victorious tropical flow coming straight from Indo

    These plants only grow to just get cut and disposed

    Their spotlight is dimmin', my future's so bright that it glows

    You want the blueprint for impossible, I'll let it show

    Remember when Pac said, “The concrete grows a rose"

    Melihat reaksi penggemar musik dunia yang semakin "menggilai" karya Brian, tentunya kita patut bangga dengan musisi Indonesia sepertinya dan berharap banyak anak muda lainnya yang dapat mengikuti kesuksesan remaja kelahiran 3 September 1999 tersebut.

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