Kemarin

The tsunami hit the Sunda Strait beaches, leaving deep sorrow…

-…including the band Seventeen. -The vocalist's wife…

-Devastating news from Seventeen… -…dead in the tsunami disaster.

I never knew why God let me live at that time.

Our dreams ended…

on December 22.

We'll never know…

our destiny and God's plan for us.

I'm now…

in a healing process.

Trying to heal myself

from the trauma

that's extremely

painful.

This film is dedicated to the "Seventeen" family

and all the victims of the Sunda Strait Tsunami Disaster

22 December 2018

DECEMBER 22, 2018 4 HOURS BEFORE THE TSUNAMI

-What's wrong? -I swallowed some water.

Try to hold your breath.

-For 15 minutes so he'll be independent. -Yes.

Just let him go.

Swimming? Let's swim with me…

HERMAN SEVENTEEN, GUITARIST MARCH 17, 1982 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

BANI SEVENTEEN, BASSIST MARCH 9, 1982 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

ANDI SEVENTEEN, DRUMMER AUGUST 8, 1982 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

DYLAN SAHARA, WIFE OF IFAN SEVENTEEN DECEMBER 23, 1992 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

OKI WIJAYA, SEVENTEEN ROAD MANAGER OCTOBER 15, 1982 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

UJANG RUKMANA RUSTAM, SEVENTEEN CREW BASS OCTOBER 23, 1978 - DECEMBER 22, 2018

JANUARY, 1999 YOGYAKARTA

Try to double me

And you will feel my loyalty

Try to lie to me

And you will understand The honesty of my heart

Originally, Seventeen was formed

by a group of high school friends.

Herman, Andi, and I,

who all met at a school event.

As we were getting closer, one day, Resa came to play with us.

Resa, the manager of Seventeen.

At first, I was not appointed as a manager, but…

as a spokesperson.

I handled anything related to them.

From that point…

"Sa, please be our manager."

Well then, that was the beginning.

I started to help them.

To help them…

manage everything.

It felt like we had a solid team, but was unannounced.

One day,

on January 17, 1999,

at 17:00 in front of my house, I told them…

"Let's make a professional band and name it 'Sweet Seventeen.'"

I knew Seventeen because of our rivalry.

A fair rivalry.

Doni was the bassist for Syanas.

I was a fan of his.

I followed Doni around.

At that time, I didn't have a home. I lived in my friends' houses.

Doni then offered me to stay at his.

I lived there. I crashed in his house.

Back then, Seventeen frequently performed…

Performing in a café was like…

a 1 or 1,5-hour session, then session break, and continue.

Seventeen frequently performed during session breaks.

We often met

this Doni… Doni Tato.

Doni is Andi's older cousin.

Andi the drummer.

He suddenly offered himself.

"If you guys perform, I will be the singer, tak rewangi ."

Tak rewangi means "Let me help."

I think it was Andi's idea.

"Just leave it to my man."

"Doni knows how to sing."

Then we had some jamming sessions and felt the chemistry between us.

They really had fun when I saw Seventeen…

performing in a café.

These kids were having fun.

That's why I decided to join them.

The first album was released in 2003.

The title was Bintang Terpilih.

That's crazy. We always performed on the same stage.

I started to get so competitive.

If Seventeen created something, then Endank Soekamti must too.

If Seventeen submitted a demo, then we must too.

Soekamti performed in festivals, and Seventeen did the same.

We kind of fought for stages. It's a fair competition.

I found that their songs were interesting.

When I listened to them…

This is pop music…

but…

raw, edgy.

And the vocal at that time…

was not pop at all,

as the timbre was different.

I thought it was unique.

Also, the notation.

They had a unique notation.

We can recognize Seventeen's music by their notation.

No one else had it.

They were in that kind of level.

That was amazing.

They used a lot of Major 7th chords.

At that time, we were…

Only my music was different,

while Seventeen and other bands only brought pop genre.

But Seventeen stood out more among others

because they were geniuses in making songs.

They can make their own genre, the Seventeen genre.

Not every band can do that.

Others must struggle…

revise their songs before finding the notation that is unique to them,

while Seventeen already had it.

When their songs are played, we'd recognize them immediately.

We finally had an idea. There was a song titled "Jibaku."

It was made for a duet.

Without further ado, I recommended, "Let's invite Arie Untung."

Arie Untung then came to the studio to sing.

Arie hasn't heard the song yet, but I asked him to sing.

I gave him a little idea, and which part he had to sing.

Finally, we did a promotion.

A promotion for about three months or more.

Seventeen then started to become known.

The single was getting into charts on TV.

Some were famous TV programs.

That was a really cool thing.

Then finally, we released the second album.

But we were no longer under Universal.

The second album was released under Bravo Musik.

IT'S TIME TO PROVE IT TO HIM…

WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART…

PREP NIGHT…

AND THE TIME HAS COME…

NEXT MORNING… IT'S TIME TO PROVE LOVE!

We were recording in Yogyakarta.

Recording was done, everything was ready,

but suddenly, there was force majeure,

a big disaster in Yogyakarta

which forced us to stop doing promotion.

For almost two months, Seventeen only volunteered

for the earthquake's victims.

Logistics distribution.

We absolutely forgot about music.

Then intrigues, polemics, and problems arose.

We had to let Doni go.

At that time,

I felt as if I was no longer…

I was not supposed to be in the music industry.

So, the only best choice was…

I had to…

leave Seventeen.

And when you know

I'm not the best for you

Let me go

Forget me

And don't you ever have any doubt

PAINTING THE DREAMS

So, what I…

When I joined Seventeen…

around the middle of 2006,

I was attending a college in Yogya.

There was a band auditioning for a vocalist, so…

that was the first time I knew that Seventeen had an audition.

Back then, in Yogya, there was…

a trend for painting jeans.

So, I painted my jeans with a silhouette of Emily.

It's a girl. Then I wore sneakers that I painted too.

And a Rolling Stones t-shirt.

It was special for a Seventeen audition.

So, I just wanted to perform my best for Seventeen

because I would do an audition.

Okay, finally,

I did the audition.

Ifan's voice was the best in the audition.

After a discussion, Ifan was chosen.

Seventeen accepted me on November 6, 2006.

I received a call in the afternoon.

"Congratulations Fan, you've been chosen as Seventeen's vocalist."

Oh, my God, that felt…

That felt amazing. I was like, "What?"

Just that, with Ifan joining us,

we should start everything from scratch with a new vocalist.

Dendi and I started to look for…

new record label companies.

Rejections were all we got every time.

It was hard. Hard for…

It was Seventeen's first crisis, and…

Resa was still passionate in managing Seventeen

to keep its existence in the music industry.

We then got information about Danish

from Ema.

Fortunately, around 2007 or 2008…

we met Seventeen's management

that offered a demo of the band

which previously worked under a big label.

I saw that they had a new vocalist.

And I thought that Ifan had selling points.

He is unique.