All Access To Rossa 25 Shining Years

My name is Sri Rossa Roslaina Handiyani.

I came to Jakarta to study at the University of Indonesia in 1996.

In the same year, I released my first teen album Nada-nada Cinta.

It wasn't an easy journey for me.

My albums as a child were a flop.

There was a long hiatus before releasing a new album.

And I was rejected by many record companies.

However,

faith and determination from the people who loved me brought

me to where I am today.

Why is it called "Shining"?

And what are you going to bring to your fans who miss you.

It's only ten days away.

No, don't do that! You're making me nervous.

I think this is the most glamorous and the biggest concert

that Rossa has ever done.

It's a big concert and when you include vendors and performers,

you can say 600 people are involved in this event.

Tell me how hectic your life is behind the scenes?

I can see how hectic it is tonight.

But I can't imagine how hectic it could become in other cities.

I don't know what happened to her, how she felt.

I'm not gonna lie, I feel different about this concert.

It's so unreal

how this is gonna be my first concert. In real life since the pandemic.

Even last night...

No, even this morning when I woke up, I still felt so nervous.

Only after I had my dresses fitted at Didi's...

For this 25th anniversary concert, I got the inspiration from a dress

worn by an actress in the 1940s.

I saw a movie called Secret Police.

No!

Otherwise, you make it off shoulder on one side.

In my opinion, she's a simple person.

She doesn't make it hard for me to show off her real self.

Let me ask you something.

Can you show your chest once?

Can you show it? Or don't want?

Are you...

Are you trying to kill me?

- I wanna see it. - No, you can't.

Can you make it more fitted with an adjustable string inside it?

Sure, I can do that.

It will help me get it, tighten it up to fit her body.

I don't want it to look loose.

Sure, I can slim down the waistline.

- My stylist lives in Hong Kong. - Cover all...

Monica is also at home, she doesn't feel well today.

I can communicate with them by looking at the monitor.

I just want you to do your best.

Yeah! I can do it!

The story of my career started in 1996,

when I released the song "Nada-nada Cinta."

The song was written by Younky and Maryati.

From that album, "Nada-nada Cinta" was the last song we recorded.

Because it's not easy to pick your hit...

I mean, the best song. Like, which song will be liked?

It's a simple song.

It talks about love and I saw

her as a cheerful and sweet girl.

She had just entered adolescence.

I thought her heart should be filled with love that's translated into notes,

to bring her happiness.

That's what inspired me to write "Nada-nada Cinta."

When she was still young and singing,

I could see she had the charisma to be a star.

She can breathe life into the song.

Becoming a good singer and being someone who can sing well

are two different things.

In my opinion, Rossa is a good singer, not just a person who can sing well.

That's the key.

We like watching movies.

In one movie the character was a woman who was beautiful,

smart and so brave.

Her name is Rossa.

Then my husband said we should name our daughter Rossa

so she can be smart, brave and kind too.

So that's when people started to notice Rossa,

a new singer just born into Indonesia's music industry.

I like the outfit I wore in this pic.

God, I was still in high school in that photo.

Can I have the photo? Where did you get it?

There were times when I could only sing on Fridays,

Saturdays and Sundays. Or even just on Saturdays and Sundays.

Because at that time,

I wanted to focus on my education while selecting the best song.

I said to Mr. Andi, "I'm not thinking about profit."

I just want to make her dream come true.

Because I knew in my heart she was a hidden gem but I couldn't make her famous.

I finally made it with the song "Tegar."

The song was originally written by Melly Goeslow for another singer.

However it didn't fit her character.

But I thought that it was a good song.

So I offered it to Mr. Adi to be sang by Rossa.

It's so easy to talk to her.

We talked about everything

including boyfriends.

So most of her songs were, in a way, true stories I captured from our conversations.

When I gave her the song she screamed, "That's my story!"

I want to tell you the story behind the "Tegar" video.

Just before we started filming the video, I fell ill.

So fun fact about me, I always fell ill during school transitions.

Graduating from Middle School to High School, I had typhoid fever.

From High School to University, I fell ill again.

Then right before we started filming "Tegar," I fell ill again.

Every time I fell ill, I thought...

"In the name of God, I hope this means I've passed to the next level."

I can't help but think that way.

We started filming at 5:30 a.m.

I went straight from the ER to the filming location.

I remember it was on a footbridge.

The most memorable scene was where I sang in front of a big clock on a building.

I remember sitting on the rooftop of the building.

I remember she was so fragile.

Physically and mentally.

Whenever she heard bad news about the people she loved

be it about her boyfriend or bad news in general,

it would make her pass out and caused her GERD to act up

and caused her to pass out again.

That's how I remember her.

I never thought the song would become that big of a hit that year.

Finding a perfect song is like finding your destiny.

If you're destined for it, you will get it.

That's how I feel about "Tegar."

Thank you. Thank you so much for everything.

I'm Narya Abhimata.

I'm the director for the video trailer of

Rossa's 25 Years Shining Concert.

Rossa loves joking.

In Sundanese it's called "bodor."

I'm just copying you, "Hello, hello..."

I've been working with Rossa since 1998.

It was during an event in Makassar.

We invited her for a meeting, and she came with her mother.

I was a bit late and she arrived first.

"Where are you? We're here," she said.

And I thought she was spicy.

You would think she had a smooth career,

but in reality she has put in a lot of work to it.

Her determination, her motivation, it's admirable.

Sometimes, I got tired.

And she just kept going.

I handle everything including the catering.

Don't do it. We can handle it for you.

- I mean... - Is it because you're picky?

Exactly!

There's no new final decision.

It was decided yesterday after

everything had been approved...

She needs to be in control of everything, even insignificant stuff.

For example, the crew t-shirts.

She made them change the design three or five times. Why?

The print is too big, too small, too low, too high.

She has to have the final say on everything.

She has attention to detail. That's just the way she is.

She's a perfectionist.

Can you try it first?

She would yell on the phone, when I knew she wasn't angry at all.

I answered the phone and she yelled, "Are you free to talk, Dek?"

I said, "Can you tone it down a bit, ma'am?"

Since it's gonna be used as the opening act,

we need to make the video a bit dramatic.

By only showing her silhouette, it makes her a bit mysterious.

The VT also tells her career journey

as one of the divas in Indonesia who's still on top.

The music industry is dynamic.

We have to evolve in sync with the era and that's what she always wants.

Always keen to try new ideas.

Comparing her first concert with this year's concert,

they're totally different.

Each concert has different energy and a different target.

It is also applied to this concert.

I think this is one of the most glamorous and the biggest concert she has ever done.

I had a dream to do a concert for Rossa.

I kept trying to convince her to do a concert.

When we were on a plane to Surabaya, I guess, I said to her...

"Bubu, you have to do a concert."

"You have released plenty of songs and enough albums."

Then she said to me, "You're right. Okay, I'll do it."

Knowing that she changes her mind a lot,

once we landed I called everybody.

"Bu, you can't change your mind on this. I've already called Erwin, James..."

There was nothing she could do.

After the concert in Jakarta, she said to me.

I made her fall in love with the concert.

She has no problem performing anywhere.

From high school, to government, ceremonial events.

She has performed in front of the Prime Minister of Malaysia and Brunei's VIPs.

Rossa is very popular in Malaysia. She's a big star there.

Until one day she did a concert sponsored by the Malaysian government.

Over 12,000 people came to see her performance at the Bukit Jalil Stadium.

From that point on she was crowned as one of Southeast Asia's Divas.

Sorry, Diva.

It's okay, 'cause I'm a diva.

It's okay, my people.

There's a venue called Istana Budaya.

That venue was originally built for the native people of Malaysia.

Meaning, it's a place to promote local culture.

And Rossa was the first Indonesian female singer to do a concert in that building.

Rossa is so loved by her fans in Malaysia it became clear to them