Koisuru Fortune Cookie uh.. Dangdut Version?
by Angga · September 13, 2014
Ah…the good ‘ol Koisuru Fortune Cookie. This song has been beaten up so many times and comes in way too many forms that I’m actually getting fed up just hearing the first few seconds of the intro. But who would’ve guess that the song still have few juices out of it left when it came in an unpredictable dangdut version. What is dangdut you ask? Taken directly from Wikipedia:
Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Hindustani, Malay, and Arabic musics. Dangdut is a very popular genre in Indonesia because of its melodious instrumentation and vocals. Indonesians dance in the ghoomar style to dangdut music. dangdut features a tabla and gendang beat.
Or in my own term: It’s a grassroots music for many Indonesian. While dangdut is still being considered as plebes by the general upper population; the truth is that dangdut has a very distinctive vocal technique that is both hard to learned and performed.
Dangdut itself is gaining a pretty good reputation among international communities with Japan spearheading the funkot -a house music breed of dangdut- movement. Or if maybe you prefer some western taste to spice up the genre, listen to Dangdut Cowboys.
We’ve seen Sendy, an ex dangdut performer, sang some dangdut songs that managed to capture some general public heart. But no one in their right mind would’ve guessed that one day, we’d be able to hear not one, but two 48 songs rearranged as dangdut and being officially sang by one of JKT48 members.
The first one is Heavy Rotation, which aired in a very absurd show where Sendy sang while people getting a haircut…. The arrangement is indeed dangdut but unfortunately, Sendy doesn’t do much in terms of vocal improvisation to match the song.
Then today’s biggest surprise came in: another dangdut rendition. This time, Koisuru Fortune Cookie. Sendy sang it normally for the first few minutes, then she started to explore more of her talent and do a somewhat better job in singing the most absurd Koisuru Fortune Cookie rendition I’ve ever heard.
Albeit still lacking in preparation as we can clearly hear in the video; I think most of us agree that somehow, Sendy needs to be in the spotlight for JKT48’s first spin-off release: A dangdut remix. Aside from the obvious marketing possibilities, the notion of a remixed 48 songs at least can give the fans some sort of soothing effect after they learn that having JKT48 their own original single is something that is just a concept and nothing more, a futile hope for the time being.
That being said, can I have my dosage of Kokoro no Placard dangdut version please?
あぁ、古き良きKFC。この曲はもう何度もいろんな形でパフォーマンスされてきたので、正直なところ僕はイントロの最初の何秒かを聞いただけで「またか・・・」となる。でも、予想もしなかったダンドゥット・バージョンになり、この曲にまだ絞り出せるジュースがあったんだって誰が想像しただろう？ダンドゥットって何かって？ウィキペディアから持ってきた。
ダンドゥットは、インド、マレーシア、アラブの音楽に一部由来するインドネシアのポピュラーミュージックの1ジャンル。ダンドゥットはその流れるような演奏と歌でインドネシアで非常に人気のあるジャンルである。インドネシア人はダンドゥット音楽に合わせて伝統的なスタイルで踊る。ダンドゥットはタブラや太鼓のビートが特徴である。
あるいは僕自身の言い方だったら、「ダンドゥットは多くのインドネシア人にとっての庶民音楽である。一般上流層は大衆向けと考えている」だね。実はダンドゥットには特有のボーカルテクニックがあり、それを身につけるのも歌うのも非常に難しいんだ。
ダンドゥットそのものは日本が先頭にたったファンコット（ダンドゥットのハウスミュージック）の流れにより国際社会でも非常に高い評価を得ている。ダンドゥットというジャンルを西洋風にしたのが好きな人は、ダンドゥット・カウボーイを聞いて欲しい。
元ダンドゥット歌手だったセンディがなんとか一般の人たち（JKT48ファン以外の）のハートをつかもうとダンドゥットを歌ったのをみんな見たことがあると思う。でも、ダンドゥットにアレンジされたJKT48の曲、それも1曲じゃなくて2曲もある日JKT48のメンバーの一人が公式に歌うのを聞けることになるなんて誰も真剣に想っていなかっただろう。
最初のはヘビー・ローテーション。観客がヘアカットをしてもらっている間にセンディが歌うという、とてもバタバタの番組コーナーで放映された。アレンジはダンドゥットそのものだったが、残念ながらセンディは曲に合わせて即興を入れるってことはそれほどしていない。
そして今日大きな驚きがあった。もう一つのダンドゥットのパフォ、今回はKFCだ。センディは最初の数分を普通に歌いその後自分の才能を出し始め、僕が今まで聞いてきた中で一番おもしろいKFCを歌うという良い仕事をしてくれた。
ビデオで明らかに聞こえる通りまだ準備が足りなかったようだけど、僕たちの大部分はJKT48から最初に派生するダンドゥット・リミックスとしてセンディにスポットライトが当たる必要があると少なからず思っているだろう。
明確な市場性は別にして、JKT48の曲のリミックスという考え方は今の所JKT48がオリジナルシングルを持つということが望み薄と考えているファンに少なくとも安心感のようなものを与えることができるから。
ということで、僕にココプラのダンドゥット・バージョンをお願いしますぅ。
KFC Dangdut Version YT video courtesy of JKT48 Fans Indonesia
Japanese Translation by Japarta
I really hope that one day Sendy would appear in Kamera Ria, singing JKT48’s song in Dangdut, while a bunch of army guys dancing sajojo style… Sendy rawks!
I think JKT48’songs that have Dangdut’s vibes are JKT48 and Kokoro no Placard. And I hope Sendy will sing those songs’ Dangdut version soon, on stage or share them via her account. Go go, Sendy.
huah,, I’m very happy.. Go Go Sendy !!
it’s really surprise for me… sendy sang re-arranged Fortune Cookie with dangdut… and this dangdut ver. can we call it Sendy’s solo debut song??
Sendy’s like JKT’s Wasamin, bringing a breeze of freshness to the songs by traditionalizing them
The dangdut arrangement works so well with Heavy Rotation & KFC, I look forward to more renditions in the future 
Brace yourself!
Many people will start comparing Sendy and Misaki.. :borromirstyle:
It should be note that enka is more like keroncong music here, it is actually preety different with dangdut..
Great try! I really hope Sendey should be the 1st solo singer among JKT48, like Iwasa-san in AKB with her “Enka” song
Oh, Ooops, Misaki-san. Anyway, 48 groups are the good incubation system. And more, from the starting point, probably Sendy was appointed as the one of the memebers with her good talent of singing and her career. I think these 2 happenings (no, alreday planned. these are the ladder for Sendy to be the “artist ( which she always say that she wants to be)”. 2 memebrs (ex, but Stella and Tata?) are for BIMA. 1 memebr ( Shanju) for serial TV drama (?). Novy for the candidate of the musical which will be played in Tokyo. So JKT48, I think, they have alreday reached the stage which can born solos and sub-units. Which memebrs will be organized several sub-units? I really want to see. Fun
I really think Sendy is good to agitate audience, I knew this fact while I saw her “Heavy Rotation” in a hair cut show.
She steppted into audience and sung togeather. Amazing! From my a small knowledge, no onw of AKB can’t do that.
“…..having JKT48 their own original single is something that is just a concept and nothing more, a futile hope for the time being.”
Welcome to reality.
imo, I think sendy is the best singer amongst all 48g member.
Watch this clip you’ll understand what I meant.
I think so..
and i think she’s better than Nobi..
I’m really shocked, and disappointed, when i know she can’t through The Wiz First Audition..
I know she never can’t passed Second Audition just like Nobi..
But at least she can show her skills..
I hope she can get another chance..
ummm.. better than nobi?? of course.. more stage experience and a dangdut singer.. what do you expect? ? hahaha.. but JOT really sucks.. management’s senbatsu should always include their best singer (sendy-nobi-noella-rona-etc) .. at least 2 of them.. so when they appear at some TV programmes and they challenge them to sing solo.. they won’t get embarrassed.. haha..
Yeah, they really need 2 best singer, 1 Musician ( Jeje ) , 3 Comedian ( Haruka, Nabilah , Jeje ).. lol
btw, I think she will be Sendy Rival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_cwGvefAjI
Sisca from Gen 3..