Though it’s unclear who actually shared the single first, the song appeared to hit its peak popularity on the social media platform on Dec. From there, the song’s popularity spread to countries outside of Indonesia (most notably, in the U.S., where streams of the song on Apple Music and Spotify have jumped significantly).Īround the same time, a number of TikTok users shared Matsubara’s hit song. It also, in turn, led to an intense interest in the original version in Indonesia, Matsunaga points out. “To be honest, when I started working on the cover, I felt nervous as to whether I can deliver the song while making sure to maintain its emotion and energy.”īut Ran’s concerns turned out to be unfounded - her cover has since received more than 1.26 million views.

“For me personally, whenever I listen or sing to it, I feel like I’m traveling to a very old period of time, an experience that I can only imagine its beauty in all its complexity,” Ran wrote in a lengthy description of her cover.

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