No discussion is complete without dangdut . Born from a fusion of Indian film music, Malay folk, and rock and roll, dangdut was once considered "music of the poor and the prostitute." Today, it is the soundtrack of the nation. Pop stars like Via Vallen and Nella Kharisma have made dangdut palatable to the middle class by speeding up the tempo and adding EDM synths, but the soul remains: the erotic goyang (hip sway). Interestingly, the most successful dangdut stars now perform fully covered in hijabs, proving that in Indonesia, piety and pelvic gyration are not opposites but a single, complicated consumer choice.
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