Sara Fajira
Sara Fajira (born in Surabaya, May 03 1996) is an Indonesian singer, internet celebrity and actress. He has participated in a children's musical talent search called Idola Cilik Season Two to the top 42 and the Just Duet event as runner-up. His name has skyrocketed since he collaborated with Weird Genius to deliver the song Lathi (ꦭꦛꦶ).[1][2][3][4]
Life and carrier[edit]
Childhood and life[edit]
Sara Fajira is an Indonesian singer who was born in Surabaya on May 3, 1996. Having musician parents made Sara Fajira inherit her parents' musical talents. The second child of Rose Yazda Juliana and Muhammad Muhdy made Sara a natural talent in music. Sara Fajira has a keyboardist father and a singer mother, her older brother Fabio Farisqo is also a singer and songwriter and her younger sister Naykilla is also a good rapper like herself. Even though having a keyboardist father did not force Sara to be reliable in playing a musical instrument. Living in an affluent and simple family made Sara Fajira begin to be able to channel her talents since she was a child.
Early career[edit]
Her talent in the arts began to appear when Sara Fajira was still studying Kindergarten at Al Manar Kindergarten, Surabaya in 2001. Since Kindergarten, Sara admitted that she likes listening to music and but her artistic interest started by participating in dancing activities. Entering elementary school, Sara was just starting to discover her singing talent. There were two school changes at the beginning from SDN Babatan 1 then moving to SDN Pegirian 2 and finally at SDN Genjeran 2 Surabaya, little Sara Fajira continued to grow with a talent as a singer. After a year, little Sara Fajira had the chance to appear in her school marawis group. The school, who realized Sara's talent, asked her to become a vocal in her marawis group. In grade 4 to 5 he participated in the marawis competition and won 2nd place and 1st place. So there were two rounds of categories, the first round was 1st winner, the second round was 2nd winner.
Entering the 6th grade of SD Sara started participating in various solo singing competitions. He participated in various competitions including registering for the Little Idol 2 event in 2008 and qualifying for the top 42.
Having a singer mother makes Sara feel like she has a private vocal teacher. Her singing talent continued to be practiced by her mother when Sara began to show interest in singing. Entering junior high and high school, Sara Fajira's abilities have matured. Three years of education at SMP PGRI 1 Surabaya. Sara Fajira always participates in musical activities at her school.
And entering high school, Sara Fajira, who was starting to be a teenager, formed a band with her friends with the flow of alternative rock music. Even though she is a teenager, Sara does not want to stop sharpening her skills through various competitions. He also returned to participate in a Japanese karaoke competition. With her talent and Sara's passion for Japanese culture, she won the competition and was entitled to the 1st place trophy in East Java.
For Sara, she did not want enough of her singing and dancing talents. During high school, Sara also participated in the GGS Looking for a Star, an event to attract acting talents and enter the top 20 in Surabaya. All that was done by Sara because of her own desire, she wanted to know what it felt like to be competitive in various fields.
Professional career[edit]
Sara Fajira's professional career began when she participated in the Just Duet competition at NET. Sara, known as a young rapper, studied rapping since she was in high school. At that time she was forced to learn to rap because one of the band members decided to leave and Sara was asked to fill in the rap part of the band (a band in a cafe in Surabaya)
Uniquely, Sara learned her skills in rapping from her sister who was already good at rapping. As a result, Sara was able to rap and fill the void in her band.
Capitalizing on her ability as a rapper, Sara Fajira also participated in the Just Duet event at NET. in 2016 after previously being in the band during 2015-2016. This time the mother saw her daughter's talent, encouraged Sara to join the event and try her luck. Who would have thought, the mother's instincts bore fruit. Sara Fajira escaped to be runner up in the event.
Lathi's success[edit]
Talking about Sara Fajira will not be separated from her phenomenal song with Weird Genius entitled "Lathi". Sara, who started her professional career in 2016, really feels the effect of the success of the song "Lathi" which has been watched by 65 million YouTube viewers. It is not only influential on her pre-"Lathi" works. Sara Fajira also felt the impact on social media.
Now many are following her on Instagram social media, and during this Lockdown almost every day Sara is invited to live with several media and radio.
Being a singer since childhood and participating in various talent search events, Sara Fajira admits that her duet with Weird Genius in the song "Lathi" is the pinnacle of her success.
He feels grateful to be invited by Weird Genius to bring back "Lathi" which has now changed him in music.
With her current success, Sara Fajira admitted that she did not think that she could be in such a successful position today. He did not expect the music video for the song "Lathi" to get tens of millions of viewers.
Even his acting in the video clip has been praised so much that it was made #LathiChallange. Prior to joining Weird Genius, Sara had often been invited to collaborate with several well-known DJs and musicians. A name as big as Hedi Yunus and Eka Gustiwana once invited him to a duet in a single.
Planned use of Javanese music as an identity[edit]
After the success of the song "Lathi". Sara Fajira will change her music and begin to insert Javanese music as an identity. The song "Lathi" has made Sara known as a reliable singer in singing Javanese songs. Having Javanese blood and being born in Surabaya made Sara want to make her identity stronger.
Sara Fajira admitted that this desire only carried over after she sang the song "Lathi" and got a singer label[5][6]
Discography[edit]
- "You Know" ft. Kenny Gabriel (2018)
- "Tersimpan di Hati" ft. Eka Gustiwana, Prince Husein (2018)
- "Jika" ft. Hedi Yunus (2019)
- "Cerita Dua Insan Dibalik Senja" ft. Hello Maya (2019)
- "Lathi" (ꦭꦛꦶ) ft. Weird Genius (2020)
- "Getting Over You" ft. Eka Gustiwana, Osvaldo Nugroho (2020)
- "I Miss U" (2020)
- "Show Off Your Colors" ft. Titi DJ, Eka Gustiwana (2020)
- "DRXGS" ft Yellow Claw (2021)
Reference[edit]
- ↑ "Sara Fajira". Tribunnewswiki.com (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ↑ "Profil Sara Fajira, Penyanyi Lagu Lathi yang Viral di Media Sosial". kumparan (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ↑ "Biodata Sara Fajira, Rapper Surabaya Bawakan Lagu Lathi yang Viral, Menang Ajang Pencarian Bakat - Halaman all - Surya". surabaya.tribunnews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ↑ Times, I. D. N.; Sukma, Defrina. "10 Potret Sara Fajira, Penyanyi Lagu 'Lathi' yang Viral di Sosmed". IDN Times (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ↑ "Sara Fajira". Tribunnewswiki.com (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ↑ "Mengenal Lebih Dekat Sosok Sara Fajira". www.suarasurabaya.net (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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