The Indonesian pop artist behind All These People In This City centers their creative practice within the expansive, interconnected network of popular music creators working across the world’s largest archipelagic nation, where pop music serves as more than a commercial format—it is a primary medium through which creators connect with audiences that span thousands of islands, hundreds of distinct cultural communities, and a wide range of lived experiences that inform how audiences engage with music that feels both personal and universal to their circumstances. For creators working in Indonesian pop, the opportunity to craft work that resonates across such a diverse set of listeners comes with a framework that allows for both broad, widely accessible appeal and the subtle, specific layers of meaning that can speak to niche groups within the country’s massive, dispersed population.