Silvy Kumalasari was born in 1997 in Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia. She works as an Indonesian singer, sinden (traditional Javanese singer), and content creator. She is a practicing Muslim, and is married to Faisal Baharudin, an Indonesian racing driver. Ayang Ayang is a sound recorded by Kumalasari, rooted in her Indonesian cultural identity and her career of merging traditional and contemporary artistic practice. The recording hails from Indonesia, and falls under the category of Music/Other, reflecting its position within her wider discography that bends and blends established genre lines. Kumalasari built her earliest performance experience in local spaces across her home region of East Java. She began her career performing at local cultural events, weddings, and shadow puppet (wayang) shows across the province.