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Indonesia, a sprawling equatorial archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that is home to over 270 million people and hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, boasts one of the most vibrant and enduring pop music ecosystems in Southeast Asia, a cultural space that has long served as a unifying thread tying together the nation’s geographically and culturally dispersed population. Pop, as a category, occupies a unique role in Indonesia’s broader musical landscape, balancing engagement with global pop trends that circulate across international borders with the subtle, regionally rooted sensibilities that shape creative output across the archipelago, from the most populated islands of Java and Sumatra to the remote, culturally rich regions of Papua and Sulawesi.
