Rooted in the musical ecosystem of Indonesia, where creators pull from generations of local creative traditions and contemporary experimental impulses to craft work that resonates both within the archipelago and beyond its borders, this sound carries the unique creative identity of its credited artist, Mahalini. Classified under Music/Other/Other, the work defies the narrow, often oversimplified genre buckets that are frequently applied to international music, leaving space for the full scope of Mahalini’s creative choices to land without being boxed into limiting labels that might erase the specific, nuanced choices that make the sound distinct from other works emerging from the same regional context. Titled Pecahkan Hatiku, the sound exists as part of the broader HITS Records body of work, a catalog that brings together a range of creative voices from Indonesia and ties them to audiences that seek out sounds that don’t fit the standard molds of mainstream global music distribution.