By Aqil Syakir
Just by listening to Kucing Hitam and Capital E, you guys will recognize the most legendary indie rock band in Malaysia that Bittersweet or the abbreviation of the band name is "BTSWT". The Malaysian Indie Rock Band that influenced Britpop or British Rock genre always create an amazing moment and performance to their fans. The songs always be the most iconic and popular among the indie music lover. They will give a good performance in every "gig" or concert and you will never regret if you guys go to their gig or concert.
Last week, KL International Youth Festival was held at Medan Pasar,Kuala Lumpur. A lot of indie bands performed at the festival such as Ryot Jones, Diplomat of Drums, the most Indonesian legendary reggae singer Ras Muhammad and Bittersweet. During the Ryot Jones, rain start to fall and all the Bittersweet fans started to worry because how they want to enjoy Bittersweet performance. However, The host for the festival invited audiences to the stage to enjoy the rain while enjoying Bittersweet show.
The clock has shown 9.30p.m, it looks like four people are preparing all the musical instruments for the Bittersweet show. Major guitarist and songwriter Herri Hamid for Bittersweet is on the sidelines with bittersweet frontman Fizan for a while before waiting for a musical instrument set. About 30 minutes into the music set, the host stepped up and called the long-awaited indie rock band Bittersweet.
With the opening guitar sound provided by Herri and Fizan, everyone started to cheer as they jumped for joy. "Kucing Hitam" song has played the first song for their performance and all people started to cheer even though they feel weird because "Kucing Hitam" song is the last song they will play in every concert. However, people still enjoyed the song and when the intro of the song come, all people sang and shouted the song "Kucing Hitam!! kau berjalan di depan ku, ku tak hirau ke manakah tujuanmu!" together and you will see all the fans gave their energy to enjoy the song.
When the Herri played the guitar solo part, all people shouted "Get out!, get out!, get out!, get out! which is the part when the fizan singging for the ending of the song that is "Ada segalanya yang kahu mahu, adalah raja di mata temanmu, tapi kau bersuara dan engkaulah pewira sambil mengibar bendera-bendera megahmu!". After the song ends, all people cheered loudly and Fizan said thank you for those who coming to see them.
Herri played the guitar riffs for the most energetic song which is "Burn It Down" without stopped and all fans started to moshing that is a dance to rock music in a violent manner involving jumping up and down and deliberately colliding with other dancers. The atmosphere that night was very lively.
The chorus part come and all people shouted " You burn it down,burn it down burn Berlin down to the ground,burn it down burn Berlin down,down to the ground!". This is suitable for those who want to release their anger or stress because this song makes you feel very energetic and you will singing the chorus part very loud to release your stress or anger. After the song ends and without stopped, they played the next which is 1234 and all people enjoyed it.
When this song came to the end, everyone cheered loudly and shouted as a sign that they liked the Bittersweet performance. While wiping sweat and fixing the guitar, Fizan thanked those who came for their show, whether near or far. After that, they continued play the next song which is The Knights Of The Round Table.
After a few songs were played, Herri and Fizan paused after a few songs and shouted "thank you all". While drinking water and changing guitars for his next song, a fan shouted "take off the shirt" and Fizan could only smile as a sign that he was communicating with the fan. Herri fixed the guitar and Fizan said 2019 is the year that will be their most challenging and the year that will make them even stronger.
The sound of the drum for the "Hilang" song was heard, Herri fixing the microphone as he sang the song. as soon as Herri sang the song, with the sadness and beauty of the night, everyone sang along loudly showing that they enjoyed the song. in the middle of the song, everyone gives a great boost by singing the middle part of the song aloud that is "yang pernah salah, wohooohoohoo!."
After the song was over, herri was drinking water and suddenly the drummer played the drums for the next song, "Racun Dunia" and caused Herri to throw a bottle of water and continue playing the guitar. Some of the fans laughed at the situation that happened to Herri. "Senyumanmu mempersona, jiwa ragaku bergelora, diriku tak ingin berkata, kaulah satu" is the chorus part that is all people sang together while jumped.
After two new songs from Bittersweet were out, sweeping their sweat and opening their glasses, Fizan gave a shout out to everyone for their popular song that is "Capital E" as the last song played for the KL International Youth Festival. Everyone shouted loudly and opened up a little space for moshing.
The sound of a fast guitar riff and the sound of drums for the opening of the Capital E song, all the great fans were moshing and everyone is sang the song with as much passion as possible. "When I'm crying, you laughing,you think that it has all been decided, but it's all coming back to you, you never realize,you think it's alright is the part that all the great fans sang.
The sound of the last guitar was heard and everyone cheered loudly as it sounded like a great cover from Bittersweet fans. Lastly, After Herri and Fizan came down and rested on the edge of the stage smoking cigarettes, many fans took the opportunity to take a picture with them as a beautiful memory.
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