Globalizing Indonesian Artists: Western Audiences’ Perceived Coolness for Breaking Into the Global Popular Music Market

Abstract

The 2019 "trigger cities" surge in music streaming from urban Southeast Asian and Latin American users has propelled emerging artists into global recognition. This study examines global popular music power dynamics, once Western-dominated, using cultural hybridity to explore how Indonesian artists maintain global media representation with local-driven music. It examines omnivorous music taste and ‘coolness’ in hybrid music, focusing on Western perceptions of Indonesian artists. A 2 x 2 experiment with 240 U.S. and U.K. young adults evaluated Indonesian songs and images, highlighting U.S. media’s role in shaping perceptions. This research advocates leveraging U.S. media to enhance non-Western artists' image.



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Adis Maulidina, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

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Conference: ACCS2024
Stream: Media Studies

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To cite this article:
Maulidina A. (2024) Globalizing Indonesian Artists: Western Audiences’ Perceived Coolness for Breaking Into the Global Popular Music Market ISSN: 2187-4751 – The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 245-266) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4751.2024.21
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4751.2024.21


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