JKT48

Released: May 17, 2012

[Verse 1]
Ada di atas tebing
Di pulau yang terpencil
Yang tidak seorang pun tahu
Diselimuti awan
Anginpun berteriak
Hujan memukul pipi

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Di kejauhan sana
Ada tempat tak ada di peta
Ujung bumi bagaimana pun
Arungi laut tetapkan tujuan

[Chorus 1]
Ubahlah badai yang dahsyat
Menjadi kekuatan
Sekarang! Keluarkanlah kapal!
Berlayar!
Ubahlah kegembiraan
Menjadi keberanian
Kembangkan layar mimpi
Wahai pelaut
Believe!

[Verse 2]
Ombak bergulung
Meleburkan mulutnya
Menunggu datangnya kapal
Petir yang dekat
Poseidon yang marah
Cakrawala yang memudar

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Di dunia yang luas
Ada takdir belum terjangkau
Yang menghalangi jalan
Hanya diri yang sudah menyerah

[Chorus 2]
Angkatlah jangkar
Dari masa saat kita lemah
Ayolah! Saatnya 'tuk berlayar!
Sekarang!
Janganlah berpikir bahwa
Kamu akan tenggelam
Banggalah dengan mimpi
Wahai pelaut
Sailing!

[Interlude]

[Chorus 1]
Ubahlah badai yang dahsyat
Menjadi kekuatan
Sekarang! Keluarkanlah kapal!
Berlayar!
Ubahlah kegembiraan
Menjadi keberanian
Kembangkan layar mimpi
Wahai pelaut
Believe!

JKT48 is an Indonesian idol group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48. Formed in 2011, it is the first AKB48 sister group outside Japan and adopts the concept of “idols you can meet”. Fans can attend daily performances at the group’s theater, which was built as a close replica to the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara.

Producer Yasushi Akimoto decided to bring the AKB48 concept to Indonesia because the group had begun to develop a fan base in the country. Indonesia’s growing economy was seen as a potential market by many Japanese companies, and Akimoto established a franchising partnership with Dentsu Media Group Indonesia to replicate the AKB48 business model. Dentsu Media Group Indonesia then cooperate with the country’s largest media conglomerate Global Mediacom (MNC Media), the southeast Asia’s largest and most integrated media group as JKT48 official media partner.

While JKT48 does not restrict membership by nationality, applicants must be residents of Indonesia. The group has 72 (as of June 2014) members and released its first studio album Heavy Rotation on 16 February 2013 via Hits Records, a division of MNC subsidiary PT Star Media Nusantara. It performs songs by AKB48 and other sister groups that are translated into Indonesian.

more tracks from the album

Pajama Drive

From the album

Pajama Drive (2012)

JKT48 popular songs

Pelaut yang Melihat Mimpi di Tengah Badai (Suifu wa Arashi ni Yume wo Miru)JKT48

JKT48

Pajama Drive