Ask Cita Citata about
anything—except her love life. She will just shrug her petite shoulders and
sidestep the question. She must be getting accustomed to it, because her
rumored love life with another Indonesian celebrity, Ivan Gunawan, has become a
hot topic for Indonesians: everyone wants to know if the pair are an item and
the country’s entertainment news industry has been abuzz with speculation.
Married at the tender age of 18 to a struggling fellow musician,
Cita is publicly facing an ongoing divorce battle. Knowledge of her marital
status was kept under wraps and known only to her immediate family.
After
this bad break-up, romance is the last thing on her mind, @officialcitacitata
told some 150 fans gathered in a migme live chat on Wednesday.
When asked about Gunawan, she told
her mig fans: “We’re just friends. Good ones.” But chat
participants kept firing questions about the fashion
designer and popular master of ceremony, and Cita had to open up a little
more.
“It started when we took a
selfie together,” she said, of the rumors. Their photos then went viral
and spread fast. However, that is the extent of their relationship, she
maintained.
Cita rose to fame with her single “Sakitnya
Tuh Di Sini”, which became an anthem for some Indonesians. In three
months, the official video on her YouTube account has been watched more than 25
million times. Although Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is the most popular video in
the music category in Indonesia, Cita grabbed second spot, beating mega star
Taylor Swift and local sensation Raisa.
Catering to local tastes has proven
a success for this 20-year-old singer. She started out as a jazz singer but
found her popularity through dangdut, one of the country’s most popular musical
genres.
Dangdut is a fusion of traditional
Indonesian and pop music. It’s considered to be a form of local folk music with
the biggest fans coming from villages and lower-income groups. While jazz
singers in Indonesia perform solemnly for niche market in glitzy hotel lounges,
risque Dangdut performances can be found more commonly at soccer fields.
“I never feel like I am a lesser
singer. But I know I have to be a realistic, and dangdut pays the bills,”
she said in the chatroom.
She said, of her first mig chat,
that she was surprised with the liveliness of the chat traffic.
She participated in the chat in her dressing room, stealing half an
hour before having to make an appearance on local television.
“It was fun
and exciting, I wish I can do this longer but I have only half hour to chat,”
she said.
- by @hippocampusdenise
- See more at: http://discover.mig.me/2015/01/22/cita-citata-tentang-cita-cinta-dan-ivan-cita-citata-discusses-ivan-gunawan/#sthash.GnRKytLi.dpuf
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