Blink Indonesia

Blink Indonesia
From left to right: Sivia, Ify, Febby, Pricilla
Background information
Also known as	Blink Indonesia
Origin	Indonesia
Genres	Pop, R&B, jazz, electro-pop, dance pop
Years active	2011-present
Labels	Music Factory Indonesia
Members	Ify Sivia Pricilla Febby
Past members	Shilla

Blink or Blink Indonesia is a musical group from Jakarta, Indonesia Blink formed in Jakarta, 23 July 2011. They latet appeared in the musical television series called Putih Abu-Abu in 2012. They started their career by carrying Pop and Jazz stream and eventually mixed with electro-pop.

Blink consists of four people: Alyssa Saufika Umari (Ify), Sivia Azizah (Sivia), Agatha Pricilla (Pricilla), and Febby Rastanty (Febby). All of them play acoustic instruments, and sing.^[1]

History

The band often perform cover versions of other songs to practice A capella, including Firework by Katy Perry,^[2] and What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction.^[3]

2011-2012: Debut and Putih Abu Abu

Their first television appearance was on RCTI on 14 August 2011, with their first single, titled "Sendiri Lagi" which directly improvised by Sivia and Ify.^[4]

Then they are invited to perform at Inbox SCTV on 20 August 2011. In addition to singing songs, they performed an A capella cover of the song Price Tag.^[5]

They released their second single titled "Dag Dig Dug" on 19 November 2011 at Inbox SCTV. Through that single, they was asked to be the central character in the musical television series Putih Abu-Abu, and their single became the theme song for that television series, which aired on SCTV.

On the series Putih Abu-Abu the band released their songs one by one, with at least three versions of each song, the acoustic (live), pop, and electro-pop.

They performed in the Putih Abu-Abu Music Concert (musical concert version of the television series) on SCTV, followed with their next concert, Putih Abu-Abu Music Concert, 2nd Chapter..^[6]

While appearing in the Putih Abu-Abu series, they also held concerts, while maintaining their school studies, as all of them were high school students, aged 15–16 years old.

Discography

Singles

Albums

• BLINK (2013)

Mini Albums and CDs

• SOPHIE & BLINK (2013)

Concert Tours

Putih Abu Abu

• Putih Abu Abu Concert
• Putih Abu Abu Concert Chapter 2

Concert participation

• SMASH Special Concert: Ready to Blast
• SMASH Concert: Step Forward
• K20 Concert Special Melly Goeslaw
• Masterpiece of Koes Plus
• Konser Lagu Anak
• Purwacaraka Music Studio's 25th Anniversary Concert

Videography

Music videos

• Sendiri Lagi (2011)
• Hellow Mellow (2013)

References