The concert took place on June 16, a Friday night. We spent a good 45 minutes looking for a parking spot; an impossible feat, for the whole complex was crowded by badminton enthusiasts watching Indonesia Open. As we finally accepted our fate, the fact that we would be late, we found a parking space and ran to Tennis Indoor Senayan like our lives depended on it.
We bought tickets for Festival B, and there were crews everywhere to guide you to the right section. I could hear the music playing, and my heart leaped as it was one of my ultimate favorites from Yura, Risalah Hati. We didn’t make it on time, though, as she finished the song when we stepped inside the arena. But the crowd was magical, energy was running high, and a fun tune started playing. After three songs, including singing along to Intuisi with my whole heart, I remember thinking, ‘This is such a wonderful moment, but I know I’ll end up tearful in just a few minutes.’
That’s when Yura told us the story of how the came up with Sudut Memori. It was not just a love loss or the end of a romantic relationship that resulted in such a beautiful song with grievous lyricism; it was death, it was grief. It was a pre-wedding photoshoot of a random couple at a cemetery somewhere, that led to the birth of the song. And it was the moment she told this story when my face and Risang’s got flashed on the jumbotron, my expression dreamy and somewhat ethereal, and some people started texting me on WhatsApp, saying, “Hey, I saw your face on the screen!”
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