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Asian Groups- Indonesian Girl Group

Time for another instalment in my Asian Groups series! Today I'm featuring Indonesian girl group no na. :) 

Note: Currently, Indonesians are going through a difficult time, after the killing of a delivery driver led to protests in several cities, which have spread to some other South East Asian countries. Thinking of people in those countries. :) 

They are a 4-member group and were formed by American record label and mass media company 88rising, with 3 of the members meeting at their 2022 Head in the Clouds festival in Jakarta in 2022 and the 4th joining later. Their name (which is written in lower case) comes from the Indonesian word "nona", which means "young lady" or "miss" in English.  

no na joined several other Indonesian acts on 88rising, including Rich Brian, NIKI and Stephanie Poetri.

The members are Christy (full name Denial Christian Gardena), Esther (Esther Geraldine Simanjuntak), Baila (Bailia Shaquanda Fauri) and Shaz (full name Shazfa Adeysa Zahra). They come from Jakarta, Bali and Lombok. The girls all had previous dance or music experience.

Christy is a ballet dancer  and won 3rd place in the 2019 International Dance Asia competition (in the duo category). She is also popular on TikTok. Both Esther and Baila were contestants on reality music shows- Esther on Indonesian Idol and Baila on Indonesian Idol Junior.

Baila went on to release two singles, Rarity and Keep It Hush with DJ, composer and producer Dipha Barus and singer Afgan, and Baila also shared original music and covers on social media. In addition, Shaz was a member of the Australian K-pop cover dance crews DULCET and EUTONE. Christy, Baila and Shaz  were the first 3 members of the group and then Shaz recommended that Esther join.

no na made their debut in May this year, with the single shoot. It was successful with millions of streams. 

Then in July, the group released their debut EP orchids (lullabies). To date they have brought out two more official singles, the double a-side superstitious/falling in love in May) and sad face :( and also uploaded music videos for tracks from the EP. 

 

shoot

no na's debut single shoot was released on 2nd May. It's a R'n'B/pop English language song. The music video showcases the beauty of Indonesia's landscape, ranging from rice paddies to beaches.

 

 

superstitious 

superstitious was the group's 2nd single, released, alongside falling in love (see below). on 15th May. Both songs have English lyrics. 

superstitious is a pop song that also features elements of contemporary R'n'B and synth funk. I especially like the slower breakdown part that starts around 2.18 minutes.

 

 

falling in love

And falling in love is a love song (as hinted as by the title! lol). This is the official performance video. I love the  beautiful location, shot at sunset. :) 

 


sad face :( 

Finally, here is sad face :(, their latest single. It's a collaboration with 88rising and was released on 29th August. It's a pop song with R'n'B vibes about relationship problems (also English language).

This is the official audio. There is a music video but it's not currently available on YouTube, only on Apple Music  (which I don't have!). Maybe they will upload it on YT in the future. You can see reaction videos on YouTube though.

Please note that the song contains explicit lyrics. :)  

 


 

Watch a snippet from the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pL2S8wYA1Tk

And see more in Naruchan TV's reaction video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S1DnufvvCs&t=53s 

Plus, if you have Apple Music you can watch the full video on there: https://music.apple.com/id/music-video/sad-face/1836270295

 

Update 11/9/25: The music video has now been uploaded to YouTube:

 


 

For more on no na visit these links: 

Tempo profile (Indonesian language but you can use Google to translate: https://www.tempo.co/teroka/profil-4-anggota-no-na-girl-group-baru-indonesia-dari-88rising-1344581 

Kprofiles: https://kprofiles.com/no-na-members-profile/

Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/nonawav 

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonawav 

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nonawav 

 

For more Indonesian and 88rising artists, check out these posts:

88rising Artists- Part 1:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/88rising-artists-part-1.html

88rising Artists- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/88rising-artists-part-2.html 

Music video for What We Remember by Anggun: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/03/weekly-music-video_41.html 

More Asian Groups (features girl group V1RST, as well as Filipino boy band BGYO): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/more-asian-groups.html

My Asian Groups post featuring girl group GLAS (and Thai boy band ATLAS): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/07/asian-groups-thai-boy-band-indonesian.html 

Music video for Afgan's Criminal featuring thủy (2024):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/01/weekly-music-video_8.html

 

 

 


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