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Full bloom: Stephanie Poetri talks new EP and 88rising friends
With the release of her most personal songs yet earlier this year, Stephanie Poetri has found her footing as an acoustic pop singer-songwriter.
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Being honest: Coming back with a new EP, singer-songwriter Stephanie Poetri bares all her emotions in the new collection of acoustic pop tunes. (Courtesy of 88rising) (Courtesy of 88rising/Courtesy of 88rising)
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ith the release of her most personal songs yet earlier this year, Stephanie Poetri has found her footing as a solid acoustic pop singer-songwriter.
It has been a wild couple of years for Indonesian singer-songwriter Stephanie Poetri. From her second time performing at one of the most beloved music festivals in recent times to her own solo shows in Los Angeles, California, and New York in the United States, the 22-year-old is very much taking her time in the limelight.
“To be honest, I get really nervous when performing,” she said to The Jakarta Post during a Zoom call on June 2, dodging compliments left and right.
Stephanie was donning a comfortable, long-sleeved black tee when she got on the video call. Her two cats were running around and climbing up a small tree-like bunk bed. There was no hint that this was a Los Angeles-based singer speaking during a press junket. She was as casual and friendly as her video blogs showed her to be.
“[One of my cat’s names] Luka is taken from a movie because it’s cute, but I just realized that, huh, it does sound like luka [Indonesian for ‘scar’],” she laughed.
“But honestly, I was cutting his claws yesterday, and Luka unintentionally gave me an actual luka,” she said, showing the scar on her index finger. “So technically, the name fits!”
