5 hilariously unhinged Indonesian music videos living rent free in our heads

If you swim enough in the online sea of Malay content and memes, chances are you’ve ran into some Indonesian content as well. And if you have, you’ll know that Indonesians have a certain brand of unhingedness to them.

Recently, we wandered off too far while procrastinating at work and found ourselves in the weird part of YouTube again, specifically one that houses the darker side of the Indonesian music industry. In the spirit of “I saw it, so now you have to see it too“, here are 5 (perhaps unintentionally) hilarious music videos that will leave you with a new perspective on life.

1. Faiha – Enak Susunya

To be honest, there’s really nothing wrong with this one. On the surface, it’s just a cutesy little girl singing a cutesy song about drinking milk, set to a tune that sounds a lot like “Right Now (Na Na Na)” if Akon was Indonesian. The song teaches us how drinking milk is good, and other wisdomous observations like:

• drinking spoiled milk will give you a stomachache
• milk comes in flavors such as papaya, watermelon and lemon
• milk is best enjoyed with nuts

Overall, quite a wholesome song… but adults just like to ruin good stuff. Susu is sometimes used as slang for bewbs by Indonesians, which is why if you search for this song on TikTok, it is often used for lukewarm thirst traps masquerading as a funny. Also, the innuendo is not lost to the audience.

We’d like to keep a clean mind over this children’s song, but it’s just weird how the milk flavors mentioned in the song are of fruits that have commonly been used to describe women’s bazongas, instead of the usual cutesy flavors of chocolate and strawberry. And how it suddenly mentions pairing nuts with milk when you could have just added another milk flavor to complete the verse.

Coincidental innuendo or not, the song arguably made the world a better place for families with kids and online pervs alike. 4/10.

2. Ust Anwar al-Abror – Coca Cola (Koka Kola)

Probably the most familiar on this list, this song by Ustaz Anwar from al-Abror once went viral within the Malaysian consciousness, probably when local Viner Luqman Podolski featured it in one of his skits.This engaging social commentary takes a seemingly mundane aspect of life – the tendency of some Madurese people to pronounce certain words exactly how they’re spelled in their accent – and dialing it up to 10.

“(NOTEBOOK!) no te bo ock / (FACEBOOK!) fa che bo ock / (BLUETOOTH!) bloo ey to ot / (COCA COLA!) cho cha cho la!” – highly earworm-ish excerpt from the song.

Such a petty topic, so one might think that the music video had no business being that good. The beat slaps, the costume pops, and the choreography bangs severely. Ustaz Anwar’s deadpan delivery of the words, in his way, also contributed much to its meme-worthiness. 8/10.

3. Duo Semangka – Mantul Mantul

Sex sells, and Duo Semangka is not shy about showing their marketing knowledge. As you can probably tell by the thumbnail, semangka is Indonesian for watermelon, so we have two women with gigantic milkers calling themselves the watermelon duo. Knowing this, you might assume that the song title – “Mantul Mantul” – means ‘bounce bounce’ and that we can expect to see them bowling balls jiggling throughout the song, but you would only be half right.

‘Mantul’ in this context is somewhat akin to ‘mantap’ in Malay or ‘savadi’ in Tamil, and the lyrics are just them telling everyone how mantul their boyfriend is.

“My lover is really mantul, really mantul, really mantul;
Really mantap, mantul mantul, don’t sway but rather mantul;
Not like my ex, who kept lying to me.” – rough translation of the chorus.

You were right about the bouncing part though: the video had them shaking their heavy tetas every which way – 45 degree angle, laterally, at different speeds, facing the ground, against a slightly uncomfortable 90s hip hop guy, while wet, almost colliding into each other – you name the situation, there’s probably a shot in the video where it happens. The melons were shaken so much that at some point, we’re worried they might detach and fall to the ground in a heap.

While we pray for the health of their back muscles, the video is truly a sobering reminder of what the human body can accomplish. 7/10.

4. Duo Serigala – Baby Baby (Tusuk Tusuk)

The video we saw was sadly age-restricted, so we can’t embed it here. But here’s a shot from the video:

Like Duo Semangka, Duo Serigala is another couple of women with 3-ton milk trucks in a genre of music that we’re dubbing as ✨dangdut milkshake✨. Unlike the previous duo, though, they have the utmost faith in their orbs of power to not bother with fancy costumes, a story, fancy CGI effects, extras, proper lighting, or even a set. The screenshot is basically what the whole video is like – just two women lip syncing while shaking their megabosoms against a backdrop of what we can only assume is their elderly uncle’s living room.

While the song masterfully employs the word ‘tusuk’ (penetrate) to tell the story of how their boyfriend cheated on them by stabbing them from the front…

“Don’t you penetrate penetrate me from the front;
The hurt is indescribable
Ah
Don’t you kiss kiss her in front of me” – translated excerpt from the chorus.

…the real lulz for us is that they actually have a better-produced music video for the same song that came out at the same time, but this version has significantly more views – 13 million compared to only 3.6 milllion for the new version.

We guess the appeal is in the 3gp-esque quality, and it’s a sobering reminder that sometimes talent is all you need. 4/10.

5. Azaz dan Fikri – Yee Tu Hantu

With all the planet-quaking going on in the previous videos, we thought we’d end with something that would bring you back on the path of repentance. According to the description on this music video, this song teaches us to be closer to God so we do not have regrets in the next world, and after watching it, we’re inclined to agree.

Basically, the song warns children that their moms and dads died and become ghosts, and if they refuse to read the Quran, the same fate awaits them.

“The father died, the mother died;
The child reads newspapers
And have no interest in the Al-Qur’an;
If he dies he becomes a demon;
If he dies he becomes a demon,” – translated verse.

If you like kids pretending to use their praying mats as flying carpets in front of a green screen, actors dressing up as ghosts and making funny faces on some random graves, and memories of a mustachioed ustaz smacking you with religious paraphernalia if you don’t pray regularly enough, we highly recommend you enjoy this masterpiece. 8/10.

Anyhoo, let us know if you enjoyed this, because we might do one with Malaysian music videos next!