Indonesian Pop Worth Hearing: Ardi Hermawan Writes and Produces Tanpa Rindu for Wita Nareswari
Indonesian Pop Worth Hearing: Ardi Hermawan Writes and Produces Tanpa Rindu for Wita Nareswari
A South Jakarta Pop Duo Formed in 2021 Adds Another Single to a Busy Year
Tanpa Rindu is out now, released on 4 September by Ardi Hermawan with singer Wita Nareswari. It runs to three minutes and forty-five seconds of Indonesian pop. The detail worth noting is the split: Ardi Hermawan composed and produced it, and Wita Nareswari sings it.
Ardi Hermawan and Wita Nareswari are in the playlist below with Tanpa Rindu, and the Ardi Hermawan profile keeps the coverage in one place. The single arrived here through PopHits.Co Music Charts, which verifies independent artists and places their releases across its network of music news desks. Put it on, then read the rest of the story.
A Collaboration That Began in South Jakarta in August 2021
The partnership has a clear starting point. Ardi Hermawan and Wita Nareswari began working together in August 2021, under the name Ardi Hermawan feat. Wita Nareswari. Their own page lists the project simply as pop music from South Jakarta.
Ardi Hermawan brings the longer list of roles. In the artist’s own words, that list reads musician, composer, songwriter and producer, plus founder of two bands, Garispolos and Riera. Writing and production are therefore the core of what Ardi Hermawan does, and Tanpa Rindu follows that pattern.
The pair have shared releases before. Singles such as Kuingin Bersamamu and Cinta Dalam Diam carry both names. So this is a working partnership with a catalogue behind it, not a one-off guest spot.
Ardi Hermawan’s own releases run back further. The Apple Music catalogue lists singles such as Kembalilah in 2024, then Silent Love and Resiko in 2025. Live, Ardi Hermawan plays close to home, with café dates in South Tangerang through 2025. Those included Warkop Bawah Pohon in Pamulang, a warkop being the neighbourhood coffee stall found across Indonesia, and Kopi Tiga Gelas.
Tanpa Rindu Shows the Writer and Singer Split That Ardi Hermawan and Wita Nareswari Use
The credits on Tanpa Rindu are short and clear. Ardi Hermawan is listed as composer and producer. Wita Nareswari is credited with the vocals, and the lyrics are credited to Wita Nurvillasari. In other words, one person builds the song and another carries it to the listener.
The way the release is credited says something too. The project’s own name is Ardi Hermawan feat. Wita Nareswari, yet on Spotify both appear as main artists, and Wita Nareswari’s name comes first. On this single, the singer’s name leads.
Listeners who already follow Indonesian pop will know where this sits. Tulus built a large audience on plainly sung love songs in Bahasa Indonesia, and the 2022 album Manusia carried the single Hati-Hati di Jalan. Raisa arrived with a self-titled debut album in 2011 and grew into one of the country’s best-known pop voices. Tanpa Rindu belongs to the same melody-first tradition, made here by a writer-producer and a singer working as a pair.
What the Title Tanpa Rindu Means for Listeners Outside Indonesia
For readers outside Indonesia, the title is a useful way in. Tanpa means without, and rindu is the Indonesian word for longing, the ache of missing someone. Put together, Tanpa Rindu reads as without longing, a bittersweet phrase for a pop single sung in Bahasa Indonesia.
The single is aimed at pop playlists in Indonesia first. Fans of Indonesian pop, and listeners curious about the scene beyond its biggest names, are the natural first audience. Anyone new to the language can still follow the mood from the title alone.
What Comes After Tanpa Rindu for Ardi Hermawan, Wita Nareswari and Their Listeners
The trajectory is easy to read from the release dates. Earlier in 2026, Ardi Hermawan released Rindu Tertusuk Asmara. Then came Tanpa Rindu in September. On 30 October, another single followed, Sampai Takdir Mempertemukan. That is three singles in one year, which tells you the next step is already under way rather than still to be planned.
For an independent duo, that pace matters. Each new single gives playlists and listeners another reason to return to the catalogue. For anyone discovering the pair now, Tanpa Rindu is the natural entry point.
MusicDrops.News’s curator team: “Ardi Hermawan writes and produces, and Wita Nareswari sings. That clean division of work makes Tanpa Rindu easy to recommend. It is a pop single built around one singer, with a writer and producer shaping everything around that voice.”
Stream Tanpa Rindu on Spotify. Follow Ardi Hermawan on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube, and on Instagram, TikTok, X and Facebook. Wita Nareswari’s releases are on Spotify too, and the pair share news on their WhatsApp channel.
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