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Tenxi & Jemsii rally Indonesia on stadium-sized ‘ANTHEM JAWIR’
The antinrml collective arrives right on time for the World Cup
The World Cup is bound to spark inspiration in music. Every four years, artists reach for the stars — big drums, bigger choruses, the kind of production that sounds better when you’re singing it with 50,000 people. Tenxi and Jemsii, who operate under antinrml, the Jakarta-based collective that has been building serious momentum in recent years, arrived with ‘ANTHEM JAWIR,’ a rallying cry for Indonesian football, even if the country isn’t one of the participants this year.
The sonic blueprint comes straight from recent-era Ye. Specifically the marching band grandeur and chant-heavy arrangements that defined records like Vultures and Bully. Jemsii handles production here, and the result is appropriately colossal: droning synths with thumping drums, plus the repeated call-and-response of “jawara, jawara” [“champion, champion”]. When the chanting kicks in, ‘ANTHEM JAWIR’ puts you in a trance as Tenxi reps his country.
The lyrics lean into that intention. “Merah darahku putih tulang” [“red is my blood, white are my bones”] representing the Indonesian flag, while football-coded lines about transfer markets and “liga baru” [“new league”] give patriotism a local edge. The song reads more like a trophy speech written before the tournament begins.
Check out Tenxi and Jemsii’s ‘ANTHEM JAWIR’ below.






