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Tenxi & Jemsii rally Indonesia on stadium-sized ‘ANTHEM JAWIR’

The antinrml collective arrives right on time for the World Cup

LiFTED | Jensen Ooi | 9 Jun 2026


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.