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Brilio.net - The figure of Iqbaal Ramadhan has recently stolen attention. Through a post on his Instagram, he announced that he had changed his stage name to Baale. He has even created a new Instagram account.
"Call me @baale," he wrote on Instagram.
The post then received high enthusiasm from fans. In just a few days, his newest account has been followed by almost 70 thousand followers. It's not surprising, because this 24 year old man can be said to have been absent from the music industry for quite a long time.
Iqbaal started making music when he was little, he is also known to like performing in front of many people. Realizing their son's potential, his parents took the initiative to enroll him in singing lessons. After that, he tried his luck by registering for the Little Idol audition , but was rejected three times in a row.
Then, what about the story of Iqbaal Ramadhan's career journey until now he changed his stage name to Baale? Come on, take a look at the brilio.net summary from the Instagram account @iqbaal.e, Monday (1/4).
1. Participated in the musical drama Laskar Pelangi.
After failing to audition for Little Idol 3 times, little Iqbaal Ramadhan did not give up. His parents directed Iqbaal to audition for the musical drama Laskar Pelangi in 2010. He passed and spent 9 months practicing acting, dancing and singing. The performance of the musical drama Laskar Pelangi was Iqbaal's first foray into the entertainment industry. To be precise, when he was 11 years old.
2. Become a member of Coboy Junior.
A year later, Iqbaal Ramadhan joined a small boy band called Coboy Junior. Apart from Iqbaal, the other members are Bastian Steel, Aldy Maldini, and Teuku Rizky Muhammad. Since then, Iqbaal Ramadhan has become known to the public. Even at the age of only 12 years at that time, he already had many fans. His popular songs include Eaaa, Kamu, Greatest, First, and many more.
3. Dive into the world of film.
Coboy Junior's success has made Iqbaal Ramadhan's name increasingly popular. In the same year, he was offered to act in his first film entitled Five Eagles. He played the role of Rusdi, who is a friendly and optimistic scout organizer.
4. Leave Coboy Junior and choose to focus on education.
Unfortunately, in 2017 Coboy Junior disbanded, all members chose to focus on their respective careers. Meanwhile, Iqbaal Ramadhan chose to focus on continuing his education abroad. At that time, he chose to study at United World Colleges (UWC), New Mexico, United States. After graduating, Iqbaal continued his education at Monash University, Australia.
5. Was a member of the music group Svmmerdose.
In 2017, Iqbaal Ramadhan also joined a music group called Svmmerdose. This Experimental R&B genre music group was formed on April 10 2017. Its members are 3 young people, namely Rinrin, Agy, and Iqbaal. It is known that in this music group Iqbaal is the bassist . However, he chose to stop in 2022.
6. Return to the film industry.
In the midst of his education, he announced that he was playing the phenomenal character, Dilan, in the film adaptation of the novel Dia is Dilanku 1990. Since then his name has also been inseparable from the character Dilan. Thanks to his acting, he received the Favorite Couple Actor award from the Indonesian Movie Actors Awards with Vanesha Prescilla who played Milea.
It didn't stop there, in 2021 Iqbaal was trusted to play the main role in the Netflix original film entitled Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens as Ali. In 2022, he was cast in the film Mencuri Raden Saleh, which was no less successful in capturing the hearts of the audience.
7. Changed his stage name to "Baale" in 2024.
Recently he stole attention after announcing he had changed his stage name to Baale. He even has an Instagram account with the same name. Through Baale, Iqbaal will launch an album as his main project. This time, he also worked with Hendra Jaya Putra from Rock N'Roll Mafia as the main producer. Iqbaal's decision to return to the world of music was welcomed by fans.
So, that's Iqbaal Ramadhan's career journey in the world of entertainment. Starting from childhood until now he has returned to the world of music in a solo format. This time Iqbaal plans to collaborate with several other musicians.
Even so, he still keeps the musicians who will collaborate with him a secret. This decision marks Iqbaal's return to entertain fans who have missed his performance on stage.
For your information, Iqbaal is the youngest of two brothers. Since his career in the entertainment world, his name has never been a problem. Iqbaal's journey from music to films, to returning to music as a soloist shows his multitalented figure.
(brl/jad)
