The Influences of Song Lyrics “Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi” on the

Productivity of Traditional Artists in Yogyakarta: A Critical

Discourse Analysis

Mohamad Makincoiri

and Mulyana

Faculty of Language and Arts, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Jl. Colombo No. 1, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Song, Lyrics, Traditional Artists.

Abstract: Soimah Pancawati’s song Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi has inspired other traditional artists in Yogyakarta to

stay productive in pandemic period. This article discusses the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in the song

lyrics of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi. The purpose of this research is to describe the language structure,

production process, and political, economic, and socio-cultural influence in the song lyrics. This is a

qualitative descriptive research. The method is CDA by Fairclough. The results show that the language

structure is representing God in the positive view, while Covid-19 in the negative view. Furthermore, the

political, economic, and socio-cultural condition in the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the discourse

production of the song lyrics. After the online launching of the song on YouTube, many other traditional

artists have been started to follow the deed and produce online arts performances. From the result, it shows

that the environmental conditions affect the productivity and creativity of traditional arts in the long run and

the creativity of national artist affect the productivity of the other traditional artist. Art productivity affects

the Sustainable Development Goals, especially in goals 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.

1 INTRODUCTION

One of the phenomena that emerge at the end of 2019

was the Coronavirus or Covid-19. This virus has

affected human life in various fields. The

Coronavirus has spread quickly. The Coronavirus is

very infectious; thus, the public has to be careful with

this virus. The Indonesian government has been quick

in releasing government regulation number 20 of

2020 to handle the spreading of the Coronavirus. The

government issued social restrictions to reduce the

speed of the Coronavirus spread. One of the ways that

people can do to avoid the virus is by social distancing

or avoiding the crowd.

The pandemic also has impacted economic,

social, and cultural activities. The prohibition of

gathering activities makes it difficult for various

sectors to have normal activity. The Covid-19

pandemic forced the society to adapt and innovate to

maintain their income and job. Besides, People need

to be willing and able to sustain effective social

distancing measures, even in the face of a severe

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economic contraction to support the social distancing

(Thunström, Newbold, Finnoff, Ashworth, &

Shogren, 2020). Generally, social distancing is

working, but it is also determined to a large extent by

the starting date and severity of the action, as well as

the seriousness of implementation and observance

(Moosa, 2020).

The Covid-19 also affects traditional arts and arts

performance fields significantly. Many theoreticians

argue that the crisis of this scale will undoubtedly

fasten the digital transformation in the art sector

(Jokanović, 2020). Arts performances have been

canceled to prevent the spreading of Coronavirus.

There are a lot of artists that lost their job. This

condition is not just passively accepted by Indonesian

artists and litterateurs, especially in Yogyakarta

province. Many artists and litterateurs tried to keep

producing works to express their feeling in restricted

conditions. Despite having to struggle with social

restrictions, the worries and boundaries become a

springboard in creativity (Lombardi, 2020). Many art

performances have moved to online platforms. There

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The Inﬂuences of Song Lyrics “Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi” on the Productivity of Traditional Artists in Yogyakarta: A Critical Discourse Analysis.

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are a lot of art performances presented on online

platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and

Instagram. One of the national artists from

Yogyakarta province who also enliven the online

performance with her work is Soimah Pancawati.

Soimah made a Javanese song and uploaded it on

her YouTube channel. Her work has brought a new

change in the art performance field. The texts

formulated are part of the ways people act in society.

It is not only an immediate effect of social situations

but also has their social effect (Resende & Silva,

2016). In her work, Soimah represents her feelings

about the pandemic situation. socio-cultural and

political conditions can be represented in song lyrics

(Bach Baoueb, 2020). In other words, a song's lyrics

can be influenced by socio-cultural and political

conditions. Popular music with prosocial lyrics

affects listeners’ thoughts, emotions, and behavior

(Ruth & Schramm, 2020). This work got a lot of

attention from mass media and society. It has a great

impact on various sectors. A lot of artists then

followed her track by making online works or arts

performances on YouTube. Her work seems to

inspire other artists to stay productive in the pandemic

situation.

In addition to the perfect momentum, the language

and word selection and musical arts packaging of this

work becomes a special attractiveness for its

audiences. The combination of musicality, the word

selection, and the traditional feeling that uphold the

local wisdom of traditional arts makes an impression

that the traditional artists are not alone in facing the

Coronavirus pandemic. Through her work, Soimah

seems to invite all circles of society in general, and

the traditional artist society specifically, to remain

productive even when they are shackled with

limitations.

The interesting phenomenon to be discussed is

how discourse in song lyrics can affect the

productivity of a community. The assessment needs

to be carried out from various points of view. Not

only through the analysis of the structure of the

discourse but also how the production process, and

how the text and social conditions influence each

other. With an increase in art productivity, it can

reduce economic problems continuously in the

pandemic era, especially for artists. The level of art

productivity can support the artists' income. In the

Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), this artistic

productivity can support goal 8: Decent Work and

Economic Growth which will affect goal 1: No

Poverty, and goal 2: Zero Hunger continuously.

The song creation also involves the process of

literary creativity when producing the lyrics of this

song entitled Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi. Literary

and artworks represent human creativity and

intention. Literary works also come from responses

and reflections on various problems and conditions

that occur in the society (Sungkowati, 2016).

Literature is an expression of human experiences,

thoughts, feelings, ideas, enthusiasm, and beliefs in a

concrete form that evokes fascination, with language

as its tools (Sumardjo & Saini, 1997). From this

opinion, it can be said that one of the things that

underlie the disclosure of human feelings is

experiences. Furthermore, it can be stated that

experience is a condition faced or occurs in the human

environment.

Literary works are media used by authors to

convey ideas and experiences (Sugihastuti, 2007).

The media of literature is language. In the process of

making literary and artistic works, it cannot be

separated from the surrounding environment that

directly influences the creation process (Badrun,

1983). On another side, Literary works can record

experiences, which are both empirical-naturalist and

nonempirical-supernatural (Saryono, 2009).

Therefore, literature can be a witness to human

experiences. This also happened in Soimah's work

entitled "Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi’.

The song production is not only for entertainment

purposes, but some writers often include

philosophical thoughts, character education, criticism

to government, criticism to social phenomena, and so

on (Setyono & Wahyuni, 2012). The lyrics of Jagad

Anyar Kang Dumadi song also not produced solely

for entertainment purposes. In this work, Soimah

explained about the pandemic incident, and how she

felt about the Covid-19 virus outbreak. In addition,

the song also contains hopes and prayers that the

Coronavirus pandemic will be end soon.

Since the internet and social media have come to

define much of the way that we communicate, this

brings numerous challenges and also opportunities

for CDA (Bouvier & Machin, 2018). The lyric of

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi is one of the

communication forms released on social media. In

this article, the researchers see Soimah's work entitled

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi as a form of literary work.

The lyric in the song is an interesting object to

research. When we see language as a subset of action

more generally, we can begin analyzing language as

something that people do to and with each other, and

to the world more generally (Graham, 2018). In more

than 20 years’ development of CDA, it has mainly

focused on verbal texts and has ignored (or at least

relegated) the visual as secondary to verbal texts

(Wang, 2014). A song lyric is also a verbal text. The

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language in the song lyrics has its attractiveness. It is

proved by the emergence of other works that have

been inspired by Soimah's work. Therefore, an

analysis of the lyrics of a song entitled Jagad Anyar

Kang Dumadi is interesting to be studied.

Critical Discourse Analysis is considered to be the

appropriate method to analyze the lyrics of the song

entitled Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi. Discourse

analysis can reveal what texts leave out, and how

texts transform and evaluate the social realities they

represent. But critical discourse analysis needs to also

evaluate the findings of discourse analysis, and here

discourse analysis cannot help (Leeuwen, 2018). A

long-standing goal of critical discourse analysis

(CDA) is to clarify the relations between texts and

their social contexts. How do the former shape the

latter and vice versa (Collin, 2016)? With critical

discourse analysis, the song lyrics can be analyzed in

language terms. It can also analyze things outside the

discourse that affects the discourse such as social

contexts and ideologies. CDA brings the critical

tradition in social analysis into language studies and

contributes to critical social analysis a particular

focus on discourse, and the relations between

discourse and other social elements such as power,

ideologies, institutions, social identities, etc

(Fairclough, 2013).

Jameson’ Critical Discourse Analysis can

describe (1) how do discursive and material elements

combine to constitute social systems, (2) how, why,

and with what consequences do contradictions

emerge in social systems, (3) how do social

contradictions shape and how are they shaped by

textual production, and (4) what role does textual

production play in the transformation and succession

of social systems? In other words, what is the

historical effectivity of texts (Collin, 2016)? With

critical discourse analysis, the structure of the

language and the context and ideology of the lyrics of

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi song can be analyzed.

Fairclough's critical discourse analysis is suitable

for analyzing the lyrics of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi

song. Critical Discourse Analysis does not only

analyze discourse from within the discourse itself, but

also dialectical relationships between discourse and

other things outside the discourse that affects the

formation of the discourse (Fairclough, 1995).

Discourse as a social practice has three implications:

(1) discourse cannot be separated from society, (2)

discourse is a social process, and (3) discourse is

processed according to the condition of the society

(Fairclough, 1989). Discourse is affected by social

conditions, and conversely, social conditions are also

affected by discourse (Sumarlam, 2016). This is

another way of saying that texts are instantiations of

socially regulated discourses and that the processes of

production and reception are socially constrained.

Why Fairclough's approach to CDA is so useful is that

it provides multiple points of analytic entry (Janks,

1997). Critical Discourse Analysis is a study of the

relationship between discourse, power, domination,

social inequality, and the position of discourse

analysis in such social relationships (Van Dijk, 1993).

With critical discourse analysis, discourse is not only

studied internally and externally but also to see

ideological motives and power relations that occur in

the society (Subagyo, 2010). In other words, with

critical discourse analysis, it can be seen how a text is

produced, how circumstances outside the text affect

the text production process, and how the discourse

affects society. Many CDA practitioners have tended

to use qualitative techniques to analyze the social,

political, historical, and intertextual contexts, which

go beyond the analysis of the language within texts

(Baker et al., 2008).

The concept of Fairclough’s critical discourse

analysis emphasizes discourse analysis on 3

dimensions: the analysis of language text dimension,

discourse practice, and analysis of discursive events

as instances of socio-cultural practice (Mulyana,

2020). Each of these dimensions has its areas,

processes, and methods of analysis, but they are

interrelated. In the text dimension, it is stated that the

text has the function of representation, relation, and

identity. In the practice dimension, discourse focuses

on the text production process. Meanwhile, the socio-

cultural practice dimension emphasizes economical,

political, and socio-cultural aspects in the discourse.

The central premise in the socio-cultural aspect is that

CDA must be conducted systematically, which means

conducting a reflexive methodical inquiry into how

language form and function correlate with social

practices (Talib & Fitzgerald, 2018).

The object of CDA is discourses. The discourse

can be a verbal discourse or non-verbal discourse

(Wang, 2014). The CDA objects can be a written

discourse in various forms such as; (1) news

(Feighery, 2012; Resende & Silva, 2016; Sumarlam,

2016; Sutopo & Rukmini, 2018; Wang, 2014), (2)

literary and artistic works (Anwar & Syam, 2018;

Bach Baoueb, 2020; Madichie, 2011; Saracho, 2020;

Setyono & Wahyuni, 2012), as well as oral discourse

(Li, 2020; Resende & Silva, 2016). The online

technology era brings numerous challenges and also

opportunities for CDA (Bouvier & Machin, 2018).

One of the objects of discourse that arises during the

online technology era is literary works and artworks

that appearing through social media. This online

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discourse affects the social life of his followers. This

becomes an interesting object to study. Just like

previous CDA studies that describe text structure, the

text production process, and the influence of social

conditions in text production and vice versa. With

Fairclough's critical discourse analysis, Soimah

Pancawati's song lyric is analyzed in its text structure,

text production processes, and the influence of

economical, political, and socio-cultural conditions in

the discourse. The lyrics and translations of the song

are as follows.

Jerite panandang oh Gustiku

(The scream of suffering oh My God)

Swara tangis kang kelayung

(The sound of hard cries)

Trenyuh sajroning ati

(Suffered inside the heart)

Angadhepi pacoban iki

(Facing this disaster)

Manungsa tan bisa anyelaki

(Human cannot avoid it)

Pepati kang nggegirisi

(This death was horrible)

Titah tanpa daya

(Humans have no power)

Angadhepi pacoban iki

(Facing this disaster)

Aduh Gusti amung pasrah ing pesthi

(Oh My God, only can surrender in certainty)

Aku percaya langit tan mendhung

(I believe the sky is not cloudy)

Ilang tangis kang melung-melung

(The hard cries will be gone)

Gusti mesthi bakal mungkasi

(God will surely end this disaster)

Surya sumunar amadhangi

(The sun will be shining brightly)

Urip kang sayekti

(Life is real)

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi

(The new world is coming)

In this research, the lyric of the song entitled

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi stands as a source of data

to be analyzed. From this analysis, the text and the

structure of its composition can influence a

community to make some changes. Soimah

Pancawati's work entitled Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi

could influence the traditional artist community in

Yogyakarta province to stay productive.

The arts and humanities are needed to help

reimagine the possibility of sustainable community

wellbeing (Lewis, 2021). According to this research,

hopefully, a similar situation can also emerge so that

continuous innovation can be carried out in the arts

sector. Not only in the traditional arts field but also

the other art field and another sector. In addition, the

results of this study also offer a New Normal solution

that might be applied for the continuity of arts

generally and traditional arts particularly. With the

same method, it is hoped that it can contribute to the

Sustainable Development Goals.

2 METHODS (AND MATERIALS)

This research is qualitative descriptive research. The

data from this research is a discourse, text, or writing,

so this research is considered as qualitative

descriptive research (Moleong, 1988). Descriptive

research is research that aims to describe or provide a

systematic, factual, and accurate description of the

facts in the data under study (Nazir, 1999). In this

research, the researchers describe the text structure in

the song lyric, social conditions that affect the text

production process, and the impact of the work on the

same community as the creator of the artwork.

The data source of this research was taken from

the lyrics of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi song by

Soimah Pancawati. Song lyrics are considered as a

literary work, which uses text as the medium. The

data of this research is the word, phrase, sentence, or

discourse which is analyzed as the text or discourse

structure. The second way is the production of the

text or discourse. The third way, the data also

analyzed by the influences of discourse text in the

socio-cultural and political condition vice versa. The

secondary data collection was carried out by literature

study and field observations. The literature study

method used written sources as data sources (Subroto,

1992).

The data collection method in this research is by

observing and taking notes. Data collection begins

with listening to the song Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi

and transcribes the lyrics of the song Jagad Anyar

Kang Dumadi. The next way is by reading and

recording methods so that the research tool in this

study is audio player, notes, Microsoft word, data

cards, and writing instruments. Data in the words,

phrases, sentences, and discourses form that have

been found in this study are analyzed with

Fairclough’s CDA.

The method of this research is Fairclough’s

Critical Discourse Analysis. In this method, three

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things to be analyzed are micro-structural (text),

meso-structural (discourse practice), and macro-

structural (analysis of discursive event as instances of

socio-cultural practice). This analysis not only

analyzes discourse but also analyzes the relationship

between discourse and objects or elements of the

social process (Fairclough, 1989). It also describes

the structural analysis of the discourse, the discourse

production process, and things outside the discourse

that affect the production of the discourse. In

addition, it is also intended to reveal how discourse

can influence sustainable development goals in the

traditional arts field. The song lyric was analyzed

using Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis

method with some inferences from literature and field

studies.

To validate the data, this study using the validity

of the credibility test. Credibility test is done by

increasing research time, searching for data

repeatedly, triangulating data, adding references, and

member checking (Sugiyono, 2006). In this way, it is

expected that the data that has been found is valid and

reliable.

3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This is a discussion about critical discourse analysis

of the lyrics of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi song and

its influence on sustainable development goals,

especially in the field of traditional arts.

3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis

Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis puts

forward the text dimensions and analysis of discourse

practices and socio-cultural practices.

3.1.1 Text Analysis

In the text analysis dimension, discourse analysis

focus on the use of language to track the themes. The

text analysis includes words, metaphors, and sentence

structures used in the text production.

In terms of the lingual unit and the choice of

diction, it can be seen that the choice of words in the

song lyrics leads to the misery that occurred due to

the Covid-19 pandemic. This can be seen from the

passage on the lyrics, such as Swara tangis kang

kelayung (the sound of hard cries), Trenyuh sajroning

ati (suffered inside the heart), Pepati kang nggegirisi

(This death was horrible), Aduh Gusti amung pasrah

ing pesthi (Oh My God, only can surrender in

certainty). The choice of diction that has misery

meaning shows a representation of social conditions

as outlined in the text form.

From the semantic perspective, several words

have the same meaning. This is done to emphasize the

message conveyed through the song lyrics. Some of

these words are titah and manungsa which means

human; jerit (scream) and swara tangis (the sound of

cries) which represent cries; tangis kang kelayung and

tangis kang melung-melung as an emphasis on hard

cries; as well as tanpa daya (have no power) and

pasrah ing pesthi (surrender in certainty) as a

representation of the feeling that humans have no

power. From the selection of this diction, the author

tried to emphasize the circumstances that occur and

then the desired expectations that the author has.

As a literary type of discourse, rhyme is also

displayed in the song lyrics to adorn the sentence

structure. Almost in every stanza, there is a rhyme

pattern. For example, in the first stanza, at the end of

the line, there are the words gustiku and kelayung

which both have the ending sound “u”. On the next

line, the words ati and iki both have the final sound

“i”. In the second stanza, there are words anyelaki,

nggegrisi, iki, and pesthi. These four words have the

final sound “i”. while in the last stanza, there are

words mendhung and melung which form rhymes

with the end of the sound “u” and the word mungkasi,

amadhangi, sayekti, and dumadi which forming a

rhyme with the sound “i”.

In terms of sentence structure, causal sentences

are used to represent the situation that occurs. In the

first verse, Jerite panandang oh Gustiku (The scream

of suffering oh My God), Swara tangis kang kelayung

(The sound of hard cries), Trenyuh sajroning ati,

(Suffered inside the heart) are presented as a result of

pacoban (disaster) that being conveyed in the last line

of Angadhepi pacoban iki (Facing this disaster). In

the second verse, the words Manungsa tan bisa

anyelaki (Human cannot avoid it), Pepati kang

nggegirisi, (This death was horrible), and amung

pasrah ing pesthi (Oh My God, only can surrender in

certainty) are conveyed because humans have no

power to face a pandemic that is being conveyed in

the line Titah tanpa daya (Human have no power),

Angadhepi pacoban iki (Facing this disaster). In the

last stanza, a causal sentence is conveyed through the

lyrics Gusti mesthi bakal mungkasi (God will surely

end this disaster) that previously has presented a

sentence that states the effect in the verse Aku percaya

langit tan mendhung (I believe the sky is not cloudy),

Ilang tangis kang melung-melung (The hard cries will

be gone). From the series of causal sentences

presented, it can be seen that Gusti (God) is placed in

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the positive representation, while pacoban (disaster)

is placed in the negative representation.

The overall content conveyed in the song lyrics is

about the suffering and hope that the author desired.

In the first two verses, it is explained how the

situation is felt by the author and the community.

Meanwhile, in the last verse, optimism, hope, and

prayer are conveyed so that God will immediately

provide a solution.

3.1.2 Discourse Practices Analysis

In the analysis of discourse practices, critical

discourse analysis puts forward the dimensions of the

process of workers produce a discourse text. In this

case, the songwriter of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi,

which was popularized by Soimah Pancawati, is

Boedi Pramono, a traditional and contemporary

music artist from Yogyakarta province. In this case,

Boedi Pramono acts as a producer of the discourse of

the Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi song lyrics.

This song was released by Soimah Pancawati

through her YouTube channel on June 18, 2020. In 6

months, this video has been watched more than 2.3

million times. The right momentum and the

popularity of Soimah Pancawati who has been active

in the national entertainment field have made this

song get high enthusiasm from the public. Before

releasing this work, Soimah and the team had

promoted it through Instagram and Facebook

accounts. With this promotion, the public was looking

forward to its release, so that when this song was

released, the public expressed great enthusiasm for

this song.

In addition, in studying the production process of

discourse, researchers/analysts can also conduct

intertextuality studies (Fairclough, 1993, 1995),

which examine the relations between one discourse

and other related discourses, as well as the context

behind the production of a text. In the production

process of the Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi lyrics,

there are several influential discourses, such as the

Republic of Indonesia Government Regulation

Number 21 of 2020 on Large-Scale Social

Restrictions in Accelerating the Handling of

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Menteri

Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Republik Indonesia,

2020). With the existence of this Regulation, the

media and government agencies have responded

quickly. The printed and electronic media has been

reporting intensively about Covid 19, and the regions

that would implement the social restriction (PSBB).

The existence of this regulation also requires

government agencies at the provincial and district

levels to issue regulation letters to implement the

social restriction. One of them is Yogyakarta

province.

The related agencies have enforced the social

restriction following the government

recommendations. Social activities in the community

or society have been suspended. In this situation,

social activities related to traditional arts were also

suspended. Traditional artists in Yogyakarta lost most

or all their income from their main jobs. After a while,

traditional artists in Yogyakarta have started

complaining about the situation through social media

such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Some of

them conveyed their feelings through artworks. One

of them was Soimah Pancawati, who then released a

song through her YouTube channel. After the release

of this work, many other traditional artists also

participated in presenting art performances through

social media. This gradually received attention from

related agencies and officials, so that traditional

artists in Yogyakarta could get a stimulus in

presenting their works through social media.

Based on the previous description, Soimah’s work

was able to have an impact on artists’ productivity in

the pandemic. This is marked by the proliferation of

artistic and literary works released online by several

artists. Officials and agencies also responded by

providing a stimulus by providing the medium to

carry out art activities virtually or online. People's

interest in accessing these online shows has also

gradually begun to show an improvement. Even, the

public's interest in short films has also increased with

this virtual artwork activity.

3.1.3 Socio-Cultural Practices Analysis

Socio-Cultural Practices Analysis or macro-level

analysis in critical discourse analysis puts forward the

socio-cultural practices dimension that plays a role in

the process of discourse production. Fairclough

(1989) emphasizes socio-cultural practices that affect

discourse production into three: situational,

institutional, and social conditions.

The production process of this discourse was

affected by the political, economic, and socio-cultural

conditions that occur during the production of the

discourse of Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi lyrics.

Although the producers in this discourse were not

involved in politics, the political situation that

occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic was also

included in the Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi song

lyrics. Likewise, the Covid-19 pandemic also affected

the economic and socio-cultural situation.

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A situational condition that affected the discourse

production was the economic condition. The

deteriorating economic conditions as a result of the

Covid-19 pandemic are also presented in the

discourse of the song lyrics. In the lyrics, Titah tanpa

daya (Human have no power), Angadhepi pacoban

iki (Facing this disaster) illustrates that humans have

no power and strength to undergo this pandemic

disaster. The disaster is not only a trial due to the

outbreak of the Coronavirus which has claimed

millions of lives, but also the Coronavirus which also

impacted the economic condition in Indonesia and the

world. Economic activities have stopped due to social

restrictions. It made people feel miserable. Expensive

food prices and limited employment opportunities

have rendered some groups of people helpless.

Discourse practice analysis from the institutional

point of view can be seen from the influence of the

politics. At the time of the release of this song, the

government was creating a New Normal policy. The

impact of the pandemic, which had not yet been

resolved, was tried to be solved by the recovery

movement, which was the enforcement of New

Normal. Another term for this New Normal is a new

habit pattern. In this song lyrics discourse, the term

used is Jagad Anyar which means a new world.

In this song, the topic selection and diction also

refer to the political situation about the regulation of

New Normal. This song was released a period after

the political condition that triggered the adoption of a

new habit or New Normal. The accuracy of this

momentum made this song got attention from the

public. The song lyrics also convey hopes and prayers

that the implementation of New Normal in Indonesia

would bring the desired condition. Hopefully, with

this New Normal, the situation will keep getting

better and the pandemic will soon pass.

The socio-cultural condition also became the

focus raised in the discourse of the song lyrics. The

condition of several local and national artists affected

by the pandemic is translated into the first two verses

in the song lyrics. The cultural activities, which also

the source income of artists, were in a dire situation

At the time when this artwork was released.

Art and cultural activities were prohibited because

of the health protocols to deal with Covid-19. Social

restrictions and the prohibition of activities that create

crowds have stopped arts and cultural activities.

Many artists and writers lost their livelihoods during

the early Covid-19 outbreak. Their income was just

depending on the social assistance provided by the

government.

After the release of this song, artistic activities

resumed online. Relevant agencies and several

agencies have also begun to provide facilities and

permits for artists and writers to hold performing arts

while still implementing health protocols. With the

resumption of these arts and cultural activities, artists’

and writers’ condition is a little better.

3.2 Critical Discourse Analysis of

Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi in

Sustainable Development Goals

From the critical discourse analysis of lyrics of the

song entitled Jagad Anyar Kang Dumadi by Soimah

Pancawati, there is a phenomenon related to the

release of this work and the continuity of traditional

art performances in Yogyakarta. Traditional art

performances, which at the beginning of the social

restrictions were stopped, began to start again by

performing traditional art performances through

online media because of inspiration from Soimah’s

work. The power that appeared in the lyrics of the

song inspired the traditional artists in Yogyakarta to

stay productive in the New Normal era.

Some traditional art performances have been

started again in Yogyakarta. Many art performances

have been conducted with personal financing or

funding from donors. Over time, the officials and

agencies have begun to facilitate the performances by

giving various funds allocation. Gradually, traditional

art performances started again in several tourist

attractions. Activities are carried out while still

adhering to health protocols. Started with this step,

traditional art performance activities start to improve

the economic conditions of the traditional artists.

In other fields, several art competitions also have

started to innovate by implementing online-based art

competitions. Some of the government departments

and private agencies have started implementing online

competitions such as the Yogyakarta Language Center,

Pakualaman Temple Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta National

Agency of Cultural Preservation, Yogyakarta

Education Department, Yogyakarta Cultural

Department, and The Ministry of Education and

Culture through the FLS2N program. Several activities

that were held offline in previous years now began to

innovate with online activities.

Several pieces of training programs related to the

development of arts and culture conducted by various

agencies have started again with keep maintaining

health protocols or limiting the number of participants.

Several other activities were held using online media.

The target of this training is students and traditional

arts practitioners. This activity can increase the interest

of students and the public in paying attention to

traditional arts in the New Normal era.

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From this phenomenon, there is speculation that

there is an individual who can drive sustainable

productivity of a community in the era of the Covid-

19 pandemic through her work. The role of

influencers to their followers can build productivity

in a community. As a real example, Soimah

Pancawati, who is a national artist that started as A

traditional artist from Yogyakarta, can influence other

traditional artists through her work. This cannot be

separated from the fact that Soimah has enough

attention from traditional artists in Yogyakarta and

the community. In addition, it can also be related to

the discourse in the lyrics of the song entitled Jagad

Anyar Kang Dumadi, which uses the Javanese

language as a medium. The use of local languages,

good diction, depth of meaning in the lyrics, and

Javanese traditional music elements in the song

provide inspiration, motivation, and suggestions to

the people of Yogyakarta and traditional artists to

remain productive during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Art productivity also affects the Sustainable

Development Goals especially in goal 8: Decent

Work and Economic Growth. As we know, The

action in one area of Sustainable Development Goals

can affect outcomes in another area (Gudowska,

2020). In this case, the art productivity that affecting

the goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth is

also affecting the goal 1: No Poverty, goal 2: Zero

Hunger goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, goal 4:

Quality Education, and goal 10: Reduced Inequality

continuously. When an artist earns a decent income,

it can support economic growth (goal 8). When the

economical condition of the artist’s increases, poverty

(goal 1) and hunger (goal 2) will decrease, health

(goal 3) and education (goal 4) will be better.

Furthermore, social inequality (goal 10) will also be

reduced.

4 CONCLUSIONS

From the results of this study, it can be concluded that

the lyrics of the song entitled Jagad Anyar Kang

Dumadi uses diction and rhyme to convey the

message. The theme used in the lyrics of this song is

misery and hope due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The

linguistic aspect in the song lyrics shows a positive

representation of God and a negative representation

of the Coronavirus.

The discourse production process was also based

on the realities that occur in the society. In addition,

the political, economic, and socio-cultural conditions

that occur in the society also contributed to the

writing of the song lyrics discourse. The existence of

the New Normal policy in terms of politics, the

economic deterioration, and socio-cultural conditions

that have happened due to the Covid-19 pandemic are

several factors that affect the process and content of

this discourse.

Another finding in this study is that a literary work

made by Soimah Pancawati as an influencer can

influence the productivity of traditional artists in

Yogyakarta. Traditional art performance activities

that initially stopped due to the Covid-19 virus began

to gradually progress and innovate after the release of

Soimah Pancawati's work entitled Jagad Anyar Kang

Dumadi. It can be seen that in the art community,

influencer productivity can affect follower

productivity. In further research, it may be possible to

conduct similar research, using different objects of

influencers and followers as well as in other fields of

art. The results of this study are in line with previous

research which states that a discourse and socio-

cultural conditions are interrelated, including online

discourse and the socio-cultural conditions of the

online society.

Art productivity affects the Sustainable

Development Goals especially in goal 8: Decent

Work and Economic Growth. Goal 8: Decent Work

and Economic Growth in Sustainable Development

Goals affects another goal: goal 1: No Poverty, goal

2: Zero Hunger, goal 3: Good Health and Well-being,

goal 4: Quality Education, and goal 10: Reduced

Inequality.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Author would like to thank LPDP RI for

providing tuition fees with contract number KET-

4981/LPDP.4/2020 and ID LPDP number

20200611202320.

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