Heidy Diana Essentials

At the peak of her popularity in the 1980s, Heidy Diana was hailed by fans as a "bidadari", the Indonesian term for angel. While her contemporaries belted out energetic dangdut numbers, Heidy took the road less travelled, delivering effervescent pop numbers that highlight her delicate public personality—a pop template that culminated in the career-defining hit "Bintangku Bintangmu". For much of the decade, she added further layers to her brand of ebullient pop, spearheading a unique and purely Indonesian genre that still shines through in the music of her protégées today.