Giring Ganesha Djumaryo (born 14 July 1983) is an Indonesian vocalist and political activist who is currently serving as Deputy Minister for Culture.

[6] He later told Rolling Stone Indonesia that as soon as he had finished reading Andrea Hirata's original book — the source material for the film — he knew he would write the song.

[7] The album included a song written for Chintya Riza, at the time Ganesha's girlfriend, entitled "Dosakah Aku" ("Am I Sinning").

[10] For the role, he worked out at a gym and ate less to lose 11 kilograms (24 lb); he said it was because there were very few large Indonesians during the Dutch colonisation of Indonesia.

[10] On 22 November 2011, Giring, Agnes Monica and Afgan Syahreza sang the song "Kita Bisa" ("We Can") at the closing ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, South Sumatra.

[7] In July 2010, Giring Ganesha married Cynthia Riza, six years his junior, in a Javanese style ceremony.