[2][4] Having returned to Batavia after marrying fellow singer Eulis Zuraidah, he kept the sweet memories of the city in his mind.
[4] It was made famous by Queen Consort Emma when she officially opened the radiotelephone service from Koninklijke PTT Nederland main building in The Hague on January 7, 1929 with the words "Hallo Bandoeng… Hier Den Haag".
[4][5] It quickly escalated even further as a catchphrase since the release of Dutch song "Hallo Bandoeng" by Willy Derby which sold more than 50,000 copies – a record for the time.
Early in this period, Ismail Marzuki and his wife evacuated to Bandung to escape the British-Dutch occupation of Jakarta.
This incident inspired Ismail Marzuki, as well as many Indonesian combatants and refugees, to alter the last two sentences of the song to become more patriotic and boost their fighting spirit against British-Dutch forces.