He was arrested in 2010 on charges relating to celebrity sex tapes found circulating on the internet after his laptop was stolen.

[5] His band–credited as Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, and David–released an album mostly consisting of instrumental versions of Peterpan's songs titled Suara Lainnya in May 2012.

To date, they have released four studio albums: Seperti Seharusnya, Second Chance, Sings Legends, and Keterkaitan Keterikatan.

[12] In the next year, Ariel's vocals were featured in Sheryl Sheinafia's single "Kutunggu Kau Putus",[13] which was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration on 19th Anugerah Musik Indonesia.

[15] The second one was "Janger Persahabatan", which was written by Guruh Sukarnoputra and performed by NEV+ (a side project of Nidji, focusing on electronic music), Ariel, and Hivi!

[17][18] One of the songs Ariel wrote during high school, titled "Yang Terdalam" (the deepest), received praise from his friends.

[3] Ariel claimed the tapes were stolen from his house and posted online without his consent, but the judge argued the pop star did nothing to prevent their widespread distribution.

[23] TV presenter Luna Maya and soap opera star Cut Tari denied being the women in the videos.

[25] The video could also result in prosecution under a law banning adultery,[26] owing to Cut Tari having been married at the time it was made in 2006.

Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring engaged in a Twitter debate after suggesting that the possibility of mistaken identity was similar to the Muslim belief that a lookalike of Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified;[33] he stated that the internet could "destroy" the nation.

[35][36][37] In December 2010, Rolling Stone Indonesia ranked Ariel at number 43 on its list of the Greatest 50 Indonesian Singers.