"Biarlah Rahsia" is a song written and performed by Malaysian pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Siti Nurhaliza

Siti Nurhaliza

Dato', or occasionally Datin Seri, Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin DIMP, JSM, SAP, PMP, AAP is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, record producer, television presenter and businesswoman. To date, she has garnered more than 200 local awards as well as international awards...

 and composed by Melly Goeslow. The song was released as Transkripsi

Transkripsi

Transkripsi is the eleventh studio album from Malaysian pop singer-songwriter Siti Nurhaliza and has been touted as Malaysia's Best Album of 2006. It also hailed as Siti's best album ever. The album was released on April 23, 2006 in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei and at a later time in Indonesia...

 first single. It earned the Best Song award at the Anugerah Planet Muzik

Anugerah Planet Muzik

Anugerah Planet Muzik is the award for artists who engaged in the music world. This award includes singers from the allied countries, that is Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia....

 in 2007. "Biarlah Rahsia" is, to date, Siti's most successful single from her Transkripsi

Transkripsi

Transkripsi is the eleventh studio album from Malaysian pop singer-songwriter Siti Nurhaliza and has been touted as Malaysia's Best Album of 2006. It also hailed as Siti's best album ever. The album was released on April 23, 2006 in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei and at a later time in Indonesia...

 album.

Background and writing

The song was originally composed and written by Melly Goeslow. Siti changed the lyrics after she heard the song for the first time, and she was credited for re-writing the lyrics.

Rumours had it that this song was produced as a response to the heavy media pressure in 2006 whether she will marry Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa (commonly referred to by Datuk K) or not. The title of the song "Biarlah Rahsia" (Let It Be A Secret) speaks for itself.

Release

Siti premiered "Biarlah Rahsia" at the Anugerah Planet Muzik

Anugerah Planet Muzik

Anugerah Planet Muzik is the award for artists who engaged in the music world. This award includes singers from the allied countries, that is Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia....

 (a regional award show) in 2006 which was aired live from Singapore

Singapore

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. The song was soon released to radio airplay in Malaysia.

Music video

The music video

Music video

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 for "Biarlah Rahsia" was shot in Indonesia

Indonesia

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. It was directed by Rizal Mantovani (also the director of Siti's "Percayalah", "Bukan Cinta Biasa" & "Seindah Biasa" music videos). According to Siti, the music video features only beauty shots.

The video was first shown on Astro RIA

Astro Ria

Astro Ria is a Malaysian 24 hour television network broadcast on the Astro satellite television service. It was one of the first 22 channels to commence broadcast on Astro in 1996.Programs on the network include Malay dramas, films and reality shows....

's Muzik@RIA on July 4, 2006. The video received mostly positive comments from viewers.

In the video, Siti appears in a black gown while walking in a beautiful wooden house. We can see Siti in her white cloth writing lyrics in the second chorus of the song. In some parts of the video, the lyrics appear according to the song. Floral motives can also be seen from the beginning and until the end of the video.

Personnel

• Composer: Melly Goeslow
• Lyrics: Siti Nurhaliza
• Producer & Musical Arrangement: Aubrey Suwito
• Bass: Andy Peterson
• Mixing: Peter Chong

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Malaysian Carta ERA Era FM Era FM, is a Malaysia national Malay radio station operated by AMP Radio Networks. The adult contemporary category radio station broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The radio station went on air on August 1, 1998...	1
Malaysian Hot FM Tiga Puluh	1
Malaysian KL FM	1
Malaysian RED FM	1
Brunei Carta Pelangi	1
Brunei Kristal FM	1