Second stream: 47 viewers. He dramatically recites a breakup monologue from his old soap while peeling a manggis (mangosteen). One clip gets 200K TikTok shares.
And somewhere in a TV network boardroom, an executive sighs and schedules another livestream.
Rangga slams his phone onto a warung table. Next to him, his millennial neighbor, Mila—a part-time ghostwriter and full-time internet gremlin—is filming a video of a cat wearing a peci hat.
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One night, he’s live when a young viewer asks: “Bapak, how do you stay relevant?”
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Desperate, Rangga agrees to try. Mila sets up a channel called (Dad Friend). The concept? Rangga, in full melodramatic villain costume, attempts to cook traditional Indonesian dishes—while reading the most unhinged viewer comments out loud. Second stream: 47 viewers
He cracks an egg—it slips, lands perfectly in the pan. He flips it with the katana. Then, a viewer sends a Super Chat: “My girlfriend left me for a livestreamer who sells vitamin C.”
He cracks an egg into a wok. The chat explodes.
Rangga “Rengga” Wirawan was a king—once. Fifteen years ago, his face was on every sinetron poster: a brooding heartthrob in Cinta di Atas Ojek Online (Love on Top of an Online Ojek). Now, at 38, he plays villains in daytime soaps, gets his lines cut, and watches his co-stars lip-sync to dangdut covers on TikTok for millions of views. And somewhere in a TV network boardroom, an
“Tell the producer,” he says, “I’ll do the soap—but only if they let me live-stream the script readings. And I get to choose the jingle for the commercial breaks.”
Rangga takes off his villain jacket. He puts on a simple batik shirt.
Rangga Wirawan now hosts —a hybrid show where he acts out classic soap scenes, then reacts to memes of himself on a second screen. His catchphrase, “Air mata itu untuk iklan” (Those tears are for the commercial), has become a national meme.
Rangga scoffs. “I trained at the Jakarta Institute of Arts. I wept on cue for three hours for one scene. And now people watch a man eat kerupuk while reviewing laundry detergent?”