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SEPTEMBER
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Anggun's
Driving Ambition
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Rock With a Diplomatic Note
One thing that Anggun Cipta Sasmi regrets since moving to Paris five years
ago is that she never got a driver's license before leaving Jakarta. The
26-year-old Indonesian singer, better known as just Anggun, has no time
to study for the French driver's test. She's busier than ever after Snow
On The Sahara, her 1998 debut English album, went triple platinum in Indonesia,
double platinum in Italy and gold in France and Malaysia. Unlike Jakarta,
where getting a license is a snap, Paris is a lot tougher on prospective
roadsters. "It's strict, the test and so on. The strange traffic signs are
difficult to memorize. I'd rather get an instant one, like in Jakarta,"
she says. France is too far away to allow frequent visits to her birth city.
"But when the promotional tour happens, and Indonesia is on the schedule,
that is my chance to visit Jakarta," she adds. She should start packing
soon. Her second international album, Chrysalis, is to be released in Asia
this month. Between appearances back home, she might just get her driving
papers processed.
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