Glenn Fredly Deviano Latuhamallo, more commonly known as simply Glen Fredly, is an Indonesian singer and songwriter who became famous as a result of winning a singing contest called Cipta Persona Bintang in 1995. He is also an established producer and has served as a voice coach on The Voice Indonesia. As well as singing, he can play guitar, bass guitar and piano and often accompanies his singing on stage using these instruments, although his strong, melodic and clean vocals have always taken the spotlight in his music. He has also dabbled (and rather successfully) in movie production, his movie “Cahaya Dari Timur Beta Maluku” picking up The Best Movie award from Festival Film Indonesia. He is usually seen wearing a hat of sorts. One of his largest influences has been Michael Jackson, and following his tragic death, Fredly performed five tribute concerts around Indonesia, covering Jackson's most popular hits in memory of the deceased singer. Fredly has stated that Jackson is a massive inspiration through him, not just because of his music, but also his dancing, his style, and everything else.
Fredly has also been inspired to do voluntary humanitarian work as a result of idolising Jackson, who also completed similar projects. You can hear Jackson's influence in Fredly's music, from funky upbeat high register guitar chords and driving funk baselines, to clean and technical drum patterns that really drive a funk feel to the front of his music which gets people moving and throws the listener back to the 80s. This is particularly evident in Fredly's earlier work, although the influence hasn't been lost over time.