Jac inks major deal with KRU Music



Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Determined to have more creative control over her albums, Malaysian pop star Jaclyn Victor has chosen a made-in-Malaysia label, KRU Music over international music banners that were vying for her.

Why KRU, you ask? "KRU understand me," explains Jac. "Edry and his brothers (Norman and Yusry) are artists. They're big in arts. I can always talk to Edry and he is willing to listen to me."

As a gifted vocalist, Jac feels her potential has not been fully explored since winning the Malaysian Idol eight years ago.

[left] Edry, Jac and KC, the VP of KRU Music, are all smiles for the camera

[left] Edry, Jac and KC, the VP of KRU Music, are all smiles for the camera

"I wasn't fully exploited. There's so much more that I can give. With KRU, I hope to bring out the other side of me that people have yet to see."

The power-lunged singer was signed to Sony Music for six years before realising that she needed to rejuvenate her stagnated singing career.

"I love Gemilang (her breakthrough hit). But I can't be doing ballads for the rest of my life. I'm a little bit of rock, pop, jazz and everything, actually. Give me a tune and I'll sing it - except for dangdut."

Describing her experience with Sony Music as a good learning curve, she adds, "With an international label (like Sony), they've got A&R to choose songs for me. They will get the songs and they will decide for me. I've been in that situation where I wasn't comfortable with certain songs. (But she had to sing them anyway)."

Jac's first album with KRU, to be produced by the very talented Edry, will hit the market in November.

Her first single - a catchy, therapeutic heartbreak song titled Sebelah Jiwaku, will invade the Malaysian airwaves in February.

Photos by Ahmad Izzrafiq Alias
Published Jan 25 2012

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