ARASVARA.ID - Pada (12/8/2026), Niki Zefanya, musisi wanita muda Indonesia, merilis lagu berjudul "Backburner" yang mengangkat isu kondisi hubungan Gen Z belakangan ini.

Lagu tersebut langsung booming sejak peluncuran pertamanya karena banyak yang merasa relate dengan keadaan para pendengar.

Kata "Backburner" sendiri merupakan frasa dari sesuatu yang bukan prioritas, bahkan termasuk kategori pilihan cadangan.

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Makna lagu "Backburner" Niki

Lagu "Backburner" menceritakan seseorang yang bersedia dijadikan pilihan terakhir oleh pujaan hatinya. Dia menyadari bahwa dalam sudut pandang orang lain mungkin hal tersebut seperti meremehkan harga dirinya.

Namun, menurutnya, sekecil apapun kesempatan terlibat dalam kehidupan orang yang dicintai dapat memupuk harapan untuk menjalani masa depan bersama.

Dia juga tidak keberatan jika hanya menjadi cadangan selama namanya terselip dalam pikiran crushnya. Kondisi percintaan ini banyak dialami Gen Z yang hubungannya tidak memiliki kejelasan.

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Lirik lagu "Backburner" Niki

I can’t lie it feels nice that you’re calling

You sound sad and alone and you’re stalling

And for once I don’t care about what you want

As long as we keep talking (as long as we’re talking)

I mean you gotta admit the history’s

Kind of unmatched

Asian Calvinism

We made it out of that

Well whether we’re free of will or predestined

Clearly I’ve not learned my lesson even now

Hope he doesn’t strike me down (strike me down)

The goo goo dolls are dead to me

The way you should be too

But you bring them up

Along with how much I fucking miss you

Maybe I’m just not better than this I haven’t tried

Maybe life’s less romantic when I don’t wanna die

You’d think I’d be a fast learner

But guess I won’t ever mind crisping up on your backburner

It’s pathetic but at least you are too

I don’t know what to do

I don’t like anyone except sometimes you

And now you’re sounding like a hurt puppy

You look ugly when you cry

But I’m the one you think to call

How do you feel lucky and appalled

At the same time

After everything you put me through

I somehow still believe in you oh (I do I do I do)

But I know in a week or so

You’ll fade away again

And I wish that I cared

Hey are you still there

Good

Maybe I’m just not better than this I haven’t tried

Cause maybe you’ll finally choose me after you’ve had more time

I thought I was a fast learner

But guess I won’t ever mind

Guess I won’t ever mind

Maybe I blame my mother bleeding into my stride

Maybe it was my father and his wandering eyes (it’s their fault that)

I’ll always be in your corner

Cause I don’t feel alive ‘til I’m burning on your backburner

Oh

And I know that it’s sad that I settle for the backburner

Oh

Guess I won’t ever mind crisping up on your backburner

Oh

As long as you still think of me

Oh