Nazril Irham

Nazril Irham (born 16 September 1981), known professionally as Ariel or Ariel "Noah", is an Indonesian musician, singer and songwriter of Minangkabau ancestry.

He is the lead singer of Indonesian band Noah, formerly known as Peterpan.

Ariel founded Peterpan in Bandung in 2000 with Andika, Indra, Lukman, Reza, and Uki.

Ariel founded Peterpan in Bandung on 1 September 2000, with Andika (keyboard), Indra (bass), Lukman (guitar), Reza (drum), and Uki (guitar).

Their recording career started in 2002 when they record their song, "Mimpi Yang Sempurna", for a compilation album by various artists, Kisah 2002 Malam.

Afterwards, they were contracted by Musica Studio's and under the name Peterpan released three studio albums: Taman Langit, Bintang di Surga, and Hari Yang Cerah; a compilation album titled Sebuah Nama Sebuah Cerita; and a soundtrack album for the film Alexandria.

Peterpan's second album Bintang di Surga (2004) is one of the best-selling albums of all time in Indonesia.

After Andika and Indra split from the band in 2006, they demanded their former band to change their name.

The remaining band members agreed and stopped using the name after 2008.

The Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction came into effect in Indonesia in 2008.

He was arrested in 2010 on charges relating to celebrity sex tapes found circulating on the internet after his laptop was stolen.

Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, and their new keyboardist, David, planned to announce their new name in 2010, but the plan was put into a halt after Ariel was arrested.

In June 2010 Ariel was charged with breaking the law by appearing in two sex videos found on the Internet.

Ariel claimed the tapes were stolen from his house and posted online without his consent, but the judge argued the pop star did nothing to prevent their widespread distribution.

TV presenter Luna Maya and soap opera star Cut Tari denied being the women in the videos.

Ariel's 2011 single "Dara" was included as a bonus track in the album.

It was released on 18 April 2011.

However, on 9 July 2011, Cut Tari admitted to being in one of the three sex videos.

The confession was made as Cut Tari did not want to preempt the police's investigation into the case.

Peterpan changed their name to Noah after Ariel's release in 2012.

Noah also received commercial success, with their first album Seperti Seharusnya (2012) having sold over one million copies.

During Ariel's time in prison, his band–credited as Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, David–released an album mostly consisting of instrumental version of Peterpan's songs titled Suara Lainnya in May 2012.

His bandmates routinely visited him in prison while working on the album in order to get his input.

After Ariel was released from prison, Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza and David announced their new band name: Noah, on 2 August 2012.

Noah released their first album under their new name, Seperti Seharusnya, in September 2012.

The album was a commercial success, having sold over 1.2 million copies, making it one of the best-selling album in Indonesia.

To date, they have released four studio album: Seperti Seharusnya, Second Chance, Sings Legends, and Keterkaitan Keterikatan.

During his time in prison, Ariel released a solo single titled "Dara".

In 2014, Ariel, along with fellow Musica Studio's vocalists Giring Nidji and Momo Geisha, collaborated with fellow Musica Studio's band d'Masiv on the band's single "Esok Kan Bahagia".

Ariel sang on two songs from the official album of 2018 Asian Games.

The first was "Bright As The Sun", which was sung by 18 Indonesian singers including Ariel.

The second one was "Janger Persahabatan", which was written by Guruh Sukarnoputra and performed by NEV+ (a side project of Nidji, focusing on electronic music), Ariel, and Hivi! former vocalist Dea.

Ariel tried his hand at songwriting during middle school.

One of the songs Ariel wrote during high school, titled "Yang Terdalam" (the deepest), received praise from his friends.

The positive response drove Ariel to write more songs.

Ariel's musical style was influenced by the grunge band Nirvana ever since his teenage days.

Ariel is a fan of Nirvana's vocalist Kurt Cobain.

Ariel's songwriting was influenced by the poet Kahlil Gibran.

Ariel was introduced to Gibran's writings in high school and liked the meaning he found behind Gibran's poetry.

In the next year, Ariel's vocals was featured in Sheryl Sheinafia's single "Kutunggu Kau Putus", which was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration on 19th Anugerah Musik Indonesia.