Before she died, she had expressed her desire to leave the entertainment world because she wanted to deepen her religious knowledge at Pesantren Cipasung, Tasikmalaya on 11 April The vote was to be held the following day, with her appearing as a guest star at the event. Wendi Putranto, a music observer, described Ardilla as "one in a million", a female version of Elvis Presley with a "cult status" in Indonesian pop culture. The media regularly refers to the fact that she is the only musician in the country whose death continues to be mourned even after more than 25 years, [4] and hailed by many as one of the most successful figures in Indonesia's entertainment industry. A second version of the video was released posthumously in April , featuring Ardilla in the style of her idol Marilyn Monroe.
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