Degung kawih have been defined as modern, popular songs performed as interludes by female singers (sinden) within Sundanese rod-puppet performances. After the 1950s and ‘60s “heyday” of the sinden, Sundanese composer Nano Suratno, inspired by the desire to make gamelan and other traditional Sundanese instruments appealing to the post-New Order West Javanese youth, began to compose in innovative hybrid styles that deliberately emphasized aspects of Western music within gamelan performance. In this presentation, Myers will examine three different arrangements of one of Suratno’s popular songs, “Pras Pris.” Through an analysis of each song and recording, she will compare the role of the sinden with that of regional and international female pop singers. By examining these different styles, considering their vocal technique, their use of ornamentation, and the prominence of the female voice within the general musical texture, she will explore how contemporary artists continue to construct ideologies of gender through different styles of Sundanese song.