That night, the Jakarta sky seemed to sing along.
Not because of a state gala — but because four siblings from Ireland were performing “Runaway” in the back garden of the Presidential Palace in 2044, during what was arguably the most delightfully illogical birthday party in the history of modern diplomacy.
Andrea Corr still couldn’t believe she was standing on a small garden stage, playing to an audience of barely thirty people — not dignitaries or royals, but the President’s closest friends, her small family circle, and a few palace staff who had long since become family.
Fairy lights hung softly between frangipani trees. Candles flickered on marble tables. The air smelled faintly of jasmine and night.
In the front row sat a young woman with a radiant smile — President Nisa Farha — dressed in a simple cream kebaya, calm yet glowing. Beside her, her husband Reza Satria looked quietly proud.
In the far corner, Alex, the son, was desperately double-checking that the palace’s borrowed sound system wouldn’t explode from all the extra plugs they’d added last minute.
It had all started with one simple email:
"Dear The Corrs, Would You Like to Surprise the President?”
They thought it was a prank.