DEKONSTRUKSI WACANA PATRIARKI DALAM LIRIK LAGU "MADU TIGA" KARYA AHMAD DHANI

Abstract

Songs constitute a form of cultural expression that combines rhythm, melody, and language as a medium for conveying socially constructed meanings within society. This study focuses on Madu Tiga (2012), a song written by Ahmad Dhani, which represents gender relations within the context of a romantic relationship involving a husband and his two wives. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach, this research applies semiotic analysis based on the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure and Roland Barthes, alongside Cheris Kramarae’s Muted Group Theory, to examine how meaning, ideology, and power relations are constructed through song lyrics. The research data consist of secondary data derived from the lyrical text of Madu Tiga, supported by relevant literature from academic books and scholarly journals. The analysis was conducted by identifying linguistic signs, denotative and connotative meanings, and myths that shape the dominant narrative within the song. The findings indicate that women are represented as passive and marginalized figures who lack the space to articulate their experiences and emotions, while men are positioned as dominant subjects who exercise authority within romantic relationships, including the legitimization of polygamous practices. Such representations reflect patriarchal ideology that normalizes gender inequality and silences women’s voices within popular cultural discourse. Madu Tiga functions not merely as a form of entertainment but also as a cultural text that reproduces specific social values and norms in contemporary Indonesian society. This study aims to identify patterns of gender representation and to assess the extent to which the song reflects structural patriarchal bias continually reproduced through popular media and everyday cultural practices, while also contributing to the advancement of gender communication studies by foregrounding the distribution of voice as a central analytical focus in reading popular music texts within the context of Indonesian patriarchal culture.
Keywords: Madu Tiga, Gender Construction, Semiotics, Muted Group Theory, Women's Discrimination.