a song that praises North Korea Dictator Kim Jong-un has gone viral on TikTok.
“let’s sing Kim Jong UnAccording to BBC News, the song called “Friendly Father” says, “Great leader.” “Let’s be proud of our friendly father, Kim Jong Un.”
“Is this the single or where can I get the whole album,” one TikToker joked, while another said, “This is so adorable in the most adorable way.”
Another said, “I don’t really like Kim Jong Un but he was really cooking on this song.”
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North Korea’s new song “Friendly Father” about Kim Jong-un has gone viral on TikTok. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
South Korean pop, or K-pop, and Western music are banned inside North Korea, and some defectors have cited illegally listening to outside music as a factor in their decision to defect.
“When you listen to North Korean music, you don’t have any emotions,” North Korean defector Ryu Hee-jin told the Washington Post in 2019. But when you listen to American or South Korean music, it really gives you chills. So fresh, so relatable, when kids hear this music, the expressions on their faces change.”
Regarding “Friendly Father”, North Korea expert Peter Moody of Korea University told BBC News, “This song father is here Everything is written on it. It’s upbeat, it couldn’t be more catchy, and a rich set of orchestral-sounding sequences couldn’t be more prominent.”
Some North Korean defectors have cited listening to K-pop music such as that of the group BTS as helping them decide to defect. (Han Myung-gu/WireImage)
Cambridge University’s Alexandra Leonzini told the outlet that North Korean officials may have tried to create an “earworm” song with simple lyrics that would be easy to sing.
He said, “All artistic output in North Korea should be aimed at the class education of citizens and especially educating them as to why they should feel a sense of gratitude, a sense of loyalty to the Party.”
The defectors have said that the government plays propaganda songs throughout the country every morning, citizens are taught to dance to the songs and the songs are published in newspapers. (KCNA via Reuters)
The defectors have said that the government plays propaganda songs throughout the country every morning, citizens are taught to dance to the songs and the songs are published in newspapers.
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Professor Keith Howard of the London School of African and Oriental Studies said, “By the time the song gets into the body, it becomes part of the person.” “So they know the lyrics of the song very well, even if they’re just doing the actions, even if they’re just listening to it. A good conceptual song does that – it needs to have the message embedded in it.”