North Korea propaganda song praising Kim Jong Un goes viral on TikTok

A song that praises North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has gone viral on TikTok. 

“Let’s sing Kim Jong Un, the nice chief,” the song known as “Friendly Father” says, in keeping with BBC News. “Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father.”

“Is this a single or where can I get the whole album,” one TikToker joked. Another stated, “It’s so dystopian in the catchiest way.”

“I don’t really like Kim Jong Un but he was really cooking on this song,” one other stated.

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South Korean pop, or Ok-pop, and Western music are banned inside North Korea, and a few defectors have cited illegally listening to outdoors music as an element of their choice to defect. 

“When you listen to North Korean music, you have no emotions,” North Korean defector Ryu Hee-Jin instructed The Washington Post in 2019. “But when you listen to American or South Korean music, it literally gives you the chills. The lyrics are so fresh, so relatable. When kids listen to this music, their facial expressions just change.” 

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Of “Friendly Father,” Peter Moody, a North Korea professional at Korea University, instructed BBC News, “The song has Abba written all over it.  It’s upbeat, it could not be more catchy and a rich set of orchestral-sounding sequences could not be more prominent.” 

Some North Korean defectors have cited listening to Ok-pop music just like the group BTS as serving to them determine to defect.  (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)

Alexandra Leonzini of Cambridge University instructed the outlet North Korean authorities would have sought to make an “earworm” song with easy lyrics that’s straightforward to sing.

“All artistic output in North Korea must serve the class education of citizens and more specifically educate them as to why they should feel a sense of gratitude, a sense of loyalty to the party,” she stated. 

Defectors have stated the federal government performs propaganda songs each morning all through the nation, residents are taught choreographed dances to the songs and the lyrics are printed in newspapers. (KCNA through REUTERS)

Defectors have stated the federal government performs propaganda songs each morning all through the nation, residents are taught choreographed dances to the songs and the lyrics are printed in newspapers.

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“By the time the song has sort of been taken into the body, it’s become part of the person,” Keith Howard, a professor on the London School of African and Oriental Studies, stated. “So, they know the lyrics so well, even if they’re just doing the actions, even if they’re just listening to it. A good ideological song does that. It needs to embed the message.”