Kim Jong Un becomes TikTok star: North Korean propaganda song praising the ... trends now
A North Korean propaganda song about Kim Jong Un has gone viral on TikTok gaining millions of views.
The song titled 'Friendly Father' praises the country's Communist dictator and has garnered a number of Gen Z fans on Tik Tok with one saying 'wait, this slaps' and another asking if it is available on Spotify.
Kim Jong Un has joined the likes of Taylor Swift and Harry Styles to have a song go viral on the social media site TikTok. Users posting their reaction to the song or dancing along have gained thousands, if not millions, of views.
With one British TikTok user, Matas Kardokas, posting a video about listening to the tune while in a coffee shop gaining more than 400,000 likes.
The propaganda anthem is set to a catchy synth-pop backing track and includes lyrics such as 'Let's sing Kim Jong Un, the great leader' and 'Let's brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father.'
Kim Jong Un in the music video for the new propaganda song. The song titled 'Friendly Father' praises the country's Communist dictator and has garnered a number of Gen Z fans on Tik Tok with one saying 'wait, this slaps' and another asking if it is available on Spotify
Kim Jong Un has joined the likes of pop sensations Taylor Swift and Harry Styles to have a song go viral on the social media site TikTok (stock image)
One British TikTok user, Matas Kardokas, posting a video about listening to the tune while in a coffee shop gaining more than 400,000 likes
The accompanying music video includes shots of a very smiley and happy Mr Kim surrounded by his adoring subjects with shots of North Koreans giving the thumbs including the nation's famous news anchor- Ri Chun-Lee.
It is the type of pop music that gets stuck in your head, not dissimilar to chart-topping hits in the West with one Tik Tok users describing the song as 'Abba-coded' in reference to the Swedish band behind hits such as Waterloo.
According to a North Korean expert that is exactly the point of the song to become an earworm that might influence the way North Koreans view their Supreme Leader.
Speaking to BBC News, Alexandra Leonzini, a Cambridge University scholar who researches North Korean music, explained that in a country where the state owns the music industry - music becomes another tool of propaganda for the
