North Korea Kim Jong Un is trending in a propaganda song on TikTok. The song titled ‘Friendly Father’ has gained millions of views.
The song praises the country’s Communist dictator and has garnered a number of Gen Z fans on TikTok with one saying ‘wait, this slaps’ and another asking if it is available on Spotify.
Lyrics of the Song
The propaganda anthem dedicate to him 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.’
Users posting their reaction to the song or dancing along have gained thousands, if not millions, of views.
People React
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 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 TikTok users describing the song as ‘Abba-coded’ in reference to the Swedish band behind hits such as Waterloo.
Now, 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.
