North Korea airs song praising Kim Jong-un as 'friendly father'
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16 днів томуA song aired on North Korean state television shows jubilant citizens hailing Kim Jong-un as their 'friendly father', with people of different ages and backgrounds singing Kim's praises. The song was released after the leader inaugurated a new residential development.
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@1895jk 12 днів тому
Not gonna lie, the US been really quiet since this dropped
@MrNikkovl 10 днів тому
Not to mention Taylor Swift
@TacticalAnt420 10 днів тому
K-Pop isn’t ready for North Korean songs!
@Zak-tk8wv 9 днів тому
@@MrNikkovl😂
@HaziqXIX 8 днів тому
Don't forgot Drake 😂
@xyl4123 7 днів тому
Now we need a diss track😂
@rdavidberke 12 днів тому
Man has his own anime intro
@AZA_muku 9 днів тому
Nah fr
@KaydenFosseneuve 8 днів тому
Not funny
@kennyt4849 7 днів тому
@@KaydenFosseneuve it's hilarious
@DarksheeSlayer 7 днів тому
💀
@SkibidiPalestine 7 днів тому
Sounds like a fitting plot for the dark lore reality anime in North Korea, while on paper, has a cheerful theme
@vaqueroman9406 11 днів тому
0:35 they even resurrected Mao Zedong for this song
@Trolleyatthestation 9 днів тому
😂😂😂😂
@gigilaloo4474 9 днів тому
😂😂
@praneethkeerthi 8 днів тому
bro fr
@Estgee1707 8 днів тому
Mao was in china
@certifedhistorynerd 8 днів тому
Fr
@kgirl310 14 днів тому
Trump is going to be so jealous
@MrWinky69 13 днів тому
Trump owns you
@spacewalktraveller1 13 днів тому
So will Biden
@romantsegaye7051 13 днів тому
😅😅😅
@paulb7207 12 днів тому
@@spacewalktraveller1 Biden is too old to understand
@buckshroyer5665 12 днів тому
Why would Biden be jealous?! Please explain, if you’re capable….🤨
@therealcheese 13 днів тому
This honestly kinda slaps
@TacticalAnt420 10 днів тому
I almost want to move to the DPRK!
@ChiranjeevGogoi-py9ox 8 днів тому
Just like will Smith 😂
@jsaick_ 8 днів тому
Just fr tho
@CR7sameasMessi 6 днів тому
Bother I have return
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 днів тому
Thank you, all our music slaps! Listen to My Country is the Best, Whistle, Without a Break, Let's Study, Dash to the Future, and Potato Pride!
@davecahyo 11 днів тому
They're singing as if their life depends on it😊
@eniascika3050 9 днів тому
XD
@user-vk3od9cp6n 5 днів тому
That’s because it does 😭
@moonjobl00dyc0rpse5 5 днів тому
@@user-vk3od9cp6nit’s a joke dude
@victorandrescayoacuna404 4 дні тому
yeap. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@rencelen5186 4 дні тому
@@moonjobl00dyc0rpse5 both of yall are actually correct it can be a joke and serious at the same time lol
@satrWIRA 11 днів тому
Watching North Korea entertainment feels like you're back in the 50s
@cgt3704 10 днів тому
Well this song is more like so.ething from Reagan Era
@anta40 8 днів тому
@@cgt3704 agree. kinda reminds me to 80's anime...
@stephentitus7137 6 днів тому
They were stuck in the 50s for so long and now they are in the 80s
@satrWIRA 6 днів тому
@@cgt3704 oh right, I'm too focused on the fashion
@quelodequelo 4 дні тому
So fallout
@BurningHoliday-pm7sy 10 днів тому
Friendly fire not friendly father
@mazekinedemongoddess 7 днів тому
fr
@jeetdas9073 6 днів тому
This needs to be famous real quick 😂
@_jungle2281 12 днів тому
You know it's a hit when it made the news
@public.public 12 днів тому
you left out the letter 's'
@kimjong-il8406 13 днів тому
A true masterpiece! I am proud of you, son!
@mowafakfoad4959 12 днів тому
proud of what, his people dying and u are proud of this rocketman
@ehgwergtr 12 днів тому
@@mowafakfoad4959 bro didnt get the joke
@SoCool7987 11 днів тому
@@mowafakfoad4959I guess you should've lived a happy life mafren
@IC_server_news 11 днів тому
Bro came from the dead just to hear his son made a song 💀
@siencenwiz1951 11 днів тому
@@mowafakfoad4959joke literally zoomed by your head at light speed huh?
@hosen8015 10 днів тому
That's the Kpop I was looking for decades.
@user-tu1ux8yf3j 12 днів тому
0:45 this unironically goes so hard
@chesspunk489 10 днів тому
What is unironic about it?
@wrongteous 9 днів тому
@@chesspunk489 Assuming the guy who posted the comment is in the know about how terrible the North Korean dictatorship is, him saying that the song slaps would usually be considered ironic, as he wouldn't agree with the song's message. However, because of how catchy it is, the person has stated that they, in truth, do like the song, despite it's message and connotations.
@user-tu1ux8yf3j 8 днів тому
@@wrongteous couldn’t have explained it better
@stratomonke 7 днів тому
👍
@aldin.2714 6 днів тому
@@wrongteousyou have the cleanest explanation in UKposts comments i have ever seen
@Lumminere 5 днів тому
In the video:🤗💗 In real life:💀⚰️
@Propain4eva 10 днів тому
0:35 Barber gave him "The Mao"
@ajuthamas3397 6 днів тому
Fr 😂
@jdthegreat1238 10 днів тому
This is real K pop
@public.public 14 днів тому
Coke is a powerful drug.
@romantsegaye7051 13 днів тому
😂😂😂
@Mcdonaldsemployee493 13 днів тому
Side effects:
@close_all_tabs 12 днів тому
nah. You just jealous.
@Prawn-fish 12 днів тому
@@close_all_tabs-Kim Jon Un
@public.public 11 днів тому
I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to hold it in my arms And keep it company
@kennethyapyl 14 днів тому
Is this streaming on Spotify?
@igorm8110 13 днів тому
On Jongify
@beanburger5689 12 днів тому
@@igorm8110 I know you are joking but there is a real North Korean music app called Juchify
@jaredvincent3323 12 днів тому
Juchify
@squid5882 11 днів тому
😂
@Boykanor03 7 днів тому
Spukefy
@Virikel 12 днів тому
I nearly choked on my kimchi when I saw this. His dad is rolling in his grave watching this. It's quite Western.
@kat8838 9 днів тому
It’s no Gangnam Style but it’s close.
@zulucruz664 4 дні тому
Kim Jong Un our friendly oppa
@GGGrapefruit 13 днів тому
If it would be widescreen, you would see armed guards on each side, ensuring europhoria stays high
@geothon 12 днів тому
The camera was mounted on the AK47.
@SKIPPY20 9 днів тому
@@geothon bro 😂
@aamaadmi98 19 годин тому
@@geothon💀
@pustakarileks7404 11 днів тому
K-Pop suddenly silent
@chaostoasty 13 днів тому
The yearly budget is gone now.
@LankyBoxFan2346 9 днів тому
If he is so friendly, then why can’t he stop making nuclear weapons and threatening other countries?
@kennyt4849 7 днів тому
He's just built different
@sekmad8623 7 днів тому
I mean tbh we did start it
@MomentInMemory 7 днів тому
@@sekmad8623 with how they treat their ppl i disagree
@sekmad8623 7 днів тому
@@MomentInMemory that doesn’t even make sense, the United States literally started the Korean War
@spoabz2390 6 днів тому
@@sekmad8623right, because North Korea totally didn't invade South Korea on 25 June 1950.
@willymcpeters2982 12 днів тому
"May this night never end, besutiful city of Pyongyang " funny considering that wholecountry has no electricity at night lol other than elites
@certifedhistorynerd 8 днів тому
Taylor siwft going silent with this one
@ivanexell-uz4mv 13 днів тому
*Sing or no food for you*
@JosephStalin391 5 днів тому
😂😂
@Kuyaodie 5 днів тому
😂😂😂😂
@user-zi5xg8tg9c 11 днів тому
only kpop artist without plastique on the face 😂😂
@remlapwc 11 днів тому
Sing for your life.
@night_suzhou_3753 11 днів тому
"The empire is pretty chill... you could join us or sum" ahh song
@legoffguillaume3175 10 днів тому
🇨🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸 asking if it is a joke ?😂
@RoseNgure-yt6cn 9 днів тому
This might become their national anthem
@jodypetersen 13 днів тому
Poor people, they dont know anything better. Young and old. All hypnotized.
@npc5100 13 днів тому
Yeah like what.what is better.
@gamershell12390 13 днів тому
😵💫😵💫
@monsieur-le-chupacabra 12 днів тому
I doubt they actually believe what they are saying. They have no choice but to pretend.
@ingec1736 12 днів тому
Dont think they are hypnotized. They are scared. Your own family could inform the authorities if you do or say something wrong. It's life or death..
@JakubPigon-zh9ci 12 днів тому
Because you are living in a perfect world where nobody is abusing you
@Dr.nogood 12 днів тому
Why does it feel I’m looking 60 years into the past
@JimmyNoone-dl6rq 11 днів тому
Because you are...
@lasersauceretroarchives6544 13 днів тому
I just found my new ringtone!
@user-or4kr1oy2h 9 днів тому
😂😂😂
@MrZ099 4 дні тому
u just gave me an idea
@Grey-ew6pz 10 днів тому
0:45 what great medical care for teeth
@octavbarbulescu9147 6 днів тому
Yeah, old ladies stand out with few missing teeth
@nijivl 12 днів тому
why does it slap?😭😭
@chonma-ho1 10 днів тому
north korean music just has a charm to it. it almost always slaps hard af. try listening to other songs like tansume,chollima on the wing, yrain of reunification runs and ect. they slap
@commanderguest6669 5 днів тому
Because their life depends on it
@TrumpDoesntWipe 4 дні тому
It slaps about as hard as a Ted Nugent song lol
@juliaplotkina2513 14 днів тому
Wow. This brings me back to my childhood in former Soviet Union in the 80’s
@superdaveozy7863 14 днів тому
The Friendly Father loves watching everyone outside Pyongyang foraging for food and plowing their dry fields with malnourished livestock.
@gokuformanvsfood 12 днів тому
Discarded dried radish greens for all!!
@toxy3580 12 днів тому
When I saw North Korea last May it didn't seem to lack crops, the issue is the fact the tractor looked like it was from 1924
@satrWIRA 11 днів тому
@@toxy3580the fashion and entertainment makes you feel like time travelling?
@gokuformanvsfood 9 днів тому
@@toxy3580 nah the state run farms have absolutely atrocious soil quality
@toxy3580 9 днів тому
@@gokuformanvsfood I mean at the southern border it looked fine at least
@NoSupports 11 днів тому
That's called "Blind Loyalty".
@impulseelectrobrine1259 10 днів тому
That’s called “fear”
@Vytirix_RBX 9 днів тому
@impulseelectrobrine1259 This. Even the slightest bit of a frown and they’ll be thrown in prison, along with their family members. They have to be all Smiles McGee because quite literally, *their lives depend on it.* The children may have blind loyalty because they’re following in their parent’s path, and they don’t know the negatives of the world they live in. But these people you see in the video, they have to smile wider than the DMZ because if not, they’ll face consequences unimaginable.
@aldocalfulipi5506 13 днів тому
where can I hear the full song?
@soudael 12 днів тому
nah dude this is some analog horror type of material
@GalacticNovaOverlord 10 днів тому
Nah, this is so memey
@arekpieczarek 11 днів тому
Now this is k pop i can listen to
@davidmirandajr 4 дні тому
Never knew people held against their will was a hilarious joke topic until it happens to you
@AntonioInnocente 12 днів тому
I wonder how many composers got executed in the process of developing this
@pandemicoftheunvaccinated5367 3 дні тому
Wonder what would've happened if the DPRK didn't developed nuclear deterrence?
@Fenecz 8 днів тому
Bro got his own jojo opening
@KempFr-en5lf 10 днів тому
When will the album drop?
@sir_pugnotmyrealname9201 3 дні тому
Friendly father ≠ Friendly fire ✔
@user-ri2rs5cw4s 7 днів тому
Deserves to be no.1 in the billboards
@christiandedalmas3851 13 днів тому
Putin is going to be so jealous
@joMan1060 4 дні тому
What do you mean ? PUTIN already have his own Anime opening... Go search "Man Like Putin"
@phuoctranminhbao1178 9 днів тому
Hit harder than a nuke
@JohnWilliamson_ 13 днів тому
Actually kinda slaps
@nicholasczech6973 10 днів тому
“What a Dictator…i mean Leader.”
@kyeshaunblue7612 11 днів тому
This better than Taylor swift
@princeackom445 8 днів тому
💀
@kevv.1912 3 дні тому
😂😭
@serenitythesiren5031 2 дні тому
This is Saylor Twift.
@Ka-ls5xr 12 днів тому
The ego on this guy's head is beyond me😂😂😂
@Sainnnn06 9 днів тому
Sounds like an Anime opening from the 1980's or 1990's
@Biosaga4eva 7 днів тому
Maybe they are all genuinely happy, we just think they're being forced and depressed because of the media.
@jokpok7119 5 днів тому
but that's just a theory, a world theory
@gautamsingh8562 7 днів тому
Everyone in North Korea is an amazing actor. Their life depends on it.
@nt_partlycloudy21 9 днів тому
The funny thing is that it’s not even bad
@Jinx418 День тому
Any video from North Korea looks like it’s from the 60s, everything including the people looks antique
@Kdramavibess7 3 дні тому
Whole music industry is silent since this dropped
@fuzzvalley 10 днів тому
I need it on spotify immediately
@kennyt4849 7 днів тому
Sorry only accessible on Jongify
@btsmochimi7924 6 днів тому
Kim jong un may not like spotify's royalties that much
@tormentorxl2732 14 днів тому
tRump would approve. He’d love the same song for him.
@samt7351 14 днів тому
@@BrolonMuskgood one 🙄
@tormentorxl2732 14 днів тому
@@BrolonMusk really? Name the song? I DIDN’T THINK SO. AHHAHAHAHAA!!!! 🤡
@MrWinky69 13 днів тому
@@tormentorxl2732Creep?
@spacewalktraveller1 13 днів тому
Biden will also love the song sung to him.
@Virikel 12 днів тому
Biden wouldn't know what was going on. He'd be clapping along, looking for little girls to sniff. But all the presidents except Martin Van Buren are related according to genealogy, so the apple never falls far from the tree, whether it's a "right" apple or a "left" apple.
@qt_suiren298 3 дні тому
why is it lowkey a bop
@LuizNewbie 9 днів тому
Better than Taylor Swift
@pilgrimoftradition7952 13 днів тому
Let's get this to No. 1 folks.
@BHSAHFAD 13 днів тому
Low key this song goes harddd
@sfyzersemplitaxeclataxunma9479 3 дні тому
Insaneee 💥🔥💥💥💥 👤👤🗿🗿👑😚😭🤭😚🌠🐺 WE GOT KIM JONG UN FREESTYLE BEFORE GTA VI
@C0rnch1p571 12 годин тому
0:47 bro got won the battle royal
@krzysztofbogdanowicz4543 10 днів тому
In music studio they have Sony headphones :) What a shame for "friendly father" !
@SpirintX 5 днів тому
It’s like the whole nation is in some kind of drug induced hypnotic state!
@cyber41m 3 дні тому
He looks more like "friendly fire" 💀
@Coolerkevo 9 днів тому
Theres darkness behind those smiles
@user-ri7yu6yb7u 6 днів тому
This will be my ringtone now
@Jesusandbible 12 днів тому
He is a baddy, not their daddy.
@kaerulmuarip1409 10 днів тому
The invaders from the European continent were more barbaric
@dbkunai 6 днів тому
100% kim jong un 0% not kamehamazing 0% a disowned father
@HondaGuy-he8yy 3 дні тому
The people who appeared in the music video were promised an extra bowl of rice, every month, for 1 year.
@leomationsyt8112 9 днів тому
“Yo dudes, the empires pretty chill, maybe you should like join it or something.”
@youcanchangereality 14 днів тому
as a music composer, this is just so thought provoking. All of this, so dystopian to think about what life would be like as a composer in North Korea. Having it illegal to listen to other music, never having heard EDM before or movie scores.
@_peepee_ 13 днів тому
they do have electronic music in nk
@4ndr0m3d4n 13 днів тому
When you think they've committed every possible atrocity, they come up with something like this.
@itstorrober 13 днів тому
@@_peepee_ they do, but it's like a mix of 80s music and Soviet style choirs it's like listening dance music but from the past century, before house was even a thing
@avus-kw2f213 13 днів тому
They have some foreign music at the grand people‘s study house
@chonma-ho1 10 днів тому
@@_peepee_ponchonbo electronic essemble. the 2.8.2023 parade also featured marching music of elecrtonic pop style (especially in minute 52)
@vibetech89 8 днів тому
Birth of Music in North Korea.
@jagroopahluwalia 8 днів тому
Cant let the government know that i fw this
@noelbullard4676 10 днів тому
Which they're being forced to sing against their will
@chokoon21 6 днів тому
Is this the new Kim Nam Style?
@jimc1466 3 дні тому
Gives new meaning to brain dead
@PixelatedKarelia 3 дні тому
Main character syndrome at its finest:
@montanausa329 6 днів тому
If Casey Kasem was still doing the top 40 in North Korea I bet that song would be # 1 every week forever
@josephalbert2180 7 днів тому
Imagine Jim Carrey as Kim Jong-un in a movie named The Trukim Show.
@AnujPatil-hc7qu 3 дні тому
A friendly father💀💀💀💀💀
@misterwoods4630 3 дні тому
You can tell by his body language that he is hating every second of body interaction with his people
@user-mc2sf2kt8q 7 днів тому
Уверен Вождь с таким народом, Могуч народ с таким Вождем!
@noahhegland9713 13 днів тому
everybody be talking about taylor swifts new album today - this is what im hype about!😎😂
@milan1510 9 днів тому
We got a Song from North Korea about Kim Jong Un befor gta 6 😂
@skrq9167 2 дні тому
In another video, everybody is jumping around in excitement and kim jong un is clapping for himself.
@FreestylePr0ject 11 днів тому
Is it on Spotify?
@thomasthetankengine8418 12 днів тому
That's the funniest thing I've seen in years 😂😅😂
@public.public 12 днів тому
it is a matter of fact that he has had performers killed in the past.
@matepapp5487 7 днів тому
The real Death Note intro
@AKT_AJzaza 7 днів тому
Its not friendly father is friendly fire😂
@tobenachosandtacos2892 10 днів тому
this sounds like an anime song opening
@domgesamurai7238 10 днів тому
Its ultraman song opening
@alexx8398 12 днів тому
Is it on spotify?
@benitosalazar3749 9 днів тому
Don't laugh. We have these very same kinds of people putting on pro-Hamas rallies at American universities today.
@KitKitChanIsaac 22 години тому
WE MAKIN' IT INTO NORTH KOREA WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
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