Footsteps (Ri Jong-o song)
"Footsteps" | |
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Song | |
Composer(s) |
Footsteps | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 발걸음 |
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Revised Romanization | Balgeoreum |
McCune–Reischauer | Palgŏrŭm |
"Footsteps" (Korean: 발걸음, romanized: Palgŏrŭm) is a Kim Jong-un propaganda song that appeared before "Onwards Toward the Final Victory". The song was released in 2009[1] and aired while his father (Kim Jong-il) was alive, before Kim Jong-un had a formal position.[2] The composer is .[3]
Lyrics[]
External media | |
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Audio | |
"Footsteps" (mp3 at Naenara) | |
"Footsteps" (instrumental) (mp3 at Naenara) | |
Video | |
"Footsteps" (on YouTube) |
The song is calling to follow "Our General Kim's footsteps".[4] The song begins:[3]
Tramp tramp tramp
the footsteps of our General Kim
spreading the spirit of February
tramp tramp tramping onwards
According to Yonhap, "General Kim" appears to be a reference to Kim Jong-un and February is a birth month of his father.[3] Additional song lyrics:[4]
Footsteps, Footsteps
spreading out further the sound of a brilliant future ahead
tramp, tramp, tramp, ah, footsteps
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "North Korea's Latest Hit Single: The Kim Jong-un Theme Song!". CBC News. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ Branigan, Tania (2012-07-06). "North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets new official theme song". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ a b c "Propaganda Song for Heir Apparent Played in North Korea". Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ a b "How A Shy Boy From North Korea Became The World's Scariest Dictator". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
Further reading[]
- Cathcart, Adam; Korhonen, Pekka (2016). "Death and Transfiguration: The Late Kim Jong-il Aesthetic in North Korean Cultural Production" (PDF). Popular Music and Society. 40 (4): 390–405. doi:10.1080/03007766.2016.1158987. ISSN 0300-7766. S2CID 155681952.
- North Korean songs
- Propaganda songs
- Propaganda in North Korea
- Patriotic songs
- 2009 songs
- Songs about Kim Jong-un
- 2000s song stubs
- North Korea stubs