Where are you, Dear General? [Subtitles]

Immortal Classic Masterpiece: "Where Are You, Dear General?"
Korean title: 어디에 계십니까 그리운 장군님
불후의 고전적명작 《어디에 계십니까 그리운 장군님》
Chinese title: 怀念的将军，您在什么地方 or 您在哪里，亲爱的将军
Japanese title: どちらにいらっしゃいますか、親愛なる将軍様
Performed by Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble on KCTV (Korean Central Television)
Written by Kim Jong Il in November 1971
"A True Daughter of The Party"
Is one of The Great Classic Revolutionary Operas That Was Produced Under The Direction of The Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il for the purpose of equiping people with a communist outlook. It tells impressively of the heroic exploits of Nurse Kang Yon Ok, a woman fighter who devoted her youth and life without hesitation to the Party and the Leader and to the revolution during the Korean War against the U.S. imperialist armed aggressors.
Kim Jong Il Always Alive in Hearts of Korean People
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Korean people can hardly believe the sudden demise of leader Kim Jong Il as a reality. So they seem to communicate with him to express their inmost feelings the same way they did when he was alive.
Choe Hyang Ran, 31, work-team leader of the Indoor Swimming Pool of Kim Il Sung University, said after placing a bouquet before the portrait of smiling Kim Jong Il:
"How happy I would be if my presentation of all flowers in the country and the rest of the world would help me see again Kim Jong Il, his face beaming with a broad smile!
"We have been weeping bitterly for the last days before the place where he was seated, recollecting the tender-hearted leader who watched happy teachers and students during his visit to the swimming pool".
Kim Yong Nam, 47, artist of the Korean April 26 Children's Film Studio, said:
"All of us are sweeping snow in our compound and on roads leading to it from early morning, feeling that Kim Jong Il may enter our studio right now.
"We have spruced up our studio like a palace and prepared songs of best wishes for the leader but he passed away before appreciating them. We can never believe this."
Choe Kwang Ok, 26, told a reporter at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, in bitter tears with a newborn baby in her arms:
"My baby was born on the morning of the day our father Kim Jong Il breathed his last on a running train on his way of field guidance to mix with the people.
"He died at work after undergoing all sorts of hardships all his life to bring a happy future to the country. Has there ever been in the world such great popular leader as Kim Jong Il?
"He did not pass away. He is always alive in the hearts of the happy children and in the hearts of all the people who have risen from sorrow to uphold the leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un."
Lyrics:
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Video:
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The song in Spanish (Voice of Korea)
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[@莫比-q4r]

is this kpop my friends keep talking about?

[@莫比-q4r]

no comrade velizar, that is gaypop, _this_ is kpop

[@enssi452]

莫比 agree they're gay

[@dinonaranai]

Dynamic Crew mmhmm keep assuming people's sexuality.. Go ahead.

[@chanio1179]

hobii sshi Roger that,

[@glongstuy3758]

No its kidz bop

[@echidna8195]

Why don’t they play this version of the song to wake up the people in Pyongyang and not the demonic version

[@johnpineapple3329]

What version?

[@macadamianut824]

John Pineapple one that’s extremely slowed down.

[@StephenLynx8492]

Probably because of the ancient speakers they use, and the fact that it’s only broadcast from a few places in the city.

[@richardbalboa7161]

@@StephenLynx8492 Yes due the old speakers and set to loud mode this song is terribly distorted.

[@james7286]

It's still beautiful tho

[@mykld]

This song is more popular than Gangnam Style, because Pyongyang inhabitants listen it everyday

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Ahahahahahaha!! Underrated comment.

[@saloni2244]

Not like they would want to listen to a depressing sad song everyday too in the morning they dont have any choice coz they have to follow whatever dictator does or say 😔

[@kashmirwillwin3124]

@@saloni2244 Pffft you'll never hear them complain comrade

[@northkorea8811]

cool ene??

[@Bosco_the_Historian]

@@LockheedFan Don't you think it's unfair to compare a city's population to a video which people all around the world saw?

[@Hawqer]

I feel like the fbi is spying me for seeing this video

[@agatameble721]

@فضا عظیم Using the name of God who gave you life in vain is blasphemy and breaking the 3rd commandment. Repent, trust in Christ and obey Him, that's the only way to heaven. Everybody sinned (lied, stolen, blasphemed, etc) so everybody needs Jesus the Savior. Open up a Bible, attempting to read it won't hurt you. God bless everybody. ❤

[@agatameble721]

@@LockheedFan Present me with proof that God is fake then. I don't mind different opinions, discussions are interesting.

[@antisatanist5017]

@@LockheedFan We have every proof he exists. I don't believe in God, I KNOW he exists.

[@sorenkiermoreno9127]

@@antisatanist5017 bruh im catholic and im tired of people spamming religious things in comments that have no connection to them.

[@eldar5812]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Cpt.Sailor]

This might just be the saddest song I've heard. Those synths are just ghostly and the singing is so emotional.

[@solar6346]

Makes sense that this was played when kim jong il died and is used as his funeral song

[@northkorea8811]

um bc your a westerner

[@Pikachu-sc1yc]

@@northkorea8811 North Korea best Korea

[@wirimub]

It's the opposite it's beautiful

[@JessicaGail]

@@northkorea8811 North Koreans don’t have Internet so you’re likely a westerner cosplaying as a North Korean ya damn tankie

[@mayrln]

this sounds nice. until you hear it everyday for 80 years

[@leafsooki]

it only started playing from 2008 though

[@jarumboy1]

@@leafsooki The thought of hearing that demonic version that's played in the city twice per day for 12 years now isn't much better. Although if there's ever a Fallout: New Pyongyang they definitely got their theme song for it haha

[@아리랑-f2k]

@@leafsooki Pretty sure it started playing after Kim Jong-il's death which wasn't in 2008

[@melinabrunel6931]

Not sure they live 80 years...

[@acdccris]

@@leafsooki nope they play it since Kim jong Il's era kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJy8fJaXbdWnn5o Im pretty sure it started on the 80's

[@alxis-ty5fw]

Damn 😳 Kim Jong Il had some fire beats 🔥

[@ClivonBarris]

On god He would kill on this beat tho 😨😨😳

[@josesalas2232]

Better then today’s music

[@the-real-kimjong-un]

Thanks bro

[@marcuswatson4910]

Kim Jong-Un woah. You’ll really take credit for anything. You didn’t write this Kimmy. Go listen to some Katy Perry

[@아리랑-f2k]

@@the-real-kimjong-un It was your father, Kim Jong Il who wrote this.

[@thoriqulfathony01]

_Wake up in depression_

[@kashmirwillwin3124]

*Walk 15 miles to the coal mines*

[@northkorea8811]

NEVER . Leave north korea alone you bully..you jerk

[@northkorea8811]

NEVER . Leave north korea alone you bully..you jerk

[@cloudysoup9056]

@@northkorea8811 reunite with South if they didnt want to feel lonely

[@awesomedude2556]

Welcome to the FBI Watchlist

[@mdtitagames8496]

?

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

I'm there since years

[@kunikuzushi9854]

Never

[@hakimdiwan5101]

I don't live in US so come on CIA

[@Gabriel-mf7wh]

This song is so eerie and sad, I love it

[@OmarAli-mw9gq]

It's alright, but thank GOD I don't have to wake up to it at 5 every day...

[@coldramentpm1013]

go ahead and move to nk then pal

[@아리랑-f2k]

@@coldramentpm1013 implying that he wants to, lol nice

[@itzsonne5702]

Go listen to the og one... It's this but 63 times eerier

[@gabrielesolletico518]

@@OmarAli-mw9gq Don't worry. Now that you've commented on here, the DPRK Video Archive channel has tracked your IP. Now, from tomorrow morning until the day you'll die, a live orchestra of 6 men, and a female singer, will follow you EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, and you will hear this beatiful melodie every morning at 6 A. M. and every night at 11 P. M. Are you happy, now?

[@CelestialRedPanda]

This is what you hear when you get the bad ending to a game.

[@kashmirwillwin3124]

Ou did you hear about the broom closet ending? The broom closet ending was mauy favourite

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

@@kashmirwillwin3124 ... I hope your friends find this concerning.

[@will7610]

@@kashmirwillwin3124 lol is that a stanley parable reference

[@T-Rex-nm1se]

Sounds like a game over screen

[@lovecraftgaming6507]

Should tell enough about the ending we got in this nightmare realm

[@k1saragi24]

There will be a kpop party in my city soon, so I intend to bust out my bluetooth speaker and roll this masterpiece!

[@aliiirxsa4235]

Do it lmao

[@tastingyoursmile2416]

lol what happened?

[@ГолденМинер-ю3щ]

What happened

[@BasileosHerodou]

Good question :What happened

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

He most likely was deported to North Korea. That's why there is no response.

[@riasgremory994]

"Yes, I'm into K-Pop"

[@ReclaimTheMainland]

P-PRESIDENT?

[@FilipinoFurry]

Perfect

[@krtbryn]

Korean People's Organized Propaganda

[@FilipinoFurry]

@@krtbryn Yes. Kpop is propaganda. Its on my mind for months now

[@GilZu]

Kim- pop

[@kneelb4usirs]

You can't deny it. This sounds beautiful...

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Yes. But the picture of Kim Jong Il doind the salute, while the chantors sing: "Your warm care we are yearning for..." and you KNOW that the famine killed hundred of thousands of people, in the middle 90s, in North Korea... brrrr, that gives shivers running down my spine!!

[@Λυκάων]

@@gabrielesolletico518 I believe the song talks about Kim Il Sung though. He died before the 90s famine

[@gabrielesolletico518]

@@Λυκάων NO, this song is dedicated to (and they say it was also written by) Kim Jong Il.

[@WelloBello]

Gabriele Solletico I feel like writing a song about wanting yourself to come back is kinda weird. No?

[@gabrielesolletico518]

@@WelloBello That's why I wrote: "THEY SAY it was also written by"... :) Bsides that, that man genuinely thought he was some kind of God, incarnated into a human body, so... who knows.

[@rollax5762]

can we all agree that the best part of this song starts from 2:04 - 2:55 like,, damn bruh a literal masterpiece

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

I disagree the beginning is amazing. Feels almost outta space to be honest.

[@angeloplus4]

north korean music has something indeed. most of it is just pure propaganda, but the music itself is beautiful.

[@Rigel644]

No, 2:40 - 2:50 specifically. That is the best part. So much beauty and dignified pain.

[@kimjong-un5074]

@@Rigel644 this is computer animation gril! 😂

[@geirtwo]

@@Rigel644 Thats the part where Kim Jong-il flies up in to heaven in a ufo.

[@phoebe_2007]

This is actually a very beautiful, melancholy song, when you listen to this version it triggers something, Idk what but its beautifully eerie

[@marshalondro9692]

You said it very well. It triggers some kind of… sadness and maybe even nostalgy its hard to put it into words, yet the feeling is crystal clear

[@phoebe_2007]

@@marshalondro9692 yep! A sense of sort of unsure security

[@thecampaigner2167]

@@marshalondro9692 It's depression condensed into a song. Making your people wake up to this first thing every morning every day just kills their spirit that little bit more.

[@DonHaka]

​@@thecampaigner2167i'd argue the exact opposite. This song actually gives the Korean people hope and strengthens their already strong spirit, which is nurtured by the government of Korea. You're very naive if you think the spirit of the Korean people can be broken that easy.

[@GwB1967AR]

i will upload and use as a ring tone at 6AM every day since now

[@alirezaghasemzadeh8679]

GwB1967AR. like !

GwB1967AR haha

[@antkish58]

I play this music like they in 6AM in capital city

[@jamesmoissis9496]

thats what i have done

[@magnussamuelsson2630]

I thought the same thing... I also get up at 6 everyday. :D

[@Dufffaaa93]

General is alive in Serbia, together with Tupac.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Dufffaaa93 And Elvis

[@EmperorOfChaos]

General is protecting DPRK from Americans.

[@strandedcat8598]

With harambe too?

[@mattwerstler1155]

Dufffaaa93 and Elvis

[@cnoktac]

And Michael Jackson :)

[@LatitudeSky]

Beautiful song sprung from such a sad place. Sadness drives so many beautiful songs.

[@danghemusik520]

LS yeah beautiful song very very beutiful im cry

[@DerClouder]

And it was composed by the Great General Kim Jong-Il, nevertheless! God bless the motherparty!

[@XFTFX]

This is actually a sad song

[@DD-fs9xt]

@@DerClouder likely produced by someone else & he took credit

[@AI-tc8fv]

@@DD-fs9xt lool very true, though I guess that person would be taken care of by the state, maybe given property and an allowance in Pyongyang

[@brianlee6515]

Imagine waking up yo this every morning, 365 for your entire life.

[@tairabanzu]

Try North Korea, they listen to it every morning, but it sounds errie

[@antisatanist5017]

I do that. It's awesome!

[@Rezinovyi_zhuK]

They do not play it on Sundays

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Well, no. They don't play this song during Sundays and festivity. BUT you forgot to mention that they play this song at 11 P.M. too, a part for the "concert" at 6 A.M.

[@hakimdiwan5101]

It can make anyone asleep how do people wake up to this is actually a mystery

[@blueberryboy1167]

Everybody gangsta till you hear this playing in the morning at your place

[@clashking9710]

Press F for our dear General.

[@Cpt.Sailor]

F

[@CapnSkillzy6969]

F

[@theodorobretas3326]

F

[@sleepyfleepy597]

F

[@lilgio3100]

F

[@Hillers62]

Not a North Korea fan...but damn...this is nice...

[@northkorea8811]

thx. pls persue the option for north korea fan YES or YES? choose LOOOL

[@shamusbob7969]

@@northkorea8811 God you got good angst, but stop hurting your people. For me Homie

[@nomenome856]

I don't think ANYBODY is a North Korea fan :D

[@hellknightf1]

@@nomenome856 you'd be surprised.. There's some brainwashed people out there, keep watching N. Korean videos and you'll eventually find the propaganda videos and there you will find them.

[@majinvegeta3284]

All the jokes aside this tune really hits different I lost my father to cancer couple of months ago nd this song just brought all the memories everything back...now living just feels worthless.

[@keoym]

Damn dawg, sorry for the loss

[@rocketsalami8703]

You good bro?

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

Make him proud. Remember what he taught you.

[@Max-kw2hp]

Living is not worthless! How are you doing now, friend?

[@slavicsoup7762]

“Longing is always a prayer, even though the tongue is silent. If you are longing without interruption, then you are always praying. When does our prayer sleep? Only when our desire cools.” - Saint Augustine Your life means more than what you can ever imagine, and your desires do not go unheard. :)

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

The beginning sounds like Pink Floyd.

[@GilZu]

Kim Floyd

[@simuladordecabras]

Shine on you crazy Kim

[@themoon7435]

Fuck... you're right.

[@potatus6542]

Pink un

[@SlyHikari03]

@@tropicalslav931 we don’t talk about that

[@giorgichkhatarashvili1171]

Girls: Kpop is so cool, I love BTS! Boys:

[@seanpoh2442]

2:42 - 2:53 sounds like UFO flying away

[@sheenufilms]

That's because there are aliens in North Korea.

[@147-HH]

Hell no

[@user-hm9uq8gk5x]

Certainly an old song lol

[@aliburns2150]

@@user-hm9uq8gk5x Actually, It was written and recorded in 1971 and made in 1991.

[@aliburns2150]

@Espectro Saga This might be correct tbh

[@mikecronis]

I think that general defected.

[@ClivonBarris]

Mike Cronis HAHAHAHAHJAJAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 🤣🤣🤣🤣 most underrated comment in this video man, how Am i the only one who liked this comment?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@henry003]

He wanted to, but he died of malnutrition before he got the chance

[@1minuteago296]

@@henry003 not died I guess

[@koryoball]

This is unexpectedly funny

[@joshwilliams921]

So funny

[@cameronpottle5409]

I've got a strange feeling that I shouldnt be able to listen to this. And because I can, and am, that I am somehow breaking something. A rule, a guideline, either here in America or in North Korea. It's a very interesting insight into their world, the propaganda they live with. I once read something by someone who grew up in the soviet union who said that most people who live in countries like the Soviet Union, East Germany, or in this case, North Korea, all know for the most part that they're being lied to by their government. But the lies they're being told make them happy, so they will just willingly accept them as facts in heart, and never speak about it. Not like they'd get away with discussing it, anyway. And watching this with that knowledge gives this video an entirely knew eerie feel.

[@andrewuy1294]

that wasn't what the russians or the germans were saying when they took down their communist governments

[@cameronpottle5409]

@@andrewuy1294 what does this have to do with communism or capitalism?

[@danielk3919]

You have a completely wrong view of the Soviet Union. People regularly joked with eachother about the government and the leaders. But in formal public events you didn't say this. East Germany for example had a lot of jokes about Honecker and the SED. But people were much freer than in the west in other respects. Work being the big one. It was heavily pro worker and employers had basically no powers, they could not fire you and you had every right to complain about the workplace. There were also many welfare programs. A common saying in the east today is "Today in capitalism you can publically say whatever you want about the political system and the leaders of the nation but you cannot say anything about your employer. In socialism you can say whatever you want about your employers but nothing about the political system." And the whole reason why the east had to use these measures were because the west bombarded the east with propaganda in the form of radio programs and TV broadcasts.

[@cameronpottle5409]

@@danielk3919 that's just what I was told by someone who grew up in the soviet union bro

[@kanamekiyru]

Its called the fbi watch list friend

[@the-real-kimjong-un]

Best song ever

[@TheD736]

God damn it kimmy

[@ClivonBarris]

Kim Jong-Un hey your highness can I have 10,000 Dollars? I need for education, I know you got that dough

[@northkorea8811]

YES OUR SUPREME LEADER OF NORTH KOREA! YES! OUR DEAR GENERAL

[@Pikachu-sc1yc]

I agree with you my dear leader of North Korea

[@Zinwaq]

Lol! Hey Kimmy cakes, it's actually very beautiful and haunting.

[@raviross4716]

This is actually pretty nice and calming.

[@williamwong2706]

this is much better than the version where they play this song on a crappy loudspeaker

[@nigelft]

@@guilherm502 ... except on Sundays ... Because even Kim Jong-un is not cruel enough to wake people up at 6am on a Sunday ...

[@woohooman-fl9vq]

@@nigelft lol

[@DraconicMaker]

I have a feeling I shouldn’t be watching this or I’ll get prosecuted

[@northkorea8811]

meh democracy do what ever you want

[@nomenome856]

@@northkorea8811, Thanks, man.

[@bitterlemonboy]

Why would you get prosecuted? For listening to music?

[@Beatrixster]

play this at my funeral

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Ok.

[@cloudysoup9056]

Is that Jesus profile pic?

[@Beatrixster]

@@cloudysoup9056 yes

[@kashmirwillwin3124]

Put this as your alarm clock instead and wake up to it for the rest of your life

[@wozalaka9919]

They will play baby shark at your funeral

[@Echsenmerkel]

6:00 am in pyongyang

[@gabrielesolletico518]

Also, 11 P.M.

[@MartinWellesz]

Every. Day.

[@ahhhhh148]

For years

[@TheMidnightBell07]

Hey, this is a beautiful piece of music.

[@NarnianLady]

yes, many dictatorships used music as their propaganda tool

[@nicedog1]

It’s actually quite pleasant when you hear it normally and without grey skyscrapers.

[@Def_7470]

The skyline of P’yongyang is actually quite colourful. Shades of pastel greens, pinks, yellows, and blues are visually present in the city. Go search up a photo of P’yongyang, it’s not grey.

[@rellicbeats]

Imma try and sample this shit

[@scienceandcivilization]

feature me

[@ishootyoustaydown7281]

And me let's make it lit

[@holyeppie]

Sample is one way ticket to cample

[@m.w.6526]

Did you sample it?

[@N4orEditor]

this is fire for a sample

[@billyhw5492]

I found the General, he's right here in my heart.

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

🥺 that is so cute 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peterounderfire5196]

Congratulations that’s where he’s supposed to be. That’s why every North Korean wears a badge every time they go outside

[@kukikukkkkk3738]

bro curb your edgyness

[@iwakklotok9791]

Apa cuma gue d sini yg lihat ni video gara2 lihat alarm pagi korut?

[@thesleepyhead999]

iwak klotok hahaha sama gw jg

[@emugmug6308]

iwak klotok kgk Cuman lu:v

[@zbgofficiall4604]

iwak klotok sama

[@lalalili6576]

Gw udah dari sebelum nonton alarm korut :v

[@herikurniawan3720]

Kok sama ya 😂

[@euso2008]

Sounds kinda like Lo-fi at first somehow. Lofi hip hop radio- beats to mass dance/chill to

[@EmilinkoHoward]

Even though I'm far from a communist and a follower of Juche, I have to admit that this song is melancholic and beautiful.

[@kimjong-il7994]

I'm right here!

[@katerobinson2931]

Yo my man ain't dead

[@jeffersonrundell7540]

You need JESUS to be your Savuor.

[@ihajees]

this actually sounds pretty good, unlike the scuffed version

[@fajariskandar3085]

I put my alarm with this song, I feel like im woke up in pyongyang...

[@lightypsy1234]

I wake up to the railway sation alarm (the creepy version of this song) By now I'm already dead inside

[@ilovestrippers9896]

This beats that weak ass American National anthem 👏🏼

[@savagepanda8458]

If only North Korea would quit blowing all of their money on rockets and invest in better quality speakers so this song actually sounds good when they play it every morning.

[@billscannell93]

I like the melody (though I'm sure I wouldn't if I were forced to listen to it every morning), but it would have been a whole lot nicer if they had just had a traditional orchestra record it, instead of doing this cheesy pop version with the synths, drum set, bass line and everything...

[@yomamastacos2123]

LOL I kinda like the synths, you can definitely hear the Soviet influence in the music

[@samsid3701]

That would've been terrible you mongrel

[@farhanguard4720]

i m going to the beach at 4 am listening this song and made me cry

[@viktorvondoom9119]

How was it?

[@darkvinnie3421]

@@viktorvondoom9119 Made him cry.

[@andreibucton2005]

2:07 When it's dark and you stub your toe at the edge of the table

[@peter8488]

Can't wait for the Kim Jong Un version now that he himself is gone, where are you dear rocket man.

[@kashmirwillwin3124]

Unfortunately we won't get one now

[@randomserb761]

Lmao keep believing bourgeois propaganda about North Korea buddy

[@itzrealseparatist6395]

Rocket man ahahahaha lol

[@northkorea8811]

your the rocket man btw

[@toximan2008]

rocket man, sung to the tune of ocean man

[@hugodsiurdsi3883]

Who is still listening to this wonderful song? It is seriously releasing something, the atmosphere seems different, it is enjoyable, sad, beautiful and dystopic at the same time. The feelings that I feel can't be described with words, honestly it is the most beautiful song I have ever listened...

[@KHARTIT]

I listened to this song a 1000 times, and each time it had a new taste to it. Endless beauty and feelings. It takes you far away filled with a complex of emotions

[@GassedCider]

You live in Pyongyang by chance?

[@Haru-wf2bf]

This should the version that should be put _Not the slow one.. if you guys know what I mean.._

[@captainkuijt]

I agree.

[@cruzgomes5660]

I do, the slow one is... not good...

[@아리랑-f2k]

It's because of their ancient, terrible speakers they use plus them using loud version that it's distorted

[@marinewelsh9927]

@@아리랑-f2k tbh I like the sound of old and distorted speakers tbh

[@krunkle5136]

@@아리랑-f2k funny how a cult of personality blinded people from making a high quality sound system for their glorious propoganda.

[@chewchew3991]

Ok ok hear me out.. North korea might be a depressive and closed soviet-like country but this is Fucking gold

[@majinvegeta3284]

North Korea is nothing like Soviet country.

[@FlyingKipperEh]

NK is like soviet country on steroids

[@Reason-g2t]

The DPRK isnt depressive, its actually really nice. The Soviet-like part i dont agree with, maybe during the Stalin era.

[@therewillbeasianbetterthan9810]

This is religious music in NK

[@abhimenon801]

Towards the end of the song, there is rising sun. Japan 🗾🇯🇵⛩️

[@gardenalnash4999]

Now, this is what I call avant garde.

[@drgfitdds]

@@claytonbouldin9381 haha. Nice one

[@lazzybug007]

Avant Garde means...?

[@QWERTY-nk1eq]

I feel somewhat morally compromised saying this is a beautiful song.

[@alanhowitzer]

Supreme Headquarters

[@ChristianVazquez12]

...yeah but this is un ironically good. Too bad they play that awful version of jt every morning in Pyongyang.

[@therewillbeasianbetterthan9810]

Beside of bad regime or bla bla bla, i feel a really patriotic and respect from the people for their heroes. From this song. Respect for DPRK people. 😢

[@drill6739]

respect! kim il sung and kim jong il are objectively heros doe

[@watsinurfreezer8789]

drill wtf

[@drill6739]

wats in ur freezer tfw americans’ heros are spider-man and the joker so they don’t fucking exist nor have they actually done anything meaningful for you

[@terovide2733]

drill you fucking killed him dude

[@DeltaSquadist]

Unfortunately we will never stop going on about the regime in that 'country' these people are living in an absolute hell. I can only feel sorrow for them

[@technologic21]

It's a funeral hymn. It's ethereal and mysterious, serves its purpose well.

[@MattF340]

I really like this, bit like early Jean Michele Jarre

[@compoflask6262]

this REALLY reminds me of him now that you mention it

[@OhmyPeteWhole]

More like Isao Tomita than JMJ.

[@Backoffboogaloo]

I thought that when I heard it on the loudspeakers in Pyongyang.

[@muhammadal-ghifari1645]

Yes it sounds like it was been composed by JMJ

[@Pikachu-sc1yc]

Also listen to the electronic pochonbo ensemble, it's great

[@DouglasUrantia]

Suitable for a funeral. mournful; gloomy; dismal: a funereal aloofness that was quite chilling

[@shuk0rina444]

it sounds so lovely, and then they play the sounds of actual hell in pyongyang

[@AlisonBryen]

Genius bit of prog rock from the Hermit kingdom !!!

[@cyozdemir113]

This is such an amazing song man, I just love this piece, It’s epic!

[@ImNotCocogoat]

스피커가 음악을 연주하지 않는 것이 슬프다. If only the speakers could play it as well as this.

[@MrDerpdog]

This is pretty much fit for a metal gear solid opening/trailer

[@ClivonBarris]

MGS North Korea :Hunger eater

[@solidsnake9623]

LOL I thought the same thing, this music is very similar to some of MGS, especially calling to the night from Peace walker

[@crazyorganist1609]

I know North Korea is a living hell but this song is extremely beautiful. The melody is so moving

[@paulanderson7796]

It's certainly not a great place to live. I think Western media cranks it up a bit though. There's certainly not a lot about the DPRK that's democratic.

[@Mr51617]

Every morning on pyongyang that song be played, look like Muslim Adzan time pray in Indonesia and WORLD and look like Puja Mantra in Bali Indonesia... it is a marker greet the morning... The Country of North Korean... May 2, 2017...

[@j.s.4819]

It's normal for a place where a bad person is a dictator

[@alkfs137a]

except that Indonesia has azan to call muslims to pray.

[@mgdons323]

The azan lasts like 1minute and it's not horrible

[@张桓瑜]

@@j.s.4819 Real dictator is US Biden!

[@dammypoopybear]

what genre of music is this? >_

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Light classical. 😂😂

[@Λυκάων]

It makes me feel euphoric, melancholic, and nostalgic at the same time. I love it

[@signbear999]

Euphoric???

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Same

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

@@signbear999. The feeling when it touches the heart like it was a love

[@jopeDE]

ITS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD! very sad

[@DevinMillarDM]

What if this was the credits song for the COVID-2019 pandemic when we all survived it? Now that would be something.

[@SaeedAlFalasi]

Hyon Song-wol Has a beautiful voice ! love her songs

[@purveshgosalia8039]

Where are the lyrics haha I think the lyrics are defectors

[@meooowww3672]

2:08

[@eren_1oglu]

First gangnam style in the history

[@Dodo_cookierunBGM]

어디긴 어디야 하늘 나라겠지!!!! 아니야!!! 우리 장군님 원수님은 우리 마음속에 계시다구!!! 이 바보야 마음속이 아니라 하늘나라 겠지!!!

[@Def_7470]

천국이 아니다, 그곳이 그들이 가는 곳이야

[@팩폭러-m4d]

아...현실은 북케이팝이 더먹히구나

[@JunipersQuest]

Can we agree that the music is beautiful but the lyrics are propaganda.

[@JH4RPlp]

its easier to enjoy when u don't know what the lyrics mean. I listened all the way thru before scrolling the comments

[@NorthSea_1981]

The beginning sounds like a 70s Jean Michel Jarre piece. Either way - beautiful song.

[@prunusserrulata6303]

Now I need to learn korean!

[@JonasH0707]

Prunus Serrulata I heard North Korean is one of the simplest languages in the world and you can learn to read it in one day

[@tayleign]

nope. There is not such a language called "North Korean" it's the same Korean as they speak in S-Korea, and it's bullshit to say it's easy

[@EmperorOfChaos]

It's not the same.

[@azunkor422]

바람씬 North Koreans speak the original and Traditional Korean language. South Koreans have changed many words in their vocabulary which is quite sad.

[@papayaman78]

@@tayleign it actually is. Their alphabet has about the same amount of characters as ours.

[@safigamal5737]

موسيقي غريبه وجميله تشعر وكانها من اعماق الماضي الدافئ واحلام الاجداد بالمجد وكفاحهم علي مر الاجيال

[@coreadelnord1188]

I saw this video in the NK TV yesterday :)

[@Stevierschannel]

It sounds like it was plagiarized from the Chanson d'Automne.

[@GlobalFocusofficial]

I’ll sing this to my kids before they sleep

[@tonycavanagh1929]

waking up to that every morning.

[@boudaswiss]

لالا تلك موسيقى وهذه اغنية غير مشابه تمام

[@drill6739]

rest in power comrade kim jong il❤️power to dprkorea against imperialism❤️❤️❤️

[@marinewelsh9927]

didn't i see you in a dean blunt song?

[@drill6739]

@@marinewelsh9927 probably ^___^ i’m a communist and a dean blunter

[@marinewelsh9927]

@@drill6739 even though we disagree politically (progressive right-minarchist myself.) you’re based

[@robezy0]

This version: communism in theory The railway station version: communism in practice

[@lipuna]

@марвин 😂😂 poor communist propoganda capitalism help many underdeveloped countries to pull out its poor BPL people

[@micahpollard4363]

The song almost seems to use Sci-fi sound effects.

[@paulanderson7796]

Analog synths are magical devices. The theremin deserves a special mention.

[@jamesgreen1166]

This was back when MTV was actually good.

[@spaghettimon3851]

May you rest in peace Great General Kim Jong-il and long live the DPRK my love from Cuba. 🇨🇺❤🇰🇵 ☭

[@darkvinnie3421]

Yayks

[@marktheprussian]

Found the communist

[@bastosisback]

Bts new album looking real fire

[@niukaoj]

While the rest of the word is full of degeneracy and disgusting people, you can look for peace, beauty and order in this last fortress of good moral values. Our hope.

[@TheMaster4534]

The last nation to not be tainted by the killers of a certain Messiah.

[@KoichiFirst8092]

For a more modern video with the same song, search the full broadcast from 16 January 2024, and go to the closedown. Updare: More air dates are 16 November 2023, 16 April 2024, 2 June 2024…

[@EdvardBolaasMusic]

its a good composition, but holy shit, the comment section... how brainwashed is it possible to be??

[@piperobles7845]

not as brainwashed as nort americans believing that his country goes to war to free people, when what matters least is people. as in Chile when the USA intervened in a democratically elected government because it was socialist

[@mattwerstler1155]

Edvard Bolaas those my friend are called SJW’s, they defend everyone who’s not America even if they kill their own people

[@kyom819]

KZbin comments are reliably stupid due to the inability to downvote.

[@amaze2n]

@@piperobles7845 fair enough, America is a corrupt police state dystopia itself, but please don't tell me North Korea is a better place to live. At least the US has a functioning economy.

[@katseatsushi4888]

Sounds like an anime opening lmao

[@Viktorvelat95]

The North Korean and Chinese pop music is highly influenced by Russian pop music, indeed very sad and eerie feeling!

[@WilliamTravisIto]

Uhh maybe NK but definitely not China. Bro what r u smoking

[@Viktorvelat95]

no you would be surprised, try to compare 100 Russian and Chinese pop song from nowadays or previous several decades (I’m Russian and my girlfriend is Chinese and we are both musicians by the way, so I know what I’m talking about)

[@bubcentral23]

Can I buy this on a record? I love this. I really do.

[@signbear999]

I bought this on a North Korean record. It's on my channel. It's an instrumental orchestral version, though.