We Will Go to Mount Paektu

"We Will Go to Mount Paektu"
Song by Moranbong Band
LanguageKorean
Released20 April 2015 (2015-04-20)
GenreLight music
Length4:03
Composer(s)U Jong-hi
Lyricist(s)Ri Ji-song
"We Will Go to Mount Paektu"
Chosŏn'gŭl
가리라 백두산으로
Revised RomanizationGarira Baekdusaneuro
McCune–ReischauerKarira Paektu sanŭro
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"We Will Go to Mount Paektu" is a 2015 North Korean light music song in praise of the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.[2][3]

The song is important politically, and its lyrics recount a highly symbolic trek onto Mount Paektu, important in North Korean propaganda, by Kim Jong Un.

The song is associated with the Moranbong Band but has been performed by other North Korean artists as well. Slovenian avant-garde group Laibach recorded an English-language cover version of the song and wanted to perform it in North Korea. Authorities of the country asked them to leave it out of their concert and the group complied.

  1. ^ Korhonen, Pekka (11 October 2015). "2015.10.11". Moranbong Band Discography. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ Cathcart, Adam (16 May 2015). "Purges, Baekdu, and the Moranbong Band: Data Points around General Hyon". Sino-NK. Translations by Steven Denney. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "New Year Concert Given by Chongbong Band". Rodong Sinmun. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016 – via KCNA Watch.