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"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 Ri Jong-o [ko].[3]

"Footsteps"
Song
Composer(s)	Ri Jong-o [ko]

Footsteps
Chosŏn'gŭl	발걸음
Revised Romanization	Balgeoreum
McCune–Reischauer	Palgŏrŭm

Lyrics

External media
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

• Music of North Korea
• Propaganda in North Korea

References

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.

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