# North Korean pop star? The new Kim's new squeeze? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831 "2012-07-10T20:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/21 "2012-07-26T04:01:26Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/10/156557216/is-kim-jong-uns-mystery-woman-the-excellent-horse-like-lady) has a link to the video of the ‘hit song’ as well as a translation of the lyrics, courtesy of a helpful reader. I think that Bonobo Electronic Music Band would be a great name for a group. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/22 "2012-07-26T04:45:24Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > How do you even have a hit single in North Korea? Do they even allow the sale of music in that country, and how many people could legitimately afford to buy it? Or is “hit songs” a euphemism for “it’s what the government tells people they would like”? Huh I thought it would be trivial with the approval of the Leader. You could just mandate everyone to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/23 "2012-07-26T07:47:37Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/10/156557216/is-kim-jong-uns-mystery-woman-the-excellent-horse-like-lady) has a link to the video of the ‘hit song’ as well as a translation of the lyrics, courtesy of a helpful reader. It’s still a better song and music video than Mick Jagger’s [Let’s Work.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoGofvVhKTo) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/24 "2012-07-26T08:27:27Z")
Sound like the song is meant as a tribute to Sarah Jessica Parker. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/25 "2012-07-26T12:08:57Z")
Henry Kissinger had a point. Clearly, power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/26 "2012-07-27T01:11:56Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Huh I thought it would be trivial with the approval of the Leader. You could just mandate everyone to buy it. It’s a hit if it’s played all the time on the one radio station on the radio that you can never turn off. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/27 "2012-07-27T04:27:30Z")
Hmm, Kim Jong-un insists on parading his wife around so that all the world can see he has one, and apparenly doesn’t keep a harem of concubine like his father. What could he be hiding. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/28 "2012-07-27T10:13:09Z")
[KJU on a rollercoaster for his honeymoon.](https://twitter.com/dictator_news/status/228784634849292288/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/29 "2012-08-29T03:56:59Z")
Looks like they’ve actually [been married for three years now](http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/26/world/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-wife-identity/index.html?iref=allsearch). ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/30 "2012-08-29T04:02:20Z")
So, before his father’s death? And only coming out with it now? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831/31 "2012-08-29T04:20:01Z")
For North Korea, this is lightning reporting speed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831.md?page=1)