Slovenian avant-garde group Laibach recorded an English-language cover version of the song and wanted to perform it in North Korea.
Likewise, the purge of Jang Song-thaek, a major political event in Kim Jong Un's early career, was accompanied by "We Will Follow You Only".
The release of "We Will Go to Mount Paektu" in turn coincided with soon-to-be-purged Minister of People's Armed Forces Hyon Yong-chol's visit abroad in Moscow.
[4] Other North Korean groups that have performed the song are the State Merited Chorus[5] and the Kim Il-sung Youth League Art Propaganda Squad.
[8] Ivo Saliger of the group told Rolling Stone: We wanted to present three important and well-known Korean songs: "Honorable Live and Death," "Arirang" and "We'll Go to Mt.