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A-ha’s Take On Me Covered by North Korean Accordion-Playing Students

by Rusty Blazenhoff at 2:47 PM on February 6, 2012

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Five accordion-playing students from the Kum Song School in North Korea have taken on a cover of 1984 hit, Take on Me, originally performed by the Norwegian pop band, a-ha.

a-ha’s eternal pop evergreen performed by young accordeon players from KUM SONG School, filmed in Pyongyang, North Korea december 2011. Part of multi-genre project THE PROMISED LAND by director and artist MORTEN TRAAVIK, opening at the international arts and culture festival Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway February 8-12, 2012 (Juche 101). For more info please go to www.traavik.info and www.barentsspektakel.no

via Joey deVilla


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