Gyeonggi Province Unveils 'Hope Comment Song' Using Lyrics Crowdsourced via YouTube and SNS

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] "Did you know that? I won the apartment lottery. I wish I could brag about something like this someday too."

Gyeonggi Province has produced and released a song titled "Hope Comment Song" on the 22nd, which incorporates the hopes of Gyeonggi Province residents as lyrics—one of the core values for the eighth-term popular election focused on "communication with residents."

The Hope Comment Song released through Gyeonggi Province's official YouTube channel (youtube.com/ggholics) captures the small and everyday hopes of residents submitted through Gyeonggi Province's official YouTube, blog, and social media channels such as Facebook from late June through mid-July.

The province selected 42 comments out of approximately 3,800 submitted by residents containing personal wishes and suggestions for Gyeonggi Province to use as lyrics.

Examining the lyrical content, the song includes personal hopes such as "I've worked overtime three weeks in a row. Please, let me leave work on time tomorrow," and "Owning my own home feels like a dream, but I really want to make it happen," as well as messages for Gyeonggi Province such as "I've retired. I hope Gyeonggi Province becomes a place where I can spend my second chapter of life meaningfully."

The "Hope Comment Song" was sung together by employees from the Gyeonggi Province Government's Public Relations and Media Division. The narration at the end of the song features direct participation from residents of various age groups, including a middle-aged man looking forward to a second chapter after retirement and an expecting mother preparing for childbirth.

The melody utilizes the song "Did You Know That" by popular YouTuber 'Gwana,' who has 770,000 subscribers.

"Did You Know That" is also known to be a song created by YouTuber Gwana using comments from his subscribers.

Park Yeon-gyeong, Head of the Gyeonggi Province Public Relations and Media Division, said, "Starting with the Hope Comment Song, we plan to continue creating diverse content that allows us to share small things and communicate with residents."