So my friend, Jimmy Dushku, had an article written about him on motherjones.com about how he's the only actual person followed by North Korea's official government twitter and it got me thinking. I know he's a huge Coldplay fan (he's even dragged me to a couple of concerts against my will) and I just found it strikingly odd that North Korea follows him. Sure he threw out a tweet in Korean but is that really enough to get the attention of an ENTIRE government?! My instincts said no.

 

So I come to you guys for your expertise. Do you think that maybe North Korea is full of Coldplay fans? I mean, they're one of the most internationally recognized bands ever so it kinda makes sense that North Korea at least knows who they are. Due to the transitive property, it then makes sense that they'd want to follow Coldplay's biggest fan (according to Google at least).

 

What do you guys think? Could North Korea secretly love Coldplay? I think so.

Who is the biggest Coldplay fan? Someone who has been a fan since before Parachutes was released? Someone who has been to 50 Coldplay concerts? Or is it a teenager who heard Charlie Brown on the radio, fell in love with their music, decided to buy all their albums and hasn't been listening to anything else since?

 

About the twitter account, maybe the person who is in charge of that account thinks he looks hot? But seriously, do you really think it has something to do with him being a Coldplay fan? Really?

Btw, it would probably scare the shit out of me if North Korea's official government twitter account starting following me but maybe that's just me.

wait wait wait the North Korean government actually has a Twitter account ?!

Slow news time! I read many of Jimmy Dushku's tweets during Coldplay's US west coast leg last spring.

lol what a weird story

Who is the biggest Coldplay fan? Someone who has been a fan since before Parachutes was released? Someone who has been to 50 Coldplay concerts? Or is it a teenager who heard Charlie Brown on the radio, fell in love with their music, decided to buy all their albums and hasn't been listening to anything else since?

 

About the twitter account, maybe the person who is in charge of that account thinks he looks hot? But seriously, do you really think it has something to do with him being a Coldplay fan? Really?

Btw, it would probably scare the shit out of me if North Korea's official government twitter account starting following me but maybe that's just me.

 

This.

found this thread from google, there's a pretty funny video that includes coldplay from the news in my country. coldplay starts at about 2 minutes in

 

best part: "he really does love coldplay"

add www and .com at the astericks

 

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About the twitter account, maybe the person who is in charge of that account thinks he looks hot? But seriously, do you really think it has something to do with him being a Coldplay fan? Really?

Btw, it would probably scare the shit out of me if North Korea's official government twitter account starting following me but maybe that's just me.

 

Yeah you're probably right. I'm sure a totalitarian government follows one person on Twitter simply because he's hot. That makes much more sense than following him because he's a highly visible fan of one of the most famous bands in the world. :rolleyes:

 

He did have a supermodel girlfriend though...

This thread is really weird.

Yeah you're probably right. I'm sure a totalitarian government follows one person on Twitter simply because he's hot. That makes much more sense than following him because he's a highly visible fan of one of the most famous bands in the world. :rolleyes:

 

Following him because he's a Coldplay fan makes just a much sense. And I see he's gone from biggest fan to a highly visible fan.

News about NoKor having a Twitter account isn't new to me. In NoKor, only the government is allowed to have access to the Worldwide Web. Or at least that's what I know. The question about NoKor actually liking/loving Coldplay is striking, though. Way too striking.