A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 1, 2024, Section ST, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: For TikTok’s Korean Cheerleaders, It’s Blasé for the Win.

The A-Hed This Song Is Catchy and Going Viral. It’s Also North Korean Propaganda. Young people around the world are dancing to ‘Friendly Father,’ a Pyongyang ditty about strongman Kim Jong Un ...