"Your President Sings Well"... Korean American in the US Receives Pie Gift

Washington DC Korean Community Story "Shared by a Neighbor"

A story has been shared about how President Yoon Suk-yeol's enthusiastic singing of 'American Pie' led to a neighborly connection in Washington DC, USA.

According to the Presidential Office on the 3rd, a Korean resident A in Washington DC recently sent a story about how they formed a bond with a neighbor they had not interacted with before, thanks to President Yoon's song.

In the story, A said, "While having lunch and watching the news, I read an article that President Yoon sang 'American Pie' at a banquet. Just as I was about to look up the video to see what kind of song it was, someone knocked on the door."

The person who came to A's house was an American neighbor with whom they usually had no interaction.

A Korean living in Washington DC received a pie as a gift from their American neighbor.
[Photo by the Presidential Office]

A continued, "'Your president sings well. He has a good voice, I saw it on the news. While shopping, I saw a pie and it reminded me of your children, so I bought it,' said the American mother living next door as she gave me a pie," adding, "I felt a mix of emotions?complex, proud, and warm."

The Presidential Office explained that the first exchange between the two neighbors was a genuine connection and sharing made possible by President Yoon's passionate singing of 'American Pie.'

The Presidential Office evaluated, "This state visit to the United States achieved great diplomatic success, but behind it flowed a quiet and long-lasting 'small but certain happiness (So-hwak-haeng)' diplomacy happening in many places."

President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is on a state visit to the United States, spontaneously sang the 1970s Billboard hit song "American Pie" during a special performance at the state dinner held at the White House on the 26th of last month (local time), prompting cheers from President Joe Biden and the attendees.
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Earlier, on the 26th (local time), President Yoon sang 'American Pie' for about one minute at the state banquet held at the White House, surprising those present. The video of this moment also became a hot topic online.

U.S. President Joe Biden, noting that President Yoon enjoys listening to 'American Pie,' surprised him with a gift of an acoustic guitar personally signed by the original singer and songwriter Don McLean.

Meanwhile, 'American Pie' holds various meanings in American culture. Besides the song released in 1971 by American singer Don McLean, which President Yoon passionately sang, it is also the title of a 1999 American comedy film depicting the culture of growing-up teenagers.

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