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With the globalization of the world and the generalization of international movement, it is difficult to find popular songs based on migration. The longing for home is created through the experience of moving from where people were born and raised to a strange country or city. Songs about migration from Korea appeared around 1930 when foreign migration began in earnest. During the period of liberation, the Korean War, and industrialization, various popular songs and songs about families who left their hometowns appeared in Korean popular songs, but it was hard to find after the 1980s. Meanwhile, Japan, like Korea, had various migration experiences, but songs related to hometown were hardly found until the 1950s. However, songs related to hometown that appeared in the 1960s during the high growth period are still loved today. This is because the middle-aged are living as consumers of music. In addition, since the 1990s, the Japanese government’s multicultural coexistence policy and social status of Korean residents improved in Japan have also gained popularity, as in the case of Arai Eiichi. Although few songs based on migrants or hometowns have appeared in South Korea, as the social status of migrants, including North Korean Defectors, and multicultural societies mature in the future, I expect a song on the theme of migration or a song by migrants to appear in Korea.