Naing Myanmar

Naing Myanmar (; ; born Naing U Myint (; 4 January 1958 – 7 February 2025) was a Burmese musician notable for writing "Kabar Ma Kyay Buu", a protest song used during Myanmar's 8888 Uprising and again throughout the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. His music has remained influential to Burmese artists and activists. Throughout Naing Myanmar's prolific music career, he wrote over a thousand songs, including songs for popular Burmese singers, including May Sweet, Maykhalar and the late Soe Lwin Lwin. At the age of 16, he began pursuing poetry and music. In 2021, there was an Internet hoax that Naing Myanmar died after battling COVID-19. Although he had contracted COVID-19 while also suffering from coronary heart disease, he survived.

Naing Myanmar collaborated with artists such as May Kha Lar. In 2023, his son Byu Har, a notable hip-hop artist, was arrested for criticizing the government of Myanmar. It was announced that Naing Myanmar would be buried at Yeway Cemetery in Yangon.

Songwriting Naing Myanmar's most well known song is "Kabar Ma Kyay Buu", composed to evoke the memory of historical Burmese martyrs and inspire contemporary protestors. It specifically references Ko Taw Hmaing and Thakin Aung San. The song is a copy thachin of "Dust in the Wind" by the American band Kansas. and "Until the End of the World".

Naing Myanmar wrote the song when he was 30 years old. It was performed with the help of 13 additional student singers and three guitars. The song was disseminated using cassette tapes hand delivered to protest locations. Leaders such as Ko Ko Gyi have cited the song as being inspirational to the 8888 Uprising. The song has become an anthem of anti-coup protests and embodies revolutionary motifs such as lyrics about blood and the formerly-banned words "revolution" and "democracy.

His influence extended beyond music, inspiring generations of Burmese artists and activists. Despite government censorship and political turmoil, his compositions remain deeply embedded in Myanmar's cultural and revolutionary history.