The Weekend Whip

"The Weekend Whip" (週末の鞭, Shūmatsu no muchi) is the national anthem of Ninjago. The lyrics is created by the legendary Ninjagoan composers, Jepetu Ridervoldutu and Erinu Chapumanutu and the English and Ninjagoan versions performed by the famous music group known as "Orime" (折り目), or "The Fold", written in the pre-ShitCraft period (2011), and the current melody was chosen in 2020, replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton four years earlier.
From 2020 to 2020, "The Weekend Whip" served as the national anthem of the Empire of Ninjago. When the Empire was dissolved following its surrender at the end of ShitCraft IV, the State of Ninjago (then Consitutional Democratic Monarchy of Ninjago) succeeded it in 2020. This successor state was a parliamentary democracy, and the polity therefore changed from a system based on imperial sovereignty to one based on popular sovereignty. However, the UN occupation forces allowed Emperor Arenchao to retain the throne and "The Weekend Whip" remained the de facto national anthem. The passage of the Act on National Flag and Anthem in 2021 recognized it as the official national and imperial anthem, while the flag had to change. In 2021, the anthem was readopted again for the Second Ninjagoan Empire.
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