John Bolton - November 12, 2025


We Are Alberta - New Anthem - World Premiere


Episode Stats


Length

8 minutes

Words per minute

142.0539

Word count

1,179

Sentence count

131


Summary

Summaries generated with gmurro/bart-large-finetuned-filtered-spotify-podcast-summ .

In this episode, I talk about how I came up with the idea for a new Alberta National Anthem, and the lyrics I wrote to it. I also talk about why I decided to write the music for it.

Transcript

Transcript generated with Whisper (turbo).
00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John, and welcome to the channel. Wednesday, November the 12th. I hope you're
00:00:06.880 having a great start to your Wednesday. You're seeing this at around 11 o'clock, or at least
00:00:10.760 I'm uploading at 11 o'clock, but right now it is 7.39 a.m., and I tip my big blue mug
00:00:16.680 of coffee to you. Thanks for being here. By the way, I'm quickly getting closer to 41,000
00:00:21.340 subscribers, and if you were to click on subscribe right now, you'll help me get there even faster.
00:00:26.140 Thank you. So this video, I admit, is a bit of a puff piece, but I think you'll be entertained
00:00:31.760 by it, okay? So hold tight here. You will be entertained by this. This blows my mind. It
00:00:36.240 really does. I find it fascinating, the kind of world we live in now, where I can create
00:00:41.740 things out of nothingness in a matter of seconds, and I did that today. Now, why am I doing this
00:00:48.260 video right now? It's because of the video I did earlier this morning. This is the thumbnail
00:00:52.060 that I recorded this video, by the way, at 1.30 this morning. It went up at 4.30. I was
00:00:57.800 up at 1.30 recording this video. Alberta must leave. National unity crisis is here. Danielle
00:01:03.020 Smith must act. And this is in regards to Mark Carney's new major projects list, which
00:01:08.420 he's going to announce tomorrow in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, which does not include
00:01:13.100 a pipeline for Alberta. And one of the last things I said in this video was, Danielle Smith,
00:01:18.160 call an independence referendum for around this time next year. So when I got up at 5,
00:01:24.920 I went back to bed, okay, for a couple hours, and I got up at 5.30. And I came down to my
00:01:30.560 computer, and what was running through my mind was independence vote, mid-November, 2026.
00:01:37.220 And I started thinking, Canada free Christmas, 2026, for people who live in Alberta. That's what
00:01:44.060 I was thinking. And then I went over to the National Post, and they had this article running
00:01:50.100 on their website. Whoa, Canada is our malleable, maligned national anthem under attack. And then
00:01:56.120 it got me thinking, what if we could write an Alberta national anthem? Okay.
00:02:05.100 So what I did was, I thought I'm going to do that. So I went to Microsoft, and I created this. Let me move
00:02:10.760 my picture down to the bottom now, so it's not in the way. And I'm going to create the lyrics for
00:02:15.540 a national anthem. And so they asked you to put information in, how do you want to write this?
00:02:21.940 So I put, can you write in Alberta a national anthem based on the following values? And this
00:02:25.880 is what I came up with, okay? Alberta is proud of its work ethic and the principle of earning one's
00:02:30.640 way. We are tough and resourceful, and we take pride in our desire for limited government
00:02:35.220 interference. Albertans believe in personal responsibility. We value our independent spirit,
00:02:40.520 appreciate limited regulation, and maintain a healthy skepticism of centralized authority.
00:02:46.460 We believe in community, helping fellow Albertans, and in rewarding skill and accomplishment,
00:02:52.000 not entitlement or status. Albertans can weather any storm and emerge stronger,
00:02:57.480 more determined, and more united. We are Alberta. So that's what I put in to Microsoft,
00:03:04.060 and it came out with some lyrics. So now I've got the lyrics, and I thought,
00:03:07.780 boy, it'd be great if I could actually write the music to this. So I did. I got some music,
00:03:12.440 and I put these lyrics to music. I went to a website called Suno, and I was limited for what
00:03:19.240 I could do because I don't want to have to buy a subscription. I'm never going to use this service
00:03:23.480 again, but it allowed me to write some music for this and put lyrics to it. And this is what it came
00:03:32.700 up with. So I'm going to show you some pictures that I've taken myself of my province of Alberta when
00:03:37.200 I've been out bike riding. I'm going to put the lyrics on the screen. I hope you enjoy this. This
00:03:42.320 is called We Are Alberta, I guess written by me with a little help from AI.
00:04:12.320 From the prairies wide, to the mountain high, we rise with strength beneath the sky.
00:04:27.780 Through storm and trial, we stand our ground. In Alberta's heart, true grit is found.
00:04:40.860 We are Alberta, child and free, forged by word and destiny. With hands that build,
00:04:51.200 with hearts that care, our spirits strong beyond compare.
00:04:56.660 No chains of power shall bind our way. We earn our keep. We shape each day.
00:05:24.120 With courage born of the northern flame. Our voice is ours, our proudest claim.
00:05:38.460 We are Alberta, proud and free. Our thoughts wide wear and destiny. With hearts that build,
00:05:48.800 with hearts that care, our spirits strong beyond compare.
00:05:54.460 Together we stand. Through wind and rain. Helping our own. Through loss and gain.
00:06:10.460 Rewarding skill. Not idle throne. In Alberta's land. We walk alone. We are Alberta.
00:06:12.460 We stand. Through wind and rain. Helping our own. Through loss and gain.
00:06:17.460 Rewarding skill. Not idle throne. In Alberta's land. We walk alone. We are Alberta. Strong and true.
00:06:24.460 Our future bright. Our skies of blue. Independent hearts forever sing.
00:06:31.460 Alberta reigns our anthem reigns our anthem reigns. We are Alberta. Proud and free. Forged by word and destiny.
00:06:38.460 With hands that fill. With hands that fill. With hearts that care. Our spirits strong beyond compare.
00:06:45.460 We are Alberta. Strong and true. Our future bright. Our skies of blue.
00:06:48.460 We are Alberta. Strong and true. Our future bright. Our skies of blue.
00:06:53.460 We are Alberta. Proud and free. Forged by word and destiny.
00:07:00.460 With hands that fill. With hearts that care. Our spirits strong beyond compare.
00:07:13.460 What do you think of that? I think it's a rockin' good song. I'm really pleased with it.
00:07:22.460 with it. Now, I have to admit, I wanted it to sound more like an anthem. I wanted to make it
00:07:27.700 more orchestral, but I was rather limited with the free online music program. But I think it came out
00:07:32.720 great. And certainly I would tweak some of the lyrics a little bit. That's exactly what I got
00:07:37.200 from Microsoft AI. Now, why did I do this today? Because I wanted something light. I wanted
00:07:43.180 something fun. So often we go to videos on YouTube, you come here and you get angry. And I wanted you
00:07:49.300 to feel uplifted a little bit. Now, I want to repeat a message from the video from earlier this
00:07:55.080 morning. Premier Danielle Smith, around this time next year, I would like to see a referendum on
00:08:02.700 independence so we could have a Christmas free from Canada in 2026. Thanks a lot for watching.
00:08:09.280 If you like the video, give it a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel, ring the bell for
00:08:12.940 notifications, share it so other people can see it. And I will see you in the next one.