"GANGNAM STYLE" deserves its own thread

Up to #2 on UK iTunes.

they were yelling at butts in portland before it was cool

― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:01 AM (8 hours ago)

that is golden gate park, san francisco, california, son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRwPRfYLWPE

Always going to happen.

surely that half arsed effort will be bettered by a player w/ more finesse soon

Ha, Balotelli tweeted yesterday that he was going to use that celebration, guess he got beaten to it.

Balotelli would execute the horsey dance with much more verve.

That's Mario trying to emotionally blackmail Mancini into putting him in the team, that is..

been celebrating goals with gangnam dance since mid-august

#11 in the US this week

So I haven't seen this noted anywhere, but that makes it highest-charting foreign-language hit in the U.S. since "Macarena," right? I'm not counting "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," which is mostly in English.

what about Drake's hits?

http://rlv.zcache.com/img/imt-prd/pd-137299890145917137/isz-m/at-238560305421145726/realview.jpg?urbanimage_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fproducts.image.php%3Fdefid%3D2387389%26greeting_card_outside%3D1&urbaninside_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fproducts.image.php%3Fdefid%3D2387389%26greeting_card_inside%3D1&urbanword_txt=CHORTAL

I believe this video actually is the weaponized entertainment of Infinite jest. Just startled that the Entertainment turns out to include a dude yelling at a butt.

I'm still pondering how the ADD generation decided that the next best thing is a music video that lasts over 4 minutes. I still haven't watched the full video. Both the song and the video overwear their welcome by the middle.

I'm trying to unpack that challop and failing.

I'm really thinking this might be the most important music video since OK Go treadmill time. I think its mix of gorgeous/inscrutable nails what the internet generation wants perfectly. AND it looks amazing because no one in America is spending this type of money on videos.

Gonna win all the VMAs next year if Scooter Braun can keep his name alive for 10 more months

"inscrutable"

yes, the appeal of gangham style on the internet is due to its totally common and universal imagery of yelling at butts and rapping on the toilet

I've seen Eric Prydz style pervy house videos that are more inscrutable than Gangnam Style. I mean come on.

i agree! i'm just saying that the appeal for the first month of it, was a lot of people passing it around going "WTF is this even, hey check out this gif wtf right

http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/psy-elevator-gangnam-style.gif

andycarrollthinking.jpg

lol

Needs a Keith Lemon parody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvVwylGte

I feel like this video was ready made for gifs in the way that modern political speeches are designed for news soundbites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wpMqEvfsA

Backwards it's a story of a Korean man who slowly loses all his friends in a freaky dance competition.

I feel like this video was ready made for gifs in the way that modern political speeches are designed for news soundbites.

― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Monday, September 24, 2012 5:29 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Countdown" got there first though, probably others too.

Not really sure what the point of this article is but hey: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/gangnam-style-south-korean-pop

Starting your article about the song playing into stereotypes with North Korea lols, referring to his 'comical English' (where in the song is this?), calling him and Flo Rida fat and the scare quotes in the bit about hip-hop stars' "intellectual" property: all great moves! I mean, there is some obviously terrible shit happening in the reactions to the song - Saturday Night Live actually had someone playing him and saying 'sank you' - why not address that?

'comical English' (where in the song is this?)

HEEYYYYYYY SEXY LADAY is pretty comical.

http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2012/09/gangnam-style-asian-masculinity%20

I'm embarrassed to say that I wasn't even aware of this until a week ago

didn't want to get all identity politics when this was blowing up but I guess the discussion is trending towards that direction

my biggest problem w/ these kinds of articles in 2012 is that they kind of ignore stuff like 'like a g6' or the success of jeremy lin

lex was dismissing this as "comedy Asian" on twitter over the weekend, which really threw me because i was under the impression that this dude has a pretty serious career and there was some pretty interesting sociological background behind the lyrics.

yeah i was all twisted about that SNL skit because 1) thought it was awesome that they actually brought him out but 2) that damned "sank you" was so so awful

dude DOES has a pretty serious career, but as I understand it it's as a jester/trickster type of pop star rather than a heartthrob/pinup type of pop star

IOW there are more parallels to LMFAO than just the beat

haha I was trying to figure out why 'weird al' seemed like the most appropriate touchpoint for me personally

jon, I don't think the idea of psy being successful in Korea and Americans maybe taking this as "comedy Asian" are two ideas that are at odds

the backwards gangnam is astonishing, best bit of cheap process music since usmileambient

secret of success is clearly making a glitch record with 91 era euphoric ardkore stabs and then film a video designed to appeal to the latent genocidal racism of middle america

i had been trying to avoid this ever since i asked twitter what it was and whether it was "internet humour" and the answer was basically yes. and then i went to a wedding and couldn't avoid it. it's TOTALLY only popular because of the comedy asian. dislike this immensely.

oh and also the great song

you have no idea lex

there is no great song

it sounds like lmfao

Song that sounds like popular songs mysteriously also popular

lmfao's success is just 'lol comedy american'

it's all abhorrent comedy

you're all abhorrent comedy

it's fun

I would crack a joke at this point but we all know how well humour goes down

Having a funny video that transcends language is almost a prerequisite for foreign pop songs breaking English-speaking markets at the moment. They aren't going to get played on radio so viral success via YouTube is the only way it's going to happen.

That said, most of the people i've spoken to who like it, other than those who routinely listen to K-pop, tend to be those who also liked Dragostea Din Tei and Asereje - largely because they thought they were good, catchy songs. A silly video opens the door to a wider audience but it's not going to sell a million MP3s.

Personally, I like this song because I'm racist.

Good timing for this:

On September 22, Tiger JK along with 2NE1, Idiotape, Nosaj Thing, and other acts performed at The Creators Project which is a visual arts and technology showcase founded by Intel and “Vice” magazine that travels around the world and recently was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul from September 21 – 23.

But, during Tiger JK’s performance, while he was rapping, he was heckled by fans (of Caucasian descent) in the crowd who kept shouting for him to dance the horse dance of Psy’s viral hit “Gangnam Style.” The fans wanted Tiger JK to stop rapping and to dance the horse dance, and continued to interfere with his performance forcing Tiger JK to cut his performance short.

Tiger JK tweeted that it triggered something dark in him, and his “F*** you turned into F*** all the white people to F*** CNN to F*** Hollywood.”

Tiger JK then stopped his set and screamed for ten minutes. Tiger JK told the offensive fans that he wasn’t there to make them laugh, to dance for them, and swore at them for thinking that Asians were only good for dancing and making them laugh.

Tiger JK tweeted “F*** all yall who think Asians are here to make you laugh by dancing my ass off. F*** Hollywood thinking Asians are just a comic relief.”

Tiger JK after posting the explanation of the chain of events that led to his tirade then apologized to innocent fans and The Creators Project founder “Vice” magazine, and explained that he wasn’t proud of being racist towards white people as he is against racism but stands by his point that Asians should not be seen as dancing clowns for the amusement of America.

To balance this out I met some Korean girls on town in Seoul yesterday who requested this song specifically to see us white folks do the horse dance.

idk who tiger jk is but AWESOME - where's that link from abcfsk?