"GANGNAM STYLE" deserves its own thread

http://www.billboard.com/news/psy-signs-to-scooter-braun-s-label-will-1007922152.story

"Dress classy, dance cheesy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bzVKxd6y6dk#at=97

^^That's Britney Spears getting a dance lesson from Psy, btw.

omg I just watched that 2NE1/BIGBANG/PSY mash-up and that is like the pinnacle of human achievement right there

so they played this song (not the mash-up) at the bar i was at Saturday. i demonstrated the horsey dance for the girl I was chatting with. she suddenly had to go find her friends :(

this song is incredible -- it's totally LMFAO-core btw, for a minute there i thought the beat might be a straight rip

omg I just watched that 2NE1/BIGBANG/PSY mash-up and that is like the pinnacle of human achievement right there

It's close, at least.

is this going to catch on with indie-types? has it already? that would interest me for various reasons

It already has, hasn't it? And I think LMFAO did to a degree.

was there a lot of ironic appreciation of "party rock anthem" as well?

pretty much ime. i think the indie reception of "gangnam" otoh has been totally unironic, most people i know who are really into are like stereogum readers.

nothing ironic about that

mostly i'm just trying to suss out how much of this is, like, "lol crazy foreigner!" ... aka would lot of the people into "gangnam style" ironically be decrying the state of pop music if this was an english-language redfoo solo track

I don't really think "crazy foreigner" has much to do with it, it's pretty clear that Psy knows exactly what he's doing. I do think the reception would be different if it were in English but I think that's mostly because this type of music is about dumb vocal mantras, and in this case nobody really knows what that mantra is besides "Heyyy, sexy lady!" Could definitely be wrong here but I think the lyrics being in Korean at least adds a new wrinkle for the type of person who would just dismiss LFMAO off-handedly

think you're giving ppl too much credit

the "knowing" take on this is that it's a social critique -- how pointed is it really? i don't know what that means in context.

i did learn about gangnam via psy, which seems like the most insane place on earth

It's not really much of a 'critique'. An interview with PSY surfaced quite early where he says it's just a joke - a guy who says he's high style yet acts like a crazy fool. Not sure what's so insane about Gangnam, though. Your average rich people district.

It's by far the biggest hit of the year in Korea.

oh cool the academic phase

from what i've read, no, it's not even your average rich ppl district! but that may be a consequence of korea being a huge economy on a tiny landmass

mostly i'm just trying to suss out how much of this is, like, "lol crazy foreigner!" ... aka would lot of the people into "gangnam style" ironically be decrying the state of pop music if this was an english-language redfoo solo track

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:25 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my feeling on this is that it isn't an "lol crazy foreigner" thing and more like a "lol funny vid" thing because the humor in the vid is like idk pointed towards american sensibilities, like it's funnier than american music vids idk I don't get the sense that people look down on it but then again who knows I'm not white and I live in a korean world for a good amt of time

I finally watched the video / heard the song for the first time after seeing this phrase show up with more frequency over the last couple of weeks. I was confused why everyone was excited about something that I assumed had to do with mechanized anime robot suits.

again the only thing I can really compare this to is Daler Mehndi, which yeah had a lot of "lol India" reactions at first but I think a lot of people legitmately loved the song + video. in the case of Gangnam Style the music itself is not really different than what we're used to here. the whole video is obviously a parody of something.

pretty much ime. i think the indie reception of "gangnam" otoh has been totally unironic, most people i know who are really into are like stereogum readers.

― een, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:16 AM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the only people that keep trying to put this on at parties are me (internet!), my friend that everyone seems to think is my brother (internet!), and another friend (korean!). usually results in one or three of us doing the horsey dance, and...ppl suddenly having to find their friends.

is this how bronies feel all the time?

btw i'm not chalking up its entire popularity to "lol foreigner"... i think there's tons of people that are genuinely into it. i mean it sounds exactly like an LMFAO, so that's no surprise. they're very popular. i'm just wondering about a certain subgroup of music fans (sorta strawman-ish admittedly, but still)

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/newsfocus/911426-can-psy-hit-gangnam-style-bring-k-pop-to-a-global-music-audience

(includes a bit of "lol foreigner" handwringing)

is this how bronies feel all the time?

hearty irl lol

lol Thermo and gbx

if you don't hear how much better this is than lmfao then there is no hope for you

can't both be really good

i think psy is infinitely more charming and memorable as a performer, but it's no zero sum game

Best crossover since this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgdfcKtRQW8

curious how this will do on EOYs here & elsewhere

is this going to catch on with indie-types? has it already? that would interest me for various reasons

ALL WE FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS KPOP WHITEHOUSE AND OUR CATS

oh yeah, it's definitely better than LMFAO

btw i'm not chalking up its entire popularity to "lol foreigner"... i think there's tons of people that are genuinely into it. i mean it sounds exactly like an LMFAO, so that's no surprise. they're very popular. i'm just wondering about a certain subgroup of music fans (sorta strawman-ish admittedly, but still)

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

well I won't deny that k-pop has been influenced a lot by american pop music, but gangnam style pretty solidly resides in its own k-pop world rather than being a 'direct rip' of LMFAO

ALL WE FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS KPOP WHITEHOUSE AND OUR CATS

― Lamp, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:12 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

elite gymnastic can go suck a d

i'll cede to the god on this but regardless of the origins my point is just that this song would play especially well in a climate where LMFAO are massive pop stars

This is about to break into the top 100. It's #1 on the Bubbling Under chart and if you search twitter for "Gangnam Style" there's a lot of of "Oh wow, I just heard 'Gangnam Style' on the radio."

I think the appeal basically breaks down into: funny video + familiar sound (cause LMFAO) + catchy as fuuuuuuuuck.

+ he yells at a butt

never forget

I forgot he yells at a butt

It's already #58 in Canada.

So that's like, what, like #81 in America?

(Sorry, lazy Canada joke)

#58 with a butt

Was featured in UK free paper Metro yesterday (at every train station and on a lot of buses across the land). Will see if it blows up in the UK too..

omg where's Geir

lool

i'd def be into a "hongro style" parody, gotta say