LOL @ that video hell yes this is funny. IRL LOLZ when dude makes the student smell his fart. Also i want that golden suit.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 April 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
i love the hi-hats on this
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
this was probably the best move he could've made post-GS but i still don't see it getting much radio airplay or anything
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
(best wrt worldwide success)
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:35 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haha he totally butter-cupped her.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like he could have played the hype wave better by going underground for a year or two first? idk
― 乒乓, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Tough to say really, but prob not a bad idea to strike while the iron is hot.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
video is fun. song isn't as unstoppable, but what would be?
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
this song and video are like identical
― frogbs, Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
i saw the video a few hours ago but have already forgotten almost everything about it
― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Saturday, 13 April 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
identical to wat? one another?
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Saturday, 13 April 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
If I were Kim Jong Un, I would put my best men and women to work coming up with a song, dance and video that beats "Gangnam Style" on the charts, to show up South Korea (and everyone). I can totally imagine it. "We will launch a new single that will absolutely destroy the world. The Top 40 will be ours!"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 April 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
And the can challenge Psy to a dance off. Or I guess crotch thrust off? Because that's pretty much Psy's dance.
No, the crotch thrust is (S. Korean comedian) Haha's signature move. The hip wiggle is (S. Korean idol group) Brown Eyed Girls' signature move from their 2009 hit "Abracadabra". The horse dance is Psy's signature move, and I gotta tell you, I've been in Zumba classes where both parts - the lassoing part and the trotting part - were a part of the routine, although not together at the same time.
Psy's "Happening" concert is on Youtube btw, and is pretty awesome. I support the hip wiggle and Ga In's extended cameo in the "Gentleman" video, also dude's attempts to break the sexless/harmless Asian dude stereotype, but it's never cool to push girls to the floor. That's unfunny jerk behavior.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 14 April 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
No video could top "Gangnam Style", but I like "Gentlemen" the song more. Probably because it's PSY gone New Beat + Big Beat, both particularly hitting my buttons.
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Sunday, 14 April 2013 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
A Psy/Uffie collaboration would blow my mind.
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Sunday, 14 April 2013 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
also dude's attempts to break the sexless/harmless Asian dude stereotype
i dont think this stereotype needs breaking in s. korea tbf
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but this is his first big video explicitly aimed at continuing his success in america/the west, right
― Rapper Boy (some dude), Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
to Gangnam style
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
well having seen the video, it def still feels very much aimed at the s. korean market first, worldwide second xp
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
Even if it's aimed at home, Psy's spent the last year touring abroad under something like that misconception, I think.
But also I think if it were really aimed at the South Korean market, he wouldn't have recycled a dance craze everyone already knows from just a couple years ago.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 14 April 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
seems to be getting good us press/interest/attention
― gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
It's already got 70 million youtube views and is currently top 20 on US iTunes. New Billboard rules regarding youtube views could let this be a hit with almost zero initial radio attention much like Harlem Shake was.
― Greer, Monday, 15 April 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
something tells me that billboard is giving a little (= way) too much weight to youtube streaming
― teddy dominatrix (dyl), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
oh absolutely
― some dude, Monday, 15 April 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
didn't know about the Billboard change regarding Youtube views, but their ignorance of Youtube et. al. until recently was a head scratcher. I mean, "Video Games" topped out at 91 on the Billboard charts despite being what everybody was listening to for a few weeks in the US, and not just on ILX.
― bowling for bitcoins (Lee626), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
define "everybody"
I'm not sure being mocked for a terrible SNL performance should get you a top 10 hit
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
Ashlee Simpson's comeback plan revealed
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
i think "Gentleman" will actually be a good test case in how YouTube views impact the Hot 100 now, since we'll see those first 70 mil or whatever views and negligible radio spins in one week (the "Harlem Shake" thing is hard to measure since it was a whole bunch of different videos with different view counts). in any case something like "Video Games" was kinda niche -- 40 million views total, which is not all that much on the scale we're talking about, doubt that would've pushed it into the top half of the Hot 100 if it was counted at the time.
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
video games peaked months before the snl appearance
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think anyone said otherwise (iirc the chart peak WAS around the time of the SNL appearance, but its subculture/youtube buzz obviously hit a tipping point well before that)
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
man, "gentleman" is awesome
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
both the song and the video feel pretty charmless to me compared to GS
― some dude, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
The video features Psy wearing his signature glasses and playing practical jokes on women such as pulling their chairs away as they are about to sit down and increasing the speed on a treadmill while it's being used.
― Mark G, Friday, 19 April 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.sodahead.com/blogs/000186827/blogs_BennyHill_4247_194453_poll_xlarge.jpeg
― Mark G, Friday, 19 April 2013 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
a yakkety sax sample definitely would've been a good way for Psy to keep up with Macklemore
― some dude, Friday, 19 April 2013 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
Got a text from my wife (belatedly) telling me there is a new Psy single, suggesting I play the video for the kids. Why the fuck would I invite that?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 April 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHSb2UTCtUM
Off to a good start with the covers
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 20 April 2013 07:12 (eleven years ago) link
in at #12 on hot 100
― 乒乓, Saturday, 20 April 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-4WDIe0s8
<3 LEDApple
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 25 April 2013 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
Am I the only one who hears Psy sing "Na nun sa na ye" as "I am the son and heir," and wonders how awesome it would be to hear Morrissey sing Gangnam Style?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
― 乒乓, Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:33 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
up to #5 now. i thought it was really dumb for PSY to wait so long to drop a follow-up, but it ended up being really fortunate that it came after the new YouTube/Hot 100 rules.
― some dude, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
Am I the only one who hears Psy sing "Na nun sa na ye" as "I am the son and heir,"
no, me too!
and wonders how awesome it would be to hear Morrissey sing Gangnam Style?
yeah, you're on your own there.
(might be amused to hear Psy sing the Smiths tho. but only one of the songs I am not particularly emotionally attached to.)
― susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I guess I would rather here Psy do an album of K-Pop Smiths.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
Gentleman has been cleaning up at the weekly music show performance charts in Korea despite Psy not being around to perform the song. This absurd situation must have rankled the hearts of TV music show content programmers... not sure this was the best solution though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_lB62cbfyo
Girl's Day (hot pink jackets) >>>>>>>>>>> Teen Top (tweed suits), although TT are competent enough in own element.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 27 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
My bad, there's one plaid jacket and one marbled one but no tweed.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Saturday, 27 April 2013 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://gaw.kr/KDCsiM8
― 乒乓, Thursday, 23 May 2013 13:19 (ten years ago) link
hahaha i asked an ilxor who was at cannes if he saw any celebs and he said "i walked past psy on the sidewalk"
― ʎqןıs (gr8080), Thursday, 23 May 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
he shoulda instagrammed it
― 乒乓, Thursday, 23 May 2013 13:39 (ten years ago) link