"GANGNAM STYLE" deserves its own thread

Even if PSY did a new song it would either A) be a Gangnam Style ripoff to capitalize on his public persona (like Gentleman) or B) a song that's different from GS and is thus met with a lukewarm response (or gets panned).

PSY is pretty much the Chubby Checker of the 21st century

Guess what guy it's 2014 and Psy has already done other songs you should check if your thesis is correct

has there been a bunch of non-"Gentleman" singles just for the K-pop market since "Gangnam Style"?

yeah man psy-heads know the score

So does that mean we can look forward to Psy releasing his own "Chequered!" a few years down the road? He could even call it "Psy-Chedelic!".

I could see him doing a team-up album like Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell, but I'm not sure who's the 21st century equivalent of Bobby Rydell.

has there been a bunch of non-"Gentleman" singles just for the K-pop market since "Gangnam Style"?

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No- With a new release right around the corner he's been going around almost disowning Gentleman, which is a bit weird to me. Yeah it's pretty similar to GS but it's basically what he's been doing for the past four years in Korea. I can understand it if he really did wanted to do something different now, though - we'll see soon enough.

Sorry for not watching the latest PSY news on the K-POP channel, but as shown by somedude's post about PSY appearing in The Nut Job, his international reputation seems to be based on That One Song - a Checker-esque novelty-hit legacy that will probably haunt him forever, despite his efforts to produce new and interesting music (if only for the K-Pop market)

Anticipating the Europe-only release of "Psy-Chedelic!" though. (I actually enjoyed "Chequered!")

I'm weirded out by how he's been disowning Gentlemen too, which I like better than Gangnam Style.

The new album has a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and is supposed to be coming out late February/early March.

I have a theory that he's going to put a korean phrase that sounds like something dirty in english into every single

i still have not heard this song

just playing

Check out these stills from Psy's upcoming MV ft. Snoop Dogg and G-Dragon

https://twitter.com/psy_oppa/status/423069121006145536/photo/1/large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd8LH7lCUAAUaan.jpg

alright now that I've heard "Gentlemen" at a proper volume I can confirm that it rules

I'm not sure who's the 21st century equivalent of Bobby Rydell.

― Doctor Casino

Robin Thicke, if he were a little more menacing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYtT2IAu00

well then.

That video has been removed by the user, thank (Deity) for mirrors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwhez6wogU

chubby cute one
big huge surprise
i want all of you to laugh watching this one
THE! NUT! JOB!

I refuse to let this thread go under quietly, not when there's this bizarre "interview":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt1jsNxT0b8

He's doing his duty as a well-known Korean to promote S. Korea's first major animated film

the bad lip synch

I didn't say he was doing it **well**

not him! the lil' animated aminals

oh well in that case

the movie is pulling 12% on rotten tomatoes

http://oi58.tinypic.com/hsq97q.jpg/

https://twitter.com/psy_oppa/statuses/472594138190196737

Suspiciously, this milestone was achieved exactly simultaneously with PSY's press release about his follow up, to wit:

Finally, after a hiatus of a year, Psy is coming back with a new song “Hangover”. He will be debuting the new song on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show on June 8th.

"Hangover" is said to be a total different style from his previous hits with a more hip-hop vibe and fans are excited for the reveal of his new song.

Some speculate G-Dragon, 2NE1 and Snoop Dogg will make cameos in his music video due to a picture posted back in Janurary with the caption: “HANGOVER!! @psy_oppa #psy #gangnamstyle #gentleman”

So I think

1) Ytube is in on the conspiracy, and

2) I'm falling for the trap by posting this here

it's almost like he was somehow able to anticipate hitting 2 billion views and timed the release to take advantage of that happening. like if there was some kind of counter that said 1,999,000 on it before it got to 2,000,000. hmmmmmmmmmmm.

They added a special counter to commemorate the event though

It's funny to think about PSY having his song ready to go since last January and waiting six months to release it because the Ytube views weren't going up fast enough

i mean...i'm sure YouTube is as excited about having their first video with 2 billion views as the guy who made the video is.

i wonder if after 2,000,000,000 views he's made $20 from YouTube

There was a New Yorker piece from when it was still under a billion views that estimated that they'd taken in about $1.7 million.

(specifically from youtube, that is)

I worked over 60 hours this week, okay

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

Snoop Lion ft. PSY - Hangover

haha, i like that song because it is the absolute last kind of music i would want to listen to with a hangover

also them miming being hungover makes it kinda look like they're totally irritated at each other, which is a nice change from the usual thing in team-up songs where it's supposed to be all OH SHIT these two PARTY TITANS are hangin together having the most awesome time. Them ending up at an underpopulated karaoke room and then going skipping down to the carnival is legitimately cute too. How the hell is this five minutes long though?

I knooooow, the song's not bad at all (Snoop >>> PSY tho) but it really didn't need to be 5 minutes long... save that for the club remix.

so many thinkpieces to write

Start/end with the thinkpiece about how there are two brands of alcohol in the video and PSY endorses both of them

There's a weird backlash against this song here because it kinda sounds like this local hit from last year. Apart from the chorus, I don't really hear it but whatever, have some Malaysian rap:

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

Loving that track way more than the mess that is Hangover. Thanks for the link, Roz!

I just played "Gentlemen" six times in a row. I love this song.

Yeah, I've really come around on it as a charmer in its own right, not just a cash-in follow up. We like / we we we like party every day!