It's a terrific single and easily my favourite video of the year. It might have more potential to be a viral hit outside of K-Pop's traditional markets than anything in recent memory.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Monday, 13 August 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
i'd argue it's already a viral hit over here
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
the dance move like you're simultaneously riding a horse and air drumming is
― arby's, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
not sure how to finish that sentence
don't forget the extended crab walk
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
gangnam style
― contenderizer, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
is how you finish any sentence
sexy lady
and this bit from the youtube description
From 2 years of break, PSY is finally coming back with his 6th album 'PSY6甲'!The album's weighty title song 'Gangnam Style' is composed solely by PSY himself from lyrics to choreography. The song is characterized by its strongly addictive beats and lyrics, and is thus certain to penetrate the foundations of modern philosophy.
p OTM
― arby's, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
may i just say
http://gangnamstyle.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/4nFG7.gif
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
fitness chicks
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 13 August 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this video is a gif potential goldmine
― arby's, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
i was gonna say that part when he was on the bus going OP! OP! at all the passengers was my favorite, but i forgot that he yells at a butt
― arby's, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
since you asked
http://gangnamstyle.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/33c.gif
http://gangnamstyle.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m7bqskUYCO1r4w3xeo1_500.gif
http://gangnamstyle.co.cc/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tumblr_m82zrbj2Yz1rqfkvoo1_1280.gif
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite bits are when the girls do the dance with serious face, reminds me of the girls from smang it
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 13 August 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
ps: hyuna is fine
I hope the TJ guys are watching, its time to step up their game
― frogbs, Monday, 13 August 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
You know how for a while there Pitbull was the guest on just about every song released? I think we need to fly this guy over to the US and have him do Korean-language guest verses on about eight dozen pop songs.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
And of course now there's a T-shirt.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
kinda love this, but there is a distinct lmfao vibe to it (not necessarily a bad thing, but it's there)
― catbus otm (gbx), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
cute video but the song on its own is kind of a snooze
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt i forgot that he yells at a butt
― catbus otm (gbx), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
i've heard people saying there is an lmfao vibe but it sounds more like 2NE1. the only lmfao song i know is party rocking and gangnam style sounds a lot more like i am the best than party rocking.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
I hear the lfmao vibe too but it's like 5x catchier than anything they've done so there's that
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think "catchier than party rock" is a real thing
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nice interview http://10.asiae.co.kr/Articles/new_view.htm?sec=ent0&a_id=2012081310112383260
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
do starving peasants living in the grip of Kim Jong Un know they are missing out on this?
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
It might have more potential to be a viral hit outside of K-Pop's traditional markets than anything in recent memory.
definitely. a few days ago i brought this up to play to my 12 yo brother but of course he'd already seen it
― ogmor, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
i can't put a finger on why but i am hearing Pump Up The Jam in here
― smash sbros (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
It's totally a "Jock Jams" song. He was smart to release it during the Olympics.
(My Jock Jams Kpop mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHryLkF5Jw&list=PL260E01B49C1B1BA2&feature=plpp_play_all
)
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
And here's the sequel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4
It's a parody, right? I mean, if "Gangnam Style" was supposed to be the opposite of everything Kpop is right now (flashy, closed-off, overly self-serious), this one is exactly all of those things. It even has the raining confetti/fireworks things they do at Kpop concerts to get the audience hyped up.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Played this video (the original) for co-workers in a meeting yesterday. Reception was a mixture of laughs and bafflement (like "why did you show us this?"). Then I went to the 2NE1 show in Newark last night and they played the video on the big screen beforehand and everyone in the arena shouted "Oppa gangnam style!" (and sang the "Hey sexy lady" part) as one, and it was awesome.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 18 August 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
i've been shouting "open condom style", myself.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 18 August 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87XXQmhkPMU
― rent, Sunday, 19 August 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
hammer time!
― pandemic, Sunday, 19 August 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Hearing this everywhere these days, which is awesome. OTOH I was pretty much the only person stanning for "Party Rock Anthem" on last year's EOY singles list, so ...
― etc, Monday, 20 August 2012 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god just seen this.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
dodgers style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz4H5WI6bvY
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
definitely reminds me of 2NE1 which is a good thing.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/
― rayuela, Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Dance not too different from "The Bird," no?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSh1wcARKpo
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Somehow I preferred Daler Mehndi's "the song is about dancing, and I wanted the video to just be me dancing" explanation
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
a few thoughts:
1) I'm assuming the ppl who don't hear LMFAO in this never heard "Sexy and I Know It"?2) I keep mentally substituting Ricky Gervais in for PSY as the video goes on 3) i forgot that he yells at a butt4) this is fucking great
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
sad that the author of that atlantic piece couldn't talk about this without shitting on the rest of k-pop or without considering "american music" some kind of origin of satire
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
LA Dodgers video is lol
― dmr, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
3) i forgot that he yells at a butt
remembered this sentence in the shower this morning for no apparent reason too
― ʘ (sic), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
okay the dodgers vid won me over
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
love it but hope k-pop doesn't get pigeonholed to a layperson as just gangnam style :-[
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://maxgif.com/5zY
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
late pass but this is awesome
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 August 2012 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
Check out these stills from Psy's upcoming MV ft. Snoop Dogg and G-Dragon
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:55 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/psy_oppa/status/423069121006145536/photo/1/large
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:57 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd8LH7lCUAAUaan.jpg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:58 (ten years ago) link
alright now that I've heard "Gentlemen" at a proper volume I can confirm that it rules
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure who's the 21st century equivalent of Bobby Rydell.
― Doctor Casino
Robin Thicke, if he were a little more menacing.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 04:04 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYtT2IAu00
― DDD, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
well then.
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
That video has been removed by the user, thank (Deity) for mirrors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwhez6wogU
― DDD, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
chubby cute onebig huge surprisei want all of you to laugh watching this oneTHE! NUT! JOB!
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
I refuse to let this thread go under quietly, not when there's this bizarre "interview":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt1jsNxT0b8
― DDD, Sunday, 2 February 2014 11:06 (ten years ago) link
He's doing his duty as a well-known Korean to promote S. Korea's first major animated film
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 3 February 2014 06:36 (ten years ago) link
the bad lip synch
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
I didn't say he was doing it **well**
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 3 February 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
not him! the lil' animated aminals
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 February 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
oh well in that case
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 3 February 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
the movie is pulling 12% on rotten tomatoes
http://oi58.tinypic.com/hsq97q.jpg/
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/psy_oppa/statuses/472594138190196737
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
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”
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
So I think
1) Ytube is in on the conspiracy, and
2) I'm falling for the trap by posting this here
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Sunday, 1 June 2014 03:19 (nine years ago) link
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
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Sunday, 1 June 2014 03:51 (nine years ago) link
i wonder if after 2,000,000,000 views he's made $20 from YouTube
― display name changed. (amateurist), Sunday, 1 June 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
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.
― timellison, Sunday, 1 June 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
(specifically from youtube, that is)
I worked over 60 hours this week, okay
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 04:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkMNOlYcpHg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 June 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
Snoop Lion ft. PSY - Hangover
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 June 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
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?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
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.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 June 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
so many thinkpieces to write
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Start/end with the thinkpiece about how there are two brands of alcohol in the video and PSY endorses both of them
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
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
― Roz, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 11:31 (nine years ago) link
Loving that track way more than the mess that is Hangover. Thanks for the link, Roz!
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 12 June 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
I just played "Gentlemen" six times in a row. I love this song.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
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!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF27TNC_4pc
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
Fun single, especially compared to Daddy (https://youtu.be/FrG4TEcSuRg) which we should never speak of again
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
It reminds me of this home shopping network jingle from 2010 tho: https://youtu.be/bhWJXIGb8ao
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 01:02 (eight years ago) link
I like this one, though it can't help remind me a lot of Rip Slyme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAmZ41Z-f4
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 03:02 (eight years ago) link
Meanwhile, the actual 2nd album track (better but not MV material I guess):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYuY2j4nMYE
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
remember the four or five days when everyone on the internet (except for koreans) thought "gangnam style" was some kind of incisive satire of consumer capitalism?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link
?...no.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
I forgot that he yells at a butt
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
it's very important to remember that.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
https://eatingbender.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/never_forget_wtc1.jpg
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link