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
― DDD, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Guess what guy it's 2014 and Psy has already done other songs you should check if your thesis is correct
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
has there been a bunch of non-"Gentleman" singles just for the K-pop market since "Gangnam Style"?
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah man psy-heads know the score
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
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!".
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
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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.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
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!")
― DDD, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm weirded out by how he's been disowning Gentlemen too, which I like better than Gangnam Style.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
The new album has a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and is supposed to be coming out late February/early March.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
I have a theory that he's going to put a korean phrase that sounds like something dirty in english into every single
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
i still have not heard this song
― latebloomer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 05:12 (ten years ago) link
just playing
― latebloomer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 05:13 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/psy_oppa/statuses/472594138190196737
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:41 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkMNOlYcpHg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 June 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
Snoop Lion ft. PSY - Hangover
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 9 June 2014 01:20 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
so many thinkpieces to write
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 00:01 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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