"Gangnam Style", a unsual success.
S ince its release on July 15th 2012, Psy's hit song has known a universal success : Gangnam Style ranked first on You Tube's "Most Viewed Videos" with more than
1,500,000,000 views, and received several prizes such as the MTV Europe Music Award (Best Video), the NRJ Music Award (NRJ Award of Honor, International Song of the Year...)
The video started to become famous in Korea soon after it appears and as a continuation it became viral since it was released in
Youtube, going beyond Justin Bieber's
Baby.
Despite the first goal of the song, Psy's Gangnam Style lyrics and moves are
sung and danced worlwide by fans and it was parodied as many.
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You still can't dance it ? I feel bad for you Dear reader...... |
There is no doubt that you have already sung the famous chorus, even without noticing it. But the fact remains that most of you don't even know what this song is about ! That is why I propose you to discover the secret aspects of "Gangnam Style"...
What is Gangnam ?
Gangnam the richest district in Seoul (South Korea). It's a modern area gathering luxury shops, restaurants, immense and prestigious buildings, and large avenues. The song is a reference to the way of life of the posh youth of Gangnam.
What's the link between Gangnam, and the "Horse Dance" ?
According to the historian Li Ogg, horses are famous in the Korean culture : Indeed, the horse is the totem of Djumung, the son of Tangun, who is the supposed to be the founder of the ancient kingdom of Korea.
Finally, does Gangnam Style belong to K-Pop Music ?
The song is classified as a Korean Pop music however its goal is to mock this style. Indeed Psy wanted to explain the stupid acting of K-Pop , the music video looks crazy with complete non-sence as it's like in other K-Pop ones.
I guess you were singing this song again and again while reading this post, but I have bad news for you :
Psy's new hit song is now released, and it has already more 150 000 000 views on You Tube.
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( If Psy can be a gentleman... well, you guys have no excuse not to be a gentleman anymore. ) |