Gangnam Style Speech
If the phrase “Oppa Gangnam Style” doesn’t mean anything to you yet, you may want to Google it or ask your friends about it, or you’ll be left wondering why everyone is hopping up and down on invisible horses. The combination of catchy riffs and the corny-yet-hip dance moves made the music video by Korean artist Psy (short for “Psycho”) the most “liked” YouTube video of all time.
Who is this Psy? Where exactly is Gangnam and what is its style? Well, I have all the answers for you. Today, I’d like to share you about Gangnam Style including a man behind Gangnam Style, the meaning of Gangnam Style, and its achievements.
First, a man behind gangnam style. Park Jae Sang, known as PSY, is a Korean hip hop artist under YG Entertainment. He debuted in January 2001 with his full-length album titled "PSY... From the Psycho World!", for which he later had to pay fine due to accusations saying that the album contains "inappropriate contents". Since then PSY has become a controversial artist as his second album was even banned in 2002. However, he gained much fans with his style of music. He is especially popular for his sense of humor. In summer 2012, PSY launched himself into an international stardom through "Gangnam Style," the song that he wrote, composed and produced by himself.
The term “Gangnam Style” was listed in Time's weekly vocabulary list as a manner associated with lavish lifestyles in Seoul's Gangnam district. Gangnam is the area where rich and fashionable young people get together. This song describes a guy who wants to be cool and stylish like a typical Gangnam person, but eventually fails. Psy said in an interview that he intended a twisted sense of humor by claiming himself to be "Gangnam Style" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and the music video is far from being such a high class.
“People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are—it's only the wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are "Gangnam
Who is this Psy? Where exactly is Gangnam and what is its style? Well, I have all the answers for you. Today, I’d like to share you about Gangnam Style including a man behind Gangnam Style, the meaning of Gangnam Style, and its achievements.
First, a man behind gangnam style. Park Jae Sang, known as PSY, is a Korean hip hop artist under YG Entertainment. He debuted in January 2001 with his full-length album titled "PSY... From the Psycho World!", for which he later had to pay fine due to accusations saying that the album contains "inappropriate contents". Since then PSY has become a controversial artist as his second album was even banned in 2002. However, he gained much fans with his style of music. He is especially popular for his sense of humor. In summer 2012, PSY launched himself into an international stardom through "Gangnam Style," the song that he wrote, composed and produced by himself.
The term “Gangnam Style” was listed in Time's weekly vocabulary list as a manner associated with lavish lifestyles in Seoul's Gangnam district. Gangnam is the area where rich and fashionable young people get together. This song describes a guy who wants to be cool and stylish like a typical Gangnam person, but eventually fails. Psy said in an interview that he intended a twisted sense of humor by claiming himself to be "Gangnam Style" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and the music video is far from being such a high class.
“People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are—it's only the wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are "Gangnam