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PSY - OPPA GANGNAM STYLE

mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
edited August 2012 in Strut Central
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more 2:11 dancer please
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  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    that is how u make a entertaining video.

    what does "oppa gangnam style" mean?
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    SIRUS said:
    what does "oppa gangnam style" mean?

    I have no idea. Isn't Oppa Korean for big brother? Or older brother in which a girl would call an older guy friend?

    But in my mind garden it stands for...

  • 4YearGraduate4YearGraduate 2,945 Posts
    I'm officially this dudes #1 fan (now). Korean Conan O'Brian Style like what

  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    RMFAO
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    Don't sleep on KPOP! UK shows we're involved with are selling out in a couple of hours and only a fraction of the audience is Korean. Gotta say it's kind of fun and a refreshing change from Rihanna/Gaga/Minaj's proto--porno stylings...
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    It's funny that after all kpop's hard work and desperation to get noticed by a wider Western audience, this is what crosses over.

    DOR said:
    SIRUS said:
    what does "oppa gangnam style" mean?
    I have no idea. Isn't Oppa Korean for big brother? Or older brother in which a girl would call an older guy friend?
    Yep, Oppa is what girls call a slightly older male in Korea. Gangnam is the super bourgie suburb of Seoul. So he's basically saying he's this rich, fun loving, playboy dude for the ladies.

    mylatency said:
    more 2:11 dancer please
    That would be HyunA


    To keep everything strut relate, in a six degrees of separation kinda way..

    Psy is on the same label and produced by the same dude as; girl group 2NE1 (who've been working with Wil.i.am and plotting world domination) & also Big Bang, the biggest boyband in Korea, who've have released tracks produced by former onetime strut poaster Diplo.

  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    Okem said:
    It's funny that after all kpop's hard work and desperation to get noticed by a wider Western audience, this is what crosses over.

    DOR said:
    SIRUS said:
    what does "oppa gangnam style" mean?
    I have no idea. Isn't Oppa Korean for big brother? Or older brother in which a girl would call an older guy friend?
    Yep, Oppa is what girls call a slightly older male in Korea. Gangnam is the super bourgie suburb of Seoul. So he's basically saying he's this rich, fun loving, playboy dude for the ladies.

    mylatency said:
    more 2:11 dancer please
    That would be HyunA


    To keep everything strut relate, in a six degrees of separation kinda way..

    Psy is on the same label and produced by the same dude as; girl group 2NE1 (who've been working with Wil.i.am and plotting world domination) & also Big Bang, the biggest boyband in Korea, who've have released tracks produced by former onetime strut poaster Diplo.



    thank you for the knowledge jewels
    my mind is blown and yeah bubble pop all day everyday please
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    It doesn't get any more balleur than rapping on top of the Coex.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    Thanks for the Kpop primer. Those Psy videos are kind of brilliant.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    Crazy...

  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    Here's a breakdown of the satire present in the video. He's basically ripping on the shallow materialism of Gangnam:

    "Koreans have been kind of caught up in this spending to look wealthy, and Gangnam has really been the leading edge of that," Hong said. "I think a lot of what [Psy] is pointing out is how silly that is. The whole video is about him thinking he's a hotshot but then realizing he's just, you know, at a children's playground, or thinking he's playing polo or something and realizes he's on a merry-go-round."

    None of this commentary is particularly overt, which is actually what could make "Gangnam Style" so subversive. Social commentary is just not really done in mainstream Korean pop music, Hong explained. "The most they'll do is poke fun at themselves a little bit. It's really been limited." But Psy "is really mainstreaming it, and he's doing it in a way that maybe not everybody quite realizes."
  • LamontLamont 1,089 Posts
    Most entertaining video in ages, took me back to when you could watch MTV all day
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    blew the fuk up viral now

    OPPA!
  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    150 Million views

    B/w

  • dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,479 Posts
    sadly i have to admit...someone made me watch this yesterday and life just hasnt been the same....i was shocked to see it had like 150 million views..
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    This shit is blowing the fuck up.

    Double page spreads in the tabloids.

    It is great viewing. Immense fun.
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    DOR said:
    Crazy...



    THIS is crazy......

  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    Big_Chan said:
    DOR said:
    Crazy...



    THIS is crazy......


    WHITE BACK UP DANCERS

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    skel said:
    This shit is blowing the fuck up.

    Double page spreads in the tabloids.

    It is great viewing. Immense fun.

    I'm at a cafe in Little Tokyo right now and I'm pretty sure this song is some guy's ring tone b/c I keep hearing it every 10 minutes.
  • empanadamnempanadamn 1,462 Posts
    There's a K-Pop Con in LA in October.

    http://www.kconusa.com

  • LurkalotLurkalot 41 Posts
    vintageinfants said:
    RMFAO

    Hahaha I see what you did there!!!
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I'm in Korea right now. Shit is huge.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    For your Modern Pop Culture essays and dates with pop culture junkies:




    http://www.racialicious.com/2012/09/11/psys-gangnam-style-and-gangnam-oppa-in-architecture-101-1/
  • empanadamnempanadamn 1,462 Posts
    I DJed an event for Fashion's Night Out last week and played "Gangnam Style" just to be funny. It got the biggest response hands down. Girls were galloping around doing that crossed-hand drumming dance.

    Is this the biggest pop culture phenomenon from South Korea to hit America (not counting the Kia or Hyundai )?

    B/W:

    BIGBANG video filmed in Brooklyn (Williamsburg) this past winter.

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    Live on NBC TODAY

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Now number 1 on the official UK singles chart.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,792 Posts
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    I just can't get with this.
  • OligeeOligee 289 Posts


    Gangnam style no music
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