Who is gangnam guy

So that was just a tiny piece of my concerts. That kind of explosion is kind of like a trademark of me in Korea. The two women — they are walking back, right?

In Korea, some aged women walk back to lose their weight, you know? His name is Yoo Jae Suk. In the music video, he danced very serious, right? That was also ad-libbed — his moves, my moves, everything.

We just played the whole song and we just danced what we know in our lives. We have a lot of cut scenes. At the spot, everyone was crying — dying! His name is Noh Hong-cheol. He just came to my music-video spot to cheer me up. That was all. The move — that was his trademark. The group name is 4Minute; her name is Hyun-a. Why did I. He keeps asking me to do some dumb shit. What are you talking about? This is genius, this is awesome! And then she did it right.

The guy was one of my staff. Honestly, that scene I copied Lady Gaga , you know? Take off the upper shirt. We were totally exhausted. Newswire Powered by. Social commentary is just not really done in mainstream Korean pop music, Hong explained.

It's really been limited. But it's more than that. Maybe not coincidentally, he attended both Boston University and the Berklee College of Music, graduating from the latter. His exposure to American music's penchant for social commentary, and the time spent abroad that may have given him a new perspective on his home country, could inform his apparently somewhat critical take on South Korean society.

Kim seemed to feel the same way about the video, though it's so cheery on the surface. On her blog, she suggested the video portrayed the Gangnam area, a symbol of South Korea's national aspirations for prosperity and status, as "nothing but materialistic and about people who are chasing rainbows. I think the young people are finally realizing that.

There's a genuine backlash. You're seeing a huge amount of resentment from youth about their economic circumstances. It's difficult to imagine that much of this could be apparent to non-Koreans, which Kim told me is why she decided to write it up on her blog.

So I wanted to explain what's behind [it] and the song. After all, Korean pop really does not seem to typically do well in the U. Whatever the case, Koreans seem to be proud of their first big musical export to the U. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. The Atlantic Crossword.

Sign In Subscribe. The American rapper T-Pain was retweeted 2, times when he wrote "Words cannot even describe how amazing this video is. Billboard is extolling his commercial viability; Justin Bieber's manager is allegedly interested. On Monday, a worker at L. The Dolphins of Pyongyang. Photos of the Secret North Korea.