Here's my favorite KPOP song. I'm not that hip, it's the only one I know. I did know what KPOP meant and have since reading about Korean Popstar Rain 2-3 years ago. He once beat out Stephen Colbert for some award and he was pretty good in the 2009 movie Ninja Assassin. I like a good pop song and have since I started listening to top 40 radio in the 1960's. I hardly pay attention to what's going on in the music world anymore. Every now and then something passes by and I notice. Gangnam Style is the thing that popped up today. Actually it was last wednesday but I was busy and forgot to mention it.
I heard about Gangnam Style over on Retail Hell Underground. The song came out last July and this video had over 303 million views the day of this post. It had 293 million views 2 days before the post. PSY is a popular Korean pop star who's got several albums out. Gangnam is a district in Seoul that's pretty posh. Like Beverly Hills in LA. People there are flush with cash so they can stay totally on the cutting edge of important things, like fashion and hair. They certainly aren't at the top of my list of important things but I just can't afford to be fashionable when there's LEGO to be had. In a quote from an interview PSY says of the area and song:
People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are -- it’s only the posers and wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are "Gangnam Style" -- so this song is actually poking fun at those kinds of people who are trying so hard to be something that they’re not.
The song pokes my funny bone something fierce and I like the playful sexy style, the cute girls, and goofy dance moves. I think I like it being written and sung in Korean, all I hear is his voice and the music. I think it creates a whole different perspective on the song, no lyrics to think about, pure sound. Some of my favorite songs are ones with lyrics that litterally disappear into the music. I know there's soemthing being sung but I'm just not focusing on what the lyrics are saying, just the sounds register. Anyway, maybe you'll like it, maybe not.
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