PSY, whose stage name stems from the first three letters of the word psycho, has always styled himself as a quirky outsider. But he is from a wealthy family and was actually raised and educated south of the Han River, near Gangnam. He's an excellent dancer, a confident rapper and he's funny, but another reason for his breakthrough could be that less-than-polished image, said Jae-Ha Kim, a Chicago Tribune pop ...
10:30 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Beijing: The popular hit 'Gangnam Style' by South Korean rapper Psy, which has been viewed millions of times on YouTube in just two months, has been termed 'vulgar', and the singer 'pompous' by Chinese netizens. In the music video, Psy appeared 'pompous' in a beach, horse stable, and sauna, repeating the phrase 'Oppan Gangnam style', the People's Daily reported. It said the song's global popularity may be attributed to its...
06:24 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: Gangnam is the most coveted address in Korea, but less than two generations ago it was little more than some forlorn homes surrounded by flat farmland and drainage ditches. The district of Gangnam, which literally means "south of the river," is about half the size of Manhattan. About 1 percent of Seoul's population lives there, but many of its residents are very rich. The average Gangnam apartment costs...
10:14 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: South Korean rapper PSY's 'Gangnam Style' video has 300 million YouTube views and counting, and it's easy to see why. No Korean language skills are needed to enjoy the chubby, massively entertaining performer's crazy horse-riding dance, the song's addictive chorus and the video's exquisitely odd series of misadventures.Beneath the antic, funny surface of his world-conquering song, however, is a sharp social commentary about the country's newly rich and...
12:23 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Chris Gayle led his team-mates in a "Gangnam style" victory dance after West Indies beat Australia in the semi-final. ...
11:30 AM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: Mitt Romney, the nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States in the 2012 election, surprised the audiences when he performed the famous 'Gangnam Style' dance steps during his campaign. Romney has served as the Governor of Massachusetts from 2002 to 2006. ...
01:09 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Chris Gayle is nowadays celebrating taking wickets by performing his own version of the global hit 'Gangnam Style'. ...
09:30 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Seoul: A chubby South Korean singer who has taken the pop world by storm, topping Apple's iTunes downloads and getting 270 million Youtube views, has vowed to perform his 'Gangnam Style' hit topless if it reaches number one. The rapper who does the foot-stomping 'horse dance' and goes by the name Psy, returned on Tuesday to the upmarket Seoul suburb that he put on the world music map. "If it...
07:15 PM, Sep 26, 2012
'Gangnam Style', that was available for viewing on July 15, has more than 2,479,030 likes on YouTube. ...
11:42 PM, Sep 25, 2012
A chubby, rapping singer with slicked-back hair and a tacky suit is the latest musical sensation to burst upon the world from South Korea, via a YouTube music video that has been seen by over 260 million people in under a month.In a nation famed for the pretty-boy but often bland bands of K-Pop, nobody was more surprised by the success of the video 'Gangnam Style' than its creator, Psy,...
05:00 PM, Sep 25, 2012
If you have gotten over Kolaveri Di, here's some more craziness that's driving the Internet. It's South Korean star PSY's 'Gangnam style' video. The video has beaten Justin Bieber and has become the most liked video on YouTube. In fact, breaking records, the video has set the Guinness World Record for the most 'liked' video in YouTube history. Gangnam Style, that was available for viewing on July 15, has more...
08:20 PM, Sep 23, 2012
A chubby, rapping singer with slicked-back hair and a tacky suit is the latest musical sensation to burst upon the world from South Korea, via a YouTube music video that has been seen by over 60 million people in under a month. In a nation famed for the pretty-boy but often bland bands of K-Pop, nobody was more surprised by the success of the video 'Gangnam Style' than its creator,...
12:24 PM, Aug 27, 2012
