Gangnam Style: Horsing Around Pop Culture
Rodrigo: This conversation is going like the one we had about Glee and Ryan Murphy, hahaha! What does that say about us… or PSY?
Amy: That we are indeed an ADD generation. Back on topic, though, I hope that Psy gets, at least, another one hit single. At least, that way, people won’t be able to call him a one-hit wonder.
Rodrigo: Yeah, let the guy prove if he’s more than just an temporal internet sensation.
Amy: And I hope that with the exposure it’s gotten Korean music… that it gives a chance to some of their acts because they are really bringing some quality product to the table. Of course, that exposure won’t come without its negatives. But the internet is filled with it anyway, so we’ll be able to pull through.
Rodrigo: Do you see American TV Shows jumping on the Gangman Style bandwagon?
Amy: I could see Glee doing it… sadly.
Rodrigo: I don’t think so. Unless a big % of their cast members turn into huge Kpop fans or they learn Korean, I don’t think Glee will ever touch Gangman Style or other Kpop songs.
Amy: I could also see Cameron do it. LOL.
Rodrigo: Cameron who?
Amy: Modern Family. xD
Rodrigo: Shit, I forgot about him.
Rodrigo: My first choice was Jess from New Girl. With Zooey’s adorkability, New Girl could have her forcing the guys to dance to that song.
Amy: I could see Ryan Murphy somehow making Psy Tina’s long lost relative or something, just to be able to have him on the show.
Rodrigo: Tina has yet to have parents, so it’s a tiny possibility. Glee jumps on things that get popular. Season 2 tackled Duck Sauce [MV] at midpoint season because the song got huge and because it mentions Barbra Streissand. But they couldn’t tackle Call Me Maybe until last week because that song got popular while they were on hiatus.
Amy: Yeah, so there might be a chance for Murphy to do something with Gangnam-mentioning by the end of the year or by the end of the season. And even if it can’t be the Korean version of the song, they at least have a huge chance to mention it. Sadly, if Murphy asks YG Entertainment, there’s a huge chance they won’t refuse if they feature any Kpop song in English. Hmmm… I dunno when I began thinking like a music exec LOL
Rodrigo: Hahaha…
Considering I must be one of annoying friends that share all the Gangnam in facebook, yes I did like the song. It was catchy and funny, and that’s how I like my music lately (besides the music I already like or anime songs).
I think all the social commentary people talk about, it’s mostly for its title, what with Gangnam being the most wealthy district in South Korea. But the lyrics of the song itself is about this (upper-class) guy who tells all what he wants in a (upper-class) woman, and then describes himself as a match for said woman?
@Mirella, hahaha and that’s in contrast to Rap and Hip Hop saying that they drink the most expensive booze, drive the coolest cars, but want them hos ? xD
@Mirella, The difference between you and the other friend that posts Gangman Style non-stop is that the other person I know is more of an “Asian pride” type of person and would probably like Gangman Style almost by default. You like it because it’s catchy and funny.
Checking Facebook at the moment, now there’s like 6 persons that I know who like the GS song.
I forgot to mention that some of the videos that turned “viral” lately have been Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s PONPONPON [MV] as well as Hyuna’s Bubble Pop [MV], but they never made it past the 50M views or never reached the status of “people that don’t listen to it have watched it”
I remember that “Asereje” got quite a bit of airplay on the Latino outlets here in the US, but it never got as big as I heard it got in Europe. I think I saw something about it on the German news (Deutsche Welle)…
anyways, Gangnam Style is fun and I hope that since it’s intentionally funny, that it doesn’t come across the same mean “make fun of the Asian guy” way as the William Hung business sort of turned out in the USA…
@chrryblssmninja, Aserejé got pretty popular among hispanic countries and Europe, yes. I remember one of my university teachers briefly singing a bit of the song and it was lulzy.
I have no idea how long Gangman Style’s staying power will last in the States, but it’s catchy right now. Even members of my family talked about it briefly (they know it as “El Baile del Caballo”), and they know jackshit about Kpop (in my case, I am aware of Kpop thanks to YAM’s shoving promotion and talks about it).
William Hung… lol, I forgot he existed until Amy and I chatted about GS.
With the 2012 Emmy Awards airing tonight, does anyone thinks that the song will be used somehow and/or the song being danced by anyone? I guess Psy himself could do a cameo and teach it to Jimmy Fallon in the intro segment… or maybe Rex Lee or Ken Jeong imitate Psy.
@Rodrigo, did they? I didn’t watch the show. xD
@amy, Nope. 0 GS references. Opening segment was Jimmy Kimmel (who fucking sucked as a host) inside the women’s bathroom getting punched by a good amount of female Emmy nominees including a naked Lena Dunham.