PSY is at it again

New single/video for Korean artist PSY.

The line some may think is questionable isn't. It's, "I'm a mother father gentleman."

It features Ga-In of Brown Eyed Girls as the primary dancer and the "hip-sway" dance from Brown Eyed Girls' video for their single "Abaracadabra".

http://youtu.be/ASO_zypdnsQ 

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It's a good song, and the video is pretty good too.

He's 'Macarena' fun.

I don't care for the video - he comes off as a jerk and has lost the humor that made the last one fun.

"I don't care for the video - he comes off as a jerk and has lost the humor that made the last one fun." That's the point of the video. It seems like some sort of Korean localized humor that will pass over the heads of most of his Western fans. I get the concept of the song/video, but the intended giggles passed by me.

It's more than likely Korean humor from what I know about Korean humor. PSY establishes his character as a total jerk and then when Ga-In (the short haired woman) enters the video she role reverses on him and is the jerk. Role reversal and the parody of roles, like a "gentleman" being a jerk, are common in Korean humor... so are bodily function jokes and exaggeration (the elevator scene, the fart in the woman's face, etc.). Again it could also be a statement about gender and status in Korea, but he'll probably invoke the "Blue Curtain" again to lessen any possible controversy like he did for "Gangnam Style".

Hi, khyote, I am amazed that anyone in the GSCH community has even heard of or could name Ga In or the Brown Eyed Girls or their Abracadara dance! I'm not sure if you follow kpop, but I do!

Yeppers, I follow K-Pop. I'm a SONE at heart but listen to a lot of different bands. BEG is number 2 on my K-Pop top 10 list.

I prefer his rendition of an Anti-American song from 2002-2004 entitled "Dear America" found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71zeciMx2eI With such lyrics as "Kill those ——- Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives Kill those ——- Yankees who ordered them to torture Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers Kill them all slowly and painfully" Yeah...he's at it again.

/rant_on (You've been warned) @Abusabus: You know one of the nice things about both the United States of America and South Korea is we both have freedom of expression and speech. People can have varying political opinions and it's allowed and is (supposed) to be appreciated, even if you don't agree with what they are saying. Mind you I was not trying to be political is posting about PSY's new video, it's a, in my opinion, funny video. I tend to look past people's religion and politics when they are entertainers, I enjoy (some of) their product but not necessarily all of it. This also applies to people I hang out with, I have friends that I cannot see eye to eye with about politics and/or religion but they are my friends because we have other shared interests that we bond over and know not to talk about sensitive subjects like religion or politics. I was well aware of "Dear America" before you mentioned it. I'd also classify it as a protest song not an anti-America song. Again protesting is another thing both Americans and South Koreans can do legally, because we have the rights to make our opinions known about the actions of our own and other governments. In America there is plenty of anti-Arab (especially in the early 2000's) and anti-North Korean (currently) rhetoric going around, that is no different in core message than what PSY stated in "Dear America". In our modern culture extremeness of expression is the norm not the exception; strong, impactful wording and/or images are needed to gain any notice anymore. Also, PSY has lived in America, and has said good things about America in interviews. Plus the country is not the government it is the people. To take people disagreements with government policy as attacks on the people is a fallacious way of looking at anti-government statements or protests. Taking only one source (a song) that is meant to be noticed, so has increased impact in it's lyrics so it will be noticed and making a judgement. In 2002-2004 that was a different administration in our government, that a lot of Americans disagreed with as is the right of Americans to do. Plus, people change, political views change, no person is an unchanging automata. We (people, all people) are influenced by our surroundings, our past experiences, our present. /rant_off

@Momo Who are your favorite K-Pop groups?

@ Abusabus There was quite a lot of anti-american sentiment in South Korea at the time because of the Yangju Highway Incident where two 14 year old school girls that had been run over by a US Armoured vehicle. The two men responsible were acquitted which sparked further outrage. Torturing and Killing Iraqis was also pretty screwed up. We had no right to be there, we were lied to by our governments so they could make money from rebuilding efforts, oil and placing a new stooge in power. It was pretty obvious if you were part of the campaign and seen what was going on after the invasion. Millions of people died trying to protect their families from foreign invasion, hundreds were tortured, innocent civilians imprisoned and tortured under suspicion of collusion and the whole time we had over a dozen warships protecting two oil terminals in the gulf. I was there as were many of our Gaiscioch family, but we very rarely talk about it and my opinions on the war are my own and not shared by many. On a lighter note, I think PSY's new clip is funny as hell. He even cupcakes someone, hilarious.

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Umm...I will use my freedoms to ignore this guy as I didn't realize he sung a song about killing Americans and even their children. This guy is way to extreme, even if it was almost a decade ago. I could never suport anyone who would ever harbor those thoughts to the point of writing a song about it, whether it was about Americans or some other nation. Singing about killing children is not tolerated by me or those I associate with. I'm glad South Korea has freedom of speech, its good that people can speak their minds so we can know whats in their hearts. Hopefully PSY has changed his position on killing innocents for the sake of making a point that he disagreed with the Iraqi war.

The killing of any innocent people should never be condoned...period whether it be Americans, Canadians, Koreans, or Iraquis.

Guys, remember please keep politics out of it. We can not please everyone with any view we take, and the whole thing turns into "Do these pants make my butt look big" situation. No matter what you say your wrong. We each have our own beliefs and more importantly understanding of situations. I'm not asking you to not feel a certain way I'm just asking that we avoid these conversations to try to keep the piece and brotherhood intact. We are 5,000 strong and we are not clones. We all have different perspectives. There is no way in the world 5,000 people from all walks of life will see everything eye to eye. Please keep political agenda's on CNN, Facebook, and Twitter where they belong and lets keep this civil. This is the one sanctuary most of us have to run to.