![]() ![]() Hopefully, we get to hear PSY’s new songs in the U.S., not just Gangnam Style! ![]() In my opinion, we won’t be able to see any other so-successful Asian artist in the U.S. (some people say “YouTube forced him to debut in the U.S.”), everything just happened so quickly and he is doing it really well. However, PSY wasn’t even trying to debut in the U.S. There were so many Asian artists that have worked really hard to debut in the U.S. And they’ll have PSY to thank for the great Korean bands on whatever device they’ll be using to listen to music.” We’ll have PSY to thank on the inevitable day when we do the horse dance for our grandkids at a wedding. The uber-ambitious Seoul music industry watched in amazement as the eccentric 34-year-old hip-hop artist, gleefully skewering the music machine that made him, managed to go where no Korean performer had gone before. TIME wrote, “How many times have you watched it? Korean rapper PSY’s slick, wickedly satirical video “Gangnam Style” broke all kinds of sound barriers this year, clocking more than 820 million YouTube views - and counting. TIME magazine recently selected PSY as a nominee for the coveted ‘Person of the Year 2012.’ Tagged articles, CNN, dance, Entertainment, gangnam style, korean, oppa, PSY, PSYCHO, psy_oppa Posted in News and Articles, Upcoming Events PSY didn’t just become popular because of his song Gangnam Style, his mind was already a worldwide superstar. He’s not just passionate about his career, but he is proud about who he is: his nationality, his music style, himself, etc. That’s one of the reasons why I chose to introduce myself before I began dancing on ‘The Ellen Show’.” He continued, “After much deliberation, the answer was simple: be what I am, Korean. They were mostly thoughts about what kind of position I had to put myself in for the future.” When he was asked what the secret to his worldwide success is, he said, “When I was on the plane to attend to some American schedules, I thought of different ways to introduce myself to the world. I want to maintain my status, career, and nationality.” ![]() I’m not an American, so it wouldn’t make sense for me to act like one. PSY guested on QTV’s Talk Asia and expressed his concerns about why some Asian artists try so hard to “act American.” He stated, “I don’t know why, but I think there are a lot of Asian singers who try to act American. ![]()
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