{Asian} GANGNAM STYLE!!!

Do you know what is Gangnam style? Do u feel this video is interesting, well this "silly horse dancing" song is from a Korean rapper PSY. It's an interantional hit right now, his video right now has 152 million clicks worldwide, and he is on American TV, on the news, EVERYWHERE. 


and Even celebrities love his style, "British pop singer Robbie Williams, rapper T-Pain and singer Josh Groban have all tweeted about their love of PSY’s video. Then, superstar Britney Spears got a lesson on how to do PSY’s signature “Gangnam Style” dance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday." source from celebuzz.com.

 

I personally know nothing about South Korea and this singer PSY, I was watching TV and saw the news with the video that EVERYBODY WAS DANCING WITH THIS VIDEO, I mean everybody, from college kids, to mom, to anybody.  Watch this.

 

 

Even Mitt Romney is on Gangnam Style

 

 

 

That's funny, I wonder is because this silly horse dancing make American crazy, well, it's fun to dance together and even funnier to watch somebody to dance silly horse dancing, and it's catchy.  Here is the lyrics for the song, just in case you want to know what the song is talking about. 

 

 

 

 

Oppa is Gangnam style
Gangnam style

A girl who is warm and humanle during the day
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist

I’m a guy
A guy who is as warm as you during the day
A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down
A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
That kind of guy

Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
A sensable girl like that

I’m a guy
A guy who seems calm but plays when he plays
A guy who goes completely crazy when the right time comes
A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles
That kind of guy

Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two
On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two

You know what I’m saying
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

Source is from kpoplyrics.net

 

 

 

 

Oppa means Big Brother literally, it also means if some older guys or some older male guys who are interested in young girls, those girls will call those guys Oppa, without being disrespectful.   Sometimes, it sounds like flirting but sometimes it just means friends.  

Background

"Gangnam Style" is a Korean language colloquialism that refers to a luxurious lifestyle associated with the Gangnam district,^[2] an affluent and trendy area of Seoul.^[3] Gangnam style is since widely associated with the posh lifestyle in Seoul, South Korea's district where people are trendy, hip and exude a certain "swag". In an interview, PSY compares Gangnam to Beverly Hills in the United States. ^[4]

The music video depicts Psy dancing at various locations in Gangnam.^[5] The song is about "the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild."^[6]


A literal translation of "오빤 강남 스타일 (Oppan Gangnam seutail)" is "(I) Oppa Is Gangnam Style". ^[7][8] The Korean word 오빠 (oppa) means "a female's elder brother" but can be also used as a first-, second- or third-person masculine pronoun to designate a male who is elder or older than a female.

Based on more recent cultural norms, the term has typically been used to refer to a boyfriend or male spouse. It is used as a first-person pronoun in this phrase. 오빤 (oppan) is an abbreviation of 오빠는 (oppaneun). 는 is a topic marker, which in this case means the implied subject of the sentence is the singer (오빠). The verb "to be" is omitted, as is often the case in such short Korean sentences. Thus the literal translation of "Oppan Gangnam style" is "Your big brother [is] Gangnam Style".

The lyrics are by Psy, music by Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung, and it was arranged by Yoo Gun-hyung, who is a well-known producer in South Korea and also collaborated with Psy in the past.  I think this is the best explaination for the American to know the background of this song.  Source from Wikipedia.com.