It set the stage for his success highlighting his catchy songs and clever lyrics. However, Champion, with its Axel-F hook, catapulted him into the spotlight. Psy was controversial from the start with his crazy and obnoxious performances and lyrics (and all of this from some who went to Berkley’s School of Music!) as his first two albums were banned from being sold to those under 18 for being a bad influence, and he was also arrested for marijuana. Psy first became big with his hit Champion, which he released shortly after the euphoria of Korea’s performance in the 2002 World Cup hosted in Seoul. Check out the energy in the crowd at this performance in Hongdae!
He’s a bouncing ball of ridiculous energy, an obnoxious clown who makes a spectacle of himself, but forces you to get moving as he does so. Now, the Kpop scene has changed, and you’re much more likely now to see a crowd getting into a performance, but more often then not it’s still chanting out fan club chants or synchronized glow stick waving, but with Psy, he demands more. Then I noticed Psy and how his pure energy on stage demanded that people get moving. Time and time again I would see Kpop performances and the crowd was so tame. When Sunnie first introduced me to Kpop, I commented how it was odd to me how composed the Korean audience was at Kpop concerts they were often seated and politely clapping along. It’s natural then that probably my favorite Kpop singer for pure entertainment value is Psy, who has suddenly burst onto the international scene, showing up on major US news like CNN and the Huffington Post with his new song, Gangnam Style. Whether we’re talking Monty Python and their Ministry of Silly Walks or my favorite band in college – Johnny Socko and their lead singer singing while hanging from the rafters of the Bluebird Nightclub while dressed in a giant banana suit, or Stephen Colbert in all of his ridiculously clever ignorance. So, I tend to have a high level of appreciation for silliness and obnoxiousness.
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