♪ (ragtime music) ♪
(Intro to Gangnam Style plays)
Oppan Gangnam Style!
Oh, I like Psy-- he's, um... [snaps fingers]
Psycho! Psyche! Psyche? Psy!
[laughing]
Oh, I know what this one is!
But I've never watched any of it.
Ooh, look at that boy dance.
Woo! He can get down, babe!
Gotta like the horses.
Ooh! Ooh, the kid's good!
[laughing]
What is that stuff?
Like the babes.
Oh, I wonder what this is all about,
'cause I've been hearing so much about it!
Asians have come into the pop market!
[laughing]
Oppan' gangam style
What language is that, Korean or Japanese?
I don't know what this is about...
I love this guy.
It isn't what the... what we would stereotype asians to be like.
Oh yeah, I'm a sexy lady.
You don't even really... have to know what he's saying--
Ohoho, woah!
[laughing]
That's a little much, my Chip 'n' Dale's days are over.
Make it stop.
Ooh, I'll take that car.
Nice ride.
[laughing]
I hope he doesn't drown.
Ugh!
[laughing]
He's taking a dump!
[laughing]
Wop, wop wop...
Woo em gang nam da!
Ah, he's a cartoon now.
[mildly laughing]
Finally, something that was inoffensive.
Music should be international, I guess it is.
That's "gangnam dancing" I've been hearing about!
[movie reel clicks]
So how did that music video make you feel?
Made me feel very good.
Very child-like.
Happy!
That's uplifting.
Upbeat, alive, fantastic.
I wish I was in that music video.
Have you heard of this already?
No, I've never heard of him.
No.
No I have not.
I had read about it in the papers, yes.
I've actually seen this guy before, 'cause I was watching Saturday night live.
He was on, uh... Good Morning America, or something mainstream recently.
Can you sing any of the song?
Absolutely not.
I just know the "wop wop wop" part.
Woop em gangnam da!
[laughing]
Woop em gangnam da, ey, ey!
It sounds like he said "condom style".
Sounds like he's saying "condom star".
If I was Trojans, I'd sign his ass up!
Can you show us some of the dance moves?
He was doing this!
Oppa ganbat star!
Oppa gangam star!
Woo!
The name of the song is "Gangnam Style".
Gangnam, gangnam.
Gang-nam Style, which means...
What do you think "Gangnam Style" means?
Horseback riding?
I'm a hot guy!
It must be the sort of dance that they're doing.
Thats what I was gonna ask you, fellas!
Did you like it?
Not so much.
It gets a little monotonous.
I loved it.
It was cute.
Yes I did.
I loved it!
Oh, I loved that video.
What did you like about it?
Oh, I LOVED the visuals.
The bright colors...
The cute little dance thing that they do.
The girls looked great doing it.
I loved the, uh... the music.
I don't unds... understand what he's saying,
but in pop music... in later years I didn't understand what American artists were saying!
So the artist's name is "Psy".
"Psy", okay.
What did you think of him?
I think he's very cute.
Like me, better go in a diet.
I like the clean look as opposed to, y'know, the glitter and tattoos.
I want to know why he's wearing dark glasses.
Does he have red eyes? Is he an... a drug addict, an alcoholic?
Uh, is he blind?
How many views do you think it has?
10 million.
Probably 30 million by now.
80 million views?
It actually has over 350 million views.
Oh wow, that is awesome!
Woah!
[incomprehensible]
There's a lot of people that are watching it multiple times are going
"Hey, hey! Come over here and watch this!"
What is making this one of the most popular songs and music videos of all time?
It translates... without language.
It's just this kind of uh, the fun little guy dancing!
And everybody can relate to that without being... feeling intimidated.
This guy has, uh, captured something on video
that is cute, inoffensive, funny, and catchy!
What genre of music do you think this is?
I think maybe it's like, techno or something?
Not emo!
It's not much different, uh, from old dance music.
Korean pop?
Exactly right!
Oh, it's Korean?
안녕하세요! (Annyeonghaseyo!)
That's gi... that's "hello" in Korean.
This is Korean, not Japanese?
Mhm.
Shut the front door!
A lot of popular Korean pop songs have put a little bit of English into the song.
Why do you think they do that?