In the United States, "Gangnam Style" peaked at number two on Billboard Hot 100. The song and its music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide. "Gangnam Style" debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Chart. The song received mixed reviews, with praise for its catchy beat and Psy's amusing dancing (which has itself become a phenomenon) in the music video and during live performances in various locations around the world. A K-pop and dance-pop song, the term "Gangnam Style" is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. RELATED: A Bad Lip Read of Edward and Bella Kimmel Continues to Make Kids Cryįor those unfamiliar with the term, mondegreens are basically nonsensical, humorous phrases born from mishearing lyrics. You probably know some of the genre's classics. Paul McCartney's stab at French on "Michelle" is often mondegreenized as "Sunday monkey won't play piano song." Does Jimi Hendrix want to "kiss the sky" or "kiss this guy?" Recently, The New York Times ran a piece on the latest entry in the mondegreen cannon: "fanute," French Montana's unintelligible first utterance on Rick Ross' "Stay Schemin." Gangnam Style" ( Korean: 강남스타일, IPA: ) is a song by South Korean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 ( Ssai Yukgap Part 1). Folks on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and other meme factories are already mining the mondegreen for LOLs.
But the reference seems lost on all the listeners who think PSY is saying "open condom style," which makes no sense, but sounds like a bad idea nonetheless. As The Atlantic's Max Fisher noted, the refrain "oppa Gangnam style" is a clever jab at Seoul's rich and idle. It has 53 million Youtube hits as of this writing, it's the first K-pop single to top the iTunes video charts, and every news organization from The Washington Post to Time is gushing over it. But, as they do with most K-pop songs, Western listeners are hilariously mishearing its lyrics. Americans can't get enough of the bizarre hit "Gangnam Style" by Korean pop star PSY.
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