Psy
Psy
Park Jae-sang, known professionally as Psy, stylized PSY, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, and internationally for his hit single "Gangnam Style". The song's refrain "Oppan Gangnam Style" was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth31 December 1977
queens gun rocks
Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of drums.
song fun giving
I really like the P!nk song with the guy from fun., 'Just Give Me a Reason.'
artist korea musician
There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can say that Korean artists are really dynamic artists, so I am going to show that from now on.
artist house
I like the word 'artist,' but I don't like the word 'artist' inside my house.
stars pops pop-stars
I never expect I would become a K-pop star.
father son korea
In Korea, it's a tradition to inherit your father's business. Unfortunately, I'm the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much.
jobs dark night
I've got to wear sunglasses everywhere, all the time, even if its indoors or at night time, to be recognized. That's part of my job. I cannot take off my sunglasses. For me, staying in the United States was so dark because I can't take them off.
moving way gangnam-style
Everything moves way too fast.
albums video made
I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all.
song korea rocks
To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But in Korea I'm doing one of the biggest concerts; it's not a dance music concert. I'm playing with the band, so I change my every song to a rock song.
artist korean ready
If a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her.
witty writing culture
In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't.
artist korea want
The basic principle I have is that what is most Korean is what is the most international. I don't want to come here and act like I'm an American. I want to showcase the dynamic potential Korea has, and I want to prove that as an artist.
song thinking decision
When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision.