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(2), I wrote a little intro before quoting the article that got you excited about what you were going to read. (1), you’ve heard (and probably like) the song. I’m going to suggest that there are two main reasons for this. Psy’s new song, “Gangnam Style,” contains social criticism disguised with humorĬhances are you understood this article very clearly, and picked up on all or most of the above points.Many pop stars in Korea routinely make public appearances for no reason besides money.

His second album was censored by the Korean government.

Psy has a drug charge and draft-dodging on his criminal record.

Here is a sample of some information from the text – I’d like you to take a look, and see how much you picked up on: If this were a GMAT RC passage, you’d be expected to know some things about what you just read. The opening track on his sixth album, "Gangnam Style,” has earned 49 million hits on YouTube since its mid-July release, but the viral spread was just the start. Now, Park has succeeded where the K-Pop entertainment-industrial-complex and its superstars have failed so many times before: he's made it in America. Still, there's a long history of fools and court jesters as society's most cutting social critics, and he might be one of them.

#Gangnam style performer tv#

He's mainstream in the way that South Korea's monolithically corporate media demands of its stars, who typically appear regularly on TV variety and even game shows, but as a harlequin, a performer known for his parodies, outrageous costumes, and jokey concerts. His first album got him fined for "inappropriate content" and the second was banned. Park, who performs as Psy (short for psycho), is a relatively ancient 34, has been busted for marijuana and for avoiding the country's mandatory military service, and is not particularly good-looking. Park Jaesang is an unlikely poster boy for South Korea's youth-obsessed, highly lucrative, and famously vacuous pop music.