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Gangnam style! What is this?

Posted by Abhishek Pandey on 00:27:00 in
A still from the music video Gangnam Style


Gangnam Style, a music video by a South Korean singer Psy, went viral over the Internet. It has been seen millions of times since it was uploaded on the video sharing website YouTube. Why is it so popular? Is it an excellent piece of musical creativity? Do the lyrics of the song have deep meaning? Or is it out of the ordinary for some other creative reasons unknown to common people? How did it become the most liked video in YouTube history?


There are many such questions that boggle the minds of the people who have watched this video and even those who have not searched it on YouTube and only read about it in news reports. The strange thing is that ninety per cent people who do not understand Korean had not understood the lyrics of the music video if they would have not seen it with subtitles in their preferred languages. The phenomenon of liking a musical video in the language we don’t understand was seen in India when Kolaveri Di went viral. The song was as popular in Punjab and U.P. as it was in Tamil Nadu. It will not be wrong to say that Gangnam Style is more popular in other countries than in South Korea. It has fan following everywhere from Africa, West Indies to India and Sri Lanka.

But what is Gangnam Style? Wikipedia says that ‘Gangnam style’ depicts the lavish lifestyle associated with Gangnam district in Seoul (South Korea). The lyrics of the music video do not tell about Gangnam Style but the video does speak a little about it. 

When I listen to this song for the first time I could not make head and tale of its meaning. I tried looking for the translated version of its lyrics and when I read the translated version I realized that I was better of without knowing what exactly it meant. There was nothing to understand. It was as senseless as Kolaveri Di. But the video has enough material to make you roll on the floor laughing (ROFL).

The translation of the lyrics of Gangnam Style in English is given here so that if you could make any sense of it then please explain.

Oppa is Gangnam style
Gangnam style
A girl who is warm and humanle during the day
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist

I’m a guy
A guy who is as warm as you during the day
A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down
A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
That kind of guy

Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
A sensable girl like that

I’m a guy
A guy who seems calm but plays when he plays
A guy who goes completely crazy when the right time comes
A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles
That kind of guy
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
Oppa is Gangnam style

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two
On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
I’m a man who knows a thing or two

You know what I’m saying
Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh



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