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#1 2012-09-22 15:07:15

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Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

Psy said he never expected any of his songs to be recognized outside of his country. Why do you think this song--which he only made because he wanted to do something exciting--became so popular in other countries (I don't know where else it's popular)?


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#2 2012-09-22 15:15:09

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

Because it's got a pretty funny video and I guess people aren't used to funny videos coming from Korea.


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#3 2012-09-22 15:17:51

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

ugh i dunno


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#4 2012-09-22 15:39:52

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

Because it has a funny video, a catchy beat, and some pretty weird (but pretty good) dance moves. In other words, it's wacky in a cool kind of way.


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#5 2012-09-22 15:48:47

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

Doesn't this belong in the Gagnam Style topic?


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#6 2012-09-22 15:56:14

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

It's kind-of a fad; it's like the "cool" thing right now in pop culture.  tongue


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#7 2012-09-22 16:26:30

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

funelephant wrote:

ugh i dunno

You can't really groan about people liking silly music videos.

Besides, it's just a fun video to watch that's really silly. The guy doesn't take himself to seriously and it's funny to watch.


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#8 2012-09-23 09:45:35

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

I saw Gangam Style on the Ellen show xD


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#9 2012-09-23 11:16:44

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

i hadnt even heard of it until lucario mentioned a project with it to me and i was like wut


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#10 2012-09-23 11:26:41

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

CylonToast wrote:

I saw Gangam Style on the Ellen show xD

Same.  smile


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#11 2012-09-23 11:29:06

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

stevetheipad wrote:

CylonToast wrote:

I saw Gangam Style on the Ellen show xD

Same.  smile

i saw it on the today show
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#12 2012-09-23 11:29:17

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?


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#13 2012-09-23 11:31:49

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

BLU_Spy wrote:

Duplicate.

not really...


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#14 2012-09-23 11:39:56

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

I saw it first on Saturday Night Live last week, the at my school's pep rally they played it as well. It is weird, but compared to American acts like Lady Gaga it seems normal.


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#15 2012-09-23 14:39:30

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Re: Gagnam Style-- why is it so popular in America, England, etc.?

Looks like this topic is a duplicate of this one over here.  It's a good idea to use the Search feature of the forums before creating a new topic  smile


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