Psy be a Gentleman

Hi! Meris again! Recently I visited ViRtuaL POP CulTs and read a blog about how Gangnam Style influent the music industry over the world. ( If you guys are interested, take a look on http://virtualpopcults.blogspot.hk/2013/09/gangnam-style-big-influence-on-music.html !!) Then I was thinking since Psy has released his new song – Gentleman, why don’t we have another little review on this song?

Gentleman was released on April 2013, which also viewed on Youtube over 1.5billion times (actually not bad compare to Gangnam Style).  Same as Gangnam Style, Gentleman also used house music (one type of electronic music). House music is quite popular among K-pop songs these days. I think it is because house music has strong and addictive beats that make audience can memorize the rhythm easily. Also, the huge success in Gangnam Style makes the entertainment companies to see the potential profit in making House music.

Similar to Gangnam Style, the lyrics in Gentleman are just repeating few sentences while most of them are English, eg. “I’m a mother-father-gentleman”, “Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you wet”. It is not common for us to see many bilingual lyrics nowadays, not only in Korean songs; we can also see this phenomenon in Hong Kong, especially in Rap! (For example Rough Boy from The Way We Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVVogfarwoQ) Usually in Asia, their lyrics are often mixing with English, while in western countries; the English lyrics are often mixing with Spanish or French (for example: Lady Gaga songs). But I think language-mixing lyrics are more common in Chinese society or be more specific – Hong Kong. It is mainly because of its historical background as British have colonized Hong Kong for many years. Therefore, Hong People are acceptable to western culture. And the official languages in Hong Kong are Cantonese, English and Putonghua. And somehow we even think we are more superior to speak mixed-English Cantonese. Therefore, Mixed-language lyrics tend to suit the taste of Hong Kong people more. (Off topic L)

The dance of Gentleman is also very easy to learn and very addictive to audience. It is come from “arrogant dance” from the song “Abracadabra” by South Korean girl group, Brown Eyed Girls. This dance was very popular in Korea when the song was launched. When Gentleman released, this dance reheated again! My younger brother often dances with the MV!
 

Here is English version of Gentleman XD

Ah~!
You know why it should be hot
You know why it should be neat
You know if you dunno, you are a dork

We Like We We We Like Party ~
You know we like we we we like party

Like I mean
Let me say this guy is I mean
The gut, go, geek, and gorgeous I mean

I want to say what you want to hear I mean
Damn! Girl! You so freakin sexy!

Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

You know why it should be slim
You know why it should be sexy
You know darling come and kick it
You know everybody is kicking it, come in

Like I mean
Your hair, waist, legs, and calves I mean

Good! feeling feeling? Good!
Good! Feeling feeling? Good! softly I mean

To make you scream like heok and ah I mean

Damn! Girl! Im a party mafia!

Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a
Ah Ah Ah Ah~ Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am~ Wet PSY!

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am~ Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! PSY! PSY! PSY!
Ah Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

Im a
Ah Im a
Im a mother father gentleman

Mother father gentleman
Mother father gentleman