![]() ![]() Efforts to understand that cultural moment from our own very different context, like translating South Korean song lyrics into English, are always going to be clouded by ambiguity. Psy's 2004 performance came at a sensitive moment in South Korea, one when anti-American sentiment was widespread for reasons that are not always easy to understand from the other end of the Pacific Ocean. ![]() But the ambiguity goes beyond just the challenge of close-reading song lyrics or of translating them across languages the problem is also translating them across two very different cultures. Parents, you are sort of on the safe side, The lyrics are in Korean, so kids will not likely understand the lyrics and think of flirting and PSY hitting on. A K-pop and dance-pop song, the term 'Gangnam Style' is a Korean. After all, these are four lines of song lyrics by a mid-tier South Korean heavy metal band clear and precise lyrics are not exactly hallmarks of the metal genre in any country. ' Gangnam Style ' ( Korean:, IPA: ka.nam s.ta.il) is a song by South Korean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 ( Ssai Yukgap Part 1 ). Though several Koreans and Americans who volunteered their translations independently raised the possibility that we might be dramatically misreading those 2004 lyrics and accusing Psy of saying something that he didn't, most said the exact meaning is unclear. ![]()
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