# Oppa Gangnam Style - awesome Korean music video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919 "2012-08-09T00:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/261 "2012-12-22T01:51:19Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > … and there is no such thing as coincidence. maybe the aliens saw the video and changed their minds. Psy saves the world! And [here’s an interesting new version from Psy himself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=wcLNteez3c4), featuring that cutie in the original video. Hyuna I guess her name is? Purely out of curiosity, would anyone happen to know if she’s done any, say, just as an example off the top of my head, porn? (And what the URL might be?) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/262 "2012-12-22T02:01:53Z")
No, she is a Korean pop star, her career would be over in Korea if she did anything porn-ish. Even a nude photo would kill it. Unlike the US, where that just makes you more famous :smack: Plus that video isn’t new. It came out like 1 day after the original video. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/263 "2012-12-22T02:11:55Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > No, she is a Korean pop star, her career would be over in Korea if she did anything porn-ish. Even a nude photo would kill it. Unlike the US, where that just makes you more famous :smack: > > Plus that video isn’t new. It came out like 1 day after the original video. \*Phew! I am, um, SO glad the little dear has not sullied her reputation. (:() Somehow missed the video before. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/264 "2012-12-22T02:15:56Z")
Hahah, Sam. I am sure you can find look-alikes doing all sorts of nasty on the world wide web ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/265 "2012-12-23T19:35:40Z")
No one can replace Hyuna (unfortunately) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/266 "2012-12-23T22:43:09Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > \*Phew! I am, um, SO glad the little dear has not sullied her reputation. (:() > > Somehow missed the video before. In any case, isn’t porn actually _illegal_ in S. Korea? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/267 "2012-12-27T03:35:21Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > No, she is a Korean pop star, her career would be over in Korea if she did anything porn-ish. Even a nude photo would kill it. Unlike the US, where that just makes you more famous :smack: Oh, Sweet Biscuits! [Here she is doing a song called “Ice Cream.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWZluzBNxM) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/268 "2012-12-27T03:42:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Oh, Sweet Biscuits! [Here she is doing a song called “Ice Cream.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWZluzBNxM) Oh, Kpop gets very sexual, but they veil it in innuendo and anything blatant is lambasted in the popular media and pop stars often have to defend “scandals” for natural human behavior we wouldn’t even blink an eye at. i.e. (May be NSFW) [spoiler][http://www.allkpop.com/2012/09/big-bangs-seungri-caught-up-in-sex-scandal-rumors-after-release-of-pictures-by-japanese-tabloid-friday[/spoiler]](http://www.allkpop.com/2012/09/big-bangs-seungri-caught-up-in-sex-scandal-rumors-after-release-of-pictures-by-japanese-tabloid-friday%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/269 "2012-12-27T03:46:55Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Oh, Kpop gets very sexual, but they veil it in innuendo and anything blatant is lambasted in the popular media and pop stars often have to defend “scandals” for natural human behavior we wouldn’t even blink an eye at. Don’t I know. We get MTV out of Taiwan, and KPop is a regular feature. Actually, I see she’s in a band called “4minute,” and MTV has shown their videos. Didn’t recognize her in the “Oppa Gangnam Style” video. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/270 "2012-12-27T03:48:55Z")
and NSFW [http://www.asianwalkway.com/news/korean-sex-scandal-top-female-celebrities-involved/](http://www.asianwalkway.com/news/korean-sex-scandal-top-female-celebrities-involved/) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/271 "2012-12-27T03:50:35Z")
People joke 4minute is Huyna and friends, as she gets most of the singing and solo parts, when she isn’t even the designated “leader.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/272 "2012-12-27T16:56:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Oh, Sweet Biscuits! [Here she is doing a song called “Ice Cream.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWZluzBNxM) Don’t miss [Bubble Pop!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/273 "2012-12-27T19:12:09Z")
I don’t know if this is a Korean thing, but there are a lot of videos of Hyuna doing odd things, like visiting a farm, talking before a show at a hotel room, on some weird set that looks like a reality show, having a prank pulled on her while she’s sleeping, and whatnot. Its like this girl’s life is filmed 24/7 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/274 "2012-12-27T19:59:08Z")
Maybe she’s the Korean Katy Perry. She’s working on a bio film. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/275 "2012-12-27T20:07:12Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I don’t know if this is a Korean thing, but there are a lot of videos of Hyuna doing odd things, like visiting a farm, talking before a show at a hotel room, on some weird set that looks like a reality show, having a prank pulled on her while she’s sleeping, and whatnot. Its like this girl’s life is filmed 24/7 That is pretty much most Kpop idols lives. It’s a Korean thing. The production companies film them and have media film them. Some really popular idol groups even have their own real world like TV shows. They also live and train together from a very young age, say around 12 years old, for years before they are “debuted” as artists or idol groups. Here are some more details on what it takes to be a Kpop idol: > [@](#): > > According to ABC News, every week hundreds of “wannabe stars” turn up at global auditions held by SM Entertainment all around the world to sing and dance for a chance at K-pop stardom. Those who successfully go through a few rounds of audition will have the chance to sign long term contracts and enter a training programme that lasts for years. In many cases, would-be idols enter the system at age nine or ten and live together in a house under tight rules. The cost of discovering and training one member from the K-Pop idol group Girls’ Generation amounted to a total of 3 billion won (US$2.6 million). > > Besides attending regular classes, trainees spend many hours a day learning music, choreography and sometimes foreign languages including Japanese and English, because K-pop music is often produced for overseas export. Many trainees prefer to drop out of school in order to devote their time and energy to achieve their goal of becoming a K-pop idol. > **[Korean idol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_idol)** > > An idol (Korean: 아이돌; RR: aidol) is a type of entertainer who works in the field of Korean popular music (K-pop), either as a member of a group or as a solo act. They typically work for an entertainment agency that operates a highly managed star system that idols are produced by and debut under. Idols undergo extensive training in dance, vocal performance, and foreign language, and tend to represent a hybridized convergence of visuals, music, and fashion. Idols maintain a carefully curated pub ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/276 "2012-12-31T02:42:16Z")
Speaking of Kpop videos, this song, “Nobody”, by girl group Wonder Girls, was very popular a few years ago. I wonder if it paved the way for Gangnam Style to set records. Have any of you heard it? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BAS6C7bf85o/hqdefault.jpg "Wonder Girls - Nobody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS6C7bf85o) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/277 "2012-12-31T05:18:56Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Speaking of Kpop videos, this song, “Nobody”, by girl group Wonder Girls, was very popular a few years ago. I wonder if it paved the way for Gangnam Style to set records. Have any of you heard it? > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS6C7bf85o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS6C7bf85o) I heard/saw it earlier this year. Hilarious video 😛 Your link is coming up “not available in your country”. Here’s an alternate link: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BA7fdSkp8ds/hqdefault.jpg "Wonder Girls "NOBODY (Eng. Ver)" M/V") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7fdSkp8ds) ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/278 "2012-12-31T06:16:05Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > In any case, isn’t porn actually _illegal_ in S. Korea? Hardcore porn is illegal, so all legal porn has stuff blurred out or covered. Korean sex culture is messed up. No one wants to talk about it in a healthy way, yet the country is littered with “love motels” and red light districts. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/279 "2013-01-02T10:11:08Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Speaking of Kpop videos, this song, “Nobody”, by girl group Wonder Girls, was very popular a few years ago. I wonder if it paved the way for Gangnam Style to set records. Have any of you heard it? > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS6C7bf85o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAS6C7bf85o) There was no escaping that song in Thailand a few years ago. In fact, most of the top officials of Thailand’s central bank at that time just happened to be ladies, and at the big annual meeting they did a fair rendition of it themselves. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/280 "2013-04-22T01:58:26Z")
Ok no one’s mentioned this: Psy has released a new song and video, “Gentleman”. It’s the fastest video to reach 100 million views. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=15)