“Gangnam Style” (Korean: 강남스타일; pronounced [kaŋ.nam sɯ.tʰa.il]) is a K-pop song by South Korean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012,
Gangham style is over a decade old
Oppa oppa
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
PugJesus@piefed.social 1 hour ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
So are you
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Shots fired.
M137@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
This is one of those times where I’m not surprised at all. I think I’d have guessed it’s older than that.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Sometimes you have to embrace Death Of The Artist and just enjoy things for what they are, rather than what they were intended to be.
If you stand around thinking about the historical context of the Arc de Triomphe or the Great Wall of China or the Hoover Dam, you’re going to have a bad time. Empty Head. No Thoughts. Just be at peace and enjoy things.
dragontamer@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Someone told me that Oppa means ‘Uncle’, but in the particular district of Gangnam the word Oppa/Uncle also means Pimp.
So it’s basically a song based on a pretty bad pun. I’ll protect you like an uncle, and by Uncle I mean Pimp.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Heeey, sexy ladies
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
My first thought was: “Oh nice, they’ve made a statue on how to not measure your own pulse.”
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Gangnam style made me prefer North Korea to South Korea. No country devoted to the common good could ever unleash such cultural carnage upon the world.
Jokes, but I do hate gangnam style.
ethaver@kbin.earth 8 hours ago
It was a fucking banger you tasteless, joyless, spork sharpener.
optissima@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
I dont believe one could be a millenial tween in 2012
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 hours ago
The statue is, unsurprisingly, in Gangnam. Personal judgement of the song aside, it made the district world-famous. That’s enough reason to erect a monument.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No country devoted to the common good could ever unleash such cultural carnage upon the world.
The biter irony of Gangnam Style was in its original portrayal (embraced by the OG music video) mocking the faux-decadence and rampant conspicuous consumerism of the Gangnam district. Then Psy blows up, becomes the epitome of the Nouveau Riche he was parodying, hooks up with his lead dancer, and just shamelessly embraces the same Gangnam lifestyle.
Gangnam style made me prefer North Korea to South Korea.
I mean, North Korea has its own brand of conspicuous over-consumption. It’s just couched in the language of Juche socio-economic policies. The two countries’ leaders are trapped in a shameless cycle of one-upsmanship and its been toxic for them both in different ways.
Godort@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Death of the author is a thing.
Whatever meaning you derive from a piece of art personally is just as valid as the intended meaning
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Don’t worry. The sculptor made sure you can’t misinterpret their work.
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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 hours ago
Pack it up, “artists,” the solution to viewer interpretation has been found.
froh42@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
No no no.
In school in higher education we had to interpret poems.
I am definitely sure, that neither the author’s opinion or my opinion are relevant. It is only the teacher’s opinion that is relevant.
(Do I need the /s?)
Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 hours ago
Be me, a literal reading scifi fan in 11th grade English having to read Jane Eyre and find all the damn symbolism. When all I saw was a 19th century romance novel. Blech.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
Loss.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Except that
Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 hours ago
I was going to comment the same. The best art is where each person can derive their own meaning. Even better when you find new significance every time you see it.
danc4498@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Is it a sign that I have no artistic talent whatsoever that I hate this concept?
Godort@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
No, it just means that you believe that the artist’s intentions are more important than your own interpretation of a given work. It’s the other side of a philosophical debate about the meaning of “art” as a whole.