Artist: PSY
Album: Gentleman [ Single ]
Genre: Dance/Electro
Duration: 3:14 (mp3)
Released on: Apr 12, 2013
Description:
"Gentleman" (stylized Gentleman) is the 19th K-pop single by Sounth Korean
musician
PSY released on April 12, 2013 (KST). It is the follow up to his international hit single
"Gangnam Style", which at the time of "Gentleman's" released had been viewed on youtube 1.5 billion
times. The first public performance of the song, with its associated dance, was unveiled at 6:30pm on
April 13 at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul. A poster was released containing the main line of the
song I'm a mother f**** gentleman, with the term f*** reportedly being a mock censored form of
"father". This song racked up 22 million Youtube hits in 24 hours to a new record for most views in
a single day on the video-sharing website, beating Justin Bieber's "Beauty and a Beat", which was veiwed
10.6 million times in 24 hours. As of 16 April 2013, the video has been watched over 94 million times
on Youtube and has received 1 million likes.
When the song was being produced, Jeff Benjamin of The Independent reported that
"A trailer posted on Psy's twitter links to a thudding beat with a repeated lyric of I'm a mother, father,
gentleman'. Or motherf***er depending on the interpretation of Psy's accent. The song features more of
English than "Gangnam Style". The Huffington Post classifies the song as electro-pop while Time describes
it as K-pop.
The dance in the chorus originates from girl group Brown Eyed Girls 2009 hit. "Abracadabra". In describing the dance in advance of the song's debut Psy stated, "I can't tell you the
dance but all Koreans know this dance- but other countries haven't seen it. For the April 13 debut of the
dance, PSY instructed fans to attend in white attire. 50,000 people attended the April 13 World Cup
Stadium performance, which gave the nation a respite at a time when political tension are high due to
concerns about the intentions are high due to concerns about the intentions of Kim Jong-un.
The 6:30 PM seoul time / 2:30 AM U.S. ET performance was broadcasted live on Youtube.
Although his previous song's associated widely- imitated horse-riding dance had brought
him notoriety, the "harlem Shake" has recently challenged PSY and "Gangnam Style" for the top position
in pop culture. PSY felt a lot pressure to satisfy his growing fanbase, saying "Of course i feel more burden than before, because lots of people are watching " The new dance is charactarized by fast, hip-swinging movements in STUFF
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