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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
But it was the viral video that popularized him here, and brought more K-pop to our attention.
Take One Direction. They came in third on the X Factor and then signed a £2,000,000 deal.
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I agree the video was definitely a factor. Likely not the only factor though.
As a fellow Canadian who's a fan of Brian Wilson as well, we should really both try to get over the fact that Gangnam Style is just a pure fun circus stunt which became wildly successful as a fad. It's over. It's not classic art, just an aggressively loud catchy diddy full of character and energy. Party music. It fully deserved to get the love it got because the people loved it for it's spontaneous craziness, and the easy to love charisma of Psy, not for an unrelated standard of complex chords and elaborate melodies.
Here's the challenge for the listener with old school tastes, new school tastes, as well as fans of Psy, or not. Go back to Psy's 2001 release and go through his albums chronologically, listening to each song (using wiki and youtube), and see if there is something more substantial to enjoy. I call it music appreciation 101. One might be surprised at what one finds. Through effort comes appreciation.
Psy Discography :
-PSY from the Psycho World! (2001)
-Ssa2 (2002)
-3 Mi (2002)
-Remake & Mix 18 Beon (2005)
-Ssajib (2006)
-PSYfive (2010)
-Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 (2012)