Psy: Michael Jackson’s Music Is a Universal Language

Psy (Psy), the 35-year-old singer and dancer from South Korea, has been famous for some time now thanks to his song “Gangnam Style” and its strange, quirky music video and dance. In reality, Gangnam Style spread like a contagious disease across all countries of the world, quickly turning this anonymous artist into a global star after five unsuccessful albums.

Persian Wikipedia wrote: “According to YouTube statistics, this music video, on December 22, 2012, with more than 1.1 billion views, is the most-watched video in YouTube history. In this way, the Gangnam Style video surpassed the video for Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby.’ Gangnam Style is also registered in the Guinness World Records book as the most popular video on the YouTube website, having received about 5.4 million ‘likes’ up to November 2012.” (Video)

Of course, as is typical of people from East Asia, despite his widespread fame, Psy has remained humble so far.

After he had insulted American soldiers in a song during the Iraq war and said they deserved to die, he apologized to the American people — who had been the driving force behind his recent success — some time ago.

Psy recently, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, paid tribute to the King of Pop:

Question: What is the biggest thing the United States has exported to the rest of the world?

Psy: Well, first of all, the English language, and also pop music. A song like Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ — I think it’s the most catchy and universal language in the world.

eMJey: In this regard, we also agree with Mr. Psy!

Source: eMJey.com / Hollywood Reporter