Psy, the South Korean singer is known internationally for his hit single “Gangnam Style.” Gangnam Style exceeded 170 million YouTube views, and it becomes the first and currently only video to do so.
While been hanging out here in the States, doing his famous Gangnam Style PSY has shared his secrets to Ryan Seacrest. On Air with Ryan Seacrest, the American television talk show, posted the two-part video interview series. Here listed the main points that Psy has revealed.
Name
“My original name is Jae-Sang Park, so it’s totally different.”
Family
“I have twins. They are 4 years old. They know the word ‘concert,’ so they know father’s job is ‘concert,’ and they prefer concert [over] father.”
Music
“I was at Berklee College of Music in Boston, but [I was] a freshman for four years. Class was too early for me. Yeah, freshman for four years — I was so fresh, ya know?”
Inspiration
“Gangnam is a certain territory in Korea that’s noble in daytime and going crazy at nighttime, so I described a [hey! sexy] lady and gentleman [from that territory.]”
Age
“Korean age is different than yours.” WHAT? “They count one year when they’re born. So my birthday was Dec 31, so I got one year, and the next day, I got 2 years old.”
Lifestyle
“I’m still walking down the street like, ‘Why I’m here? Why I’m here?’ You know, I’ve done this 12 years in Korea, and I’m rookie here now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star.”
Dress
“I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.”
Drinking
“I didn’t speak any English when I arrived here [but] I was very good at drinking. [It was my] third day in the U.S., so I talked to the other students, ‘Let’s have a drink.’ They said, ‘How can you get the drinks? We are not allowed?’ And I said, ‘I can buy it in Chinatown.’ So I bought it and we drank in my room and we get crazy all night long and they don’t have enough tolerance for that, so they all starting throwing up. Suddenly there came four or five ambulances and they kept asking, ‘Hey, why, did you do that?’ My English was really horrible, so the only words I had were, ‘Not me!
On Ushar
“I had a conversation with him and what I [told] him was, ‘I wanna teach you how to dance.” What did Usher say back? “He laughed all night long.”
Other Bands
“Most of the K-pop artists are boy bands or girl bands. Most of them are junior tome, so … it was my job [to] buy a drink for the juniors that go overseas — ‘Hey, cheer up, [keep] fighting.’”
From manager Scooter Braun
“He came over to the States and we started talking business and PSY said, ‘Well this is very nice, but I’d rather just take you to Korea town tonight and drink.”