"Mondays : PSY Gangnam Style"", a review and parody of ""Gangnam Style"" uploaded on July 23 by K-pop video bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski, a Canadian couple living in Seoul. This makes the Stawski's video the earliest parody featured in an American newspaper. On August 8, 2012, Ramstad appeared on ""WSJ Live"", and he mentioned the Andersons and the Stawskis again, before claiming that ""a lot of Koreans are also making their own parodies of 'Gangnam Style'"". On September 3, 2012, the number of daily views generated by ""Gangnam Style"" went past the five-million mark. By the end of September,"
"Gangnam district."" Psy likened the Gangnam District to Beverly Hills, California, and said in an interview that he intended in a twisted sense of humor by claiming himself to be ""Gangnam Style"" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and the music video is far from being such a high class: The song talks about ""the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild"". The song's refrain ""오빤 강남 스타일 (Oppan Gangnam style)"" has been translated as ""Big brother is Gangnam style"", with Psy referring to himself. During an interview with ""The New York Times"","
"""Jerusalem Syndrome Gangnam Style"", which is shot at the Old City of Jerusalem and includes important heritage sites such as Mahane Yehuda Market, Western Wall, Zion Square, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It also includes a special cameo appearance by the Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat. ""The Times of Israel"" described the parody as ""a unique Jerusalem twist to the song"". The Argentine TV series ""Graduados"" made another parody, danced by the Argentine-Korean actor Chang Kim Sung. ""Obama Gangnam Style!"" is a parody by Barack Obama impersonator Reggie Brown. The musical television series ""Glee"" covers the song in their"
"Gangnam Style ""Gangnam Style"" (, ) is the 18th K-pop single by the South Korean musician Psy. The song was released on July 15, 2012, as the lead single of his sixth studio album ""Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1"", and debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Chart. On December 21, 2012, ""Gangnam Style"" became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views. The song's music video has been viewed over 3.2 billion times on YouTube, and was the most viewed video on YouTube from November 24, 2012, when it surpassed the music video for ""Baby"" by"
"Gangnam (Seoul) Gangnam or Gangnam three Districts is the area of three ""gu"" (local government wards) in Seoul, South Korea, individually known as Gangnam-gu, Seocho-gu and Songpa-gu and often collectively referred to as ""Gangnam"". Gangnam is strictly a Sino-Korean place name meaning ""south of the river"". These districts are known for their expensive real estate. Media reports frequently refer to this area when they cover stories about real estate. The area has been developed very quickly in an organized way since the 1970s by the government and is now home to many companies and a target of real estate investors."
"a neighborhood in Atlanta (Zone 3), and grew up in the Jonesboro South projects. Other rappers from the neighborhood include Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, Ludacris and Williams's childhood friend PeeWee Longway, from whom Williams lived four doors down. Young Thug has told interviewers that he got expelled in the sixth grade for breaking a teacher's arm. He was sent to juvenile prison for four years. After releasing the first three installments of his mixtape series ""I Came from Nothing"" throughout 2011 and 2012, Young Thug caught the attention of fellow Atlanta-based rapper Gucci Mane, who went on to sign"
"Gangnam District The Gangnam District (, ) is one of the 25 local government districts which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangnam literally means ""South of the River."" As of the 2017 census, Gangnam District had a population of 561,052. Gangnam District is the third largest district in Seoul, with an area of . Gangnam is one of three ""gu"" that make up the Greater Gangnam Area along with neighboring Seocho District and Songpa District. Combined, these three ""gu"" cover approximately of land and had a population of 1,567,881 as of 2010, making up 20% of the"
"Downtown Chicago. While there is an area of Chicago known as ""East Side"", it is a neighborhood on the Far South Side on the Illinois/Indiana state line. East Side is also several miles away from where Capone lived on Prairie Avenue in Chicago. Furthermore, in the 1920s, East Side was known for being a quiet, residential, and predominantly Eastern European neighborhood—a sharp contrast from the site of the bloodbath described in the song. Songwriters Peter Callender and Mitch Murray said in interviews (most notably on ""Beat Club"" shortly after the song's smash success) that they had never been to the"
"Gangnam Blues Gangnam Blues (; lit. Gangnam 1970) is a 2015 South Korean noir action film written and directed by Yoo Ha, and starring Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae-won. The film is set in the 1970s against the backdrop of the real estate development of Seoul's Gangnam district amidst socio-political turmoil and terrorism. The friendship of two childhood friends is tested as they find themselves entangled in the collusion and battles between political powers and criminal organizations. In the 1970s, during the height of political corruption, Gangnam, the southern part of Seoul, is starting to be transformed into a developed"
"locations: On August 16, 2012, Nelly Furtado performed the song at her concert in the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. One of the main factors that has led to ""Gangnam Style"" receiving worldwide media attention is its popularity among notable celebrities. According to ""The Wall Street Journal"", T-Pain was among the first to have ""sent [the video] to the stratosphere"" when he tweeted about it on July 29. It was then picked up by Neetzan Zimmerman from the social blog Gawker, who asked ""Did this underground Hip Hop artist from South Korea just release the Best Music Video of"
"Gangnam Style in popular culture ""Gangnam Style"" is a single released by South Korean rapper Psy on July 15, 2012. It has achieved widespread international recognition and became the most viewed YouTube video, becoming the first one to gain a billion views on December 21, 2012. ""Gangnam Style""'s unprecedented worldwide popularity was acknowledged by YouTube, who called it a ""massive"" hit at a global level ""unlike anything we've ever seen before"" while ""Billboard"" noted that ""Gangnam Style"" was nothing short of a pop culture phenomenon. As a result, it has influenced worldwide popular culture in many aspects. The earliest ""Gangnam"
"Residents of this area are regarded as very affluent by South Koreans. Gangnam (Seoul) Gangnam or Gangnam three Districts is the area of three ""gu"" (local government wards) in Seoul, South Korea, individually known as Gangnam-gu, Seocho-gu and Songpa-gu and often collectively referred to as ""Gangnam"". Gangnam is strictly a Sino-Korean place name meaning ""south of the river"". These districts are known for their expensive real estate. Media reports frequently refer to this area when they cover stories about real estate. The area has been developed very quickly in an organized way since the 1970s by the government and is"
"Hannam-dong Hannam-dong is a ""dong"", neighbourhood of Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Initially not included within the Yongsan ward, during Korea under Japanese rule's period it was a small hamlet called Han River Village (한강리/) within the Hanji township (한지면/), Goyang County (고양군/) and lying close to the Han River. Being right across the river from the Gangnam area of Seoul and its close proximity to locations in northern Seoul places it literally in the heart of Seoul itself. Many celebrities and executives live in three well known residential areas in the neighborhood: UN Village, The Hill, and Richensia Apartments."
"business and entertainment center of Century City, and the primarily and largely Jewish, African American and Latino neighborhoods of South Robertson and Crestview, the Latino Mid-Wilshire subregion, the heavily Korean neighborhoods of Country Club Park and Koreatown, the predominantly Central American neighborhoods of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter and Pico Union, the redeveloping South Park, the Garment District of Downtown Los Angeles and the Mexican-American neighborhood of Boyle Heights. The music video for the 1991 single ""Unfinished Sympathy"" by band Massive Attack features singer Shara Nelson walking along West Pico Boulevard in an unbroken camera shot. The artist Fatlip walks along Pico"
"Style"" flash mobs were held in Pasadena, California, and Sydney, Australia. On September 12, Times Square in Manhattan was filled with a flash mob dancing to the music of ""Gangnam Style"" during ABC's ""Good Morning America"". Five days later, Psy appeared in a flash mob organized by the American entertainment TV show ""Extra"" in Los Angeles. The dress code was either ""something comfortable"" or ""Psy-inspired clothing."" A ""Gangnam Style"" flash mob in front of the Obelisco de Buenos Aires national monument in Argentina was shown on the national news programme ""Antes del Mediodía"". In the Indian film ""Rangrezz"", the song"
"Greenwich Village Greenwich Village ( , , ) often referred to by locals as simply ""the Village,"" is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the Bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. ""Groenwijck"", one of the Dutch names for the village (meaning ""Green District""), was Anglicized to ""Greenwich"". Two of New York's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and the New School, are located in Greenwich Village."
"Ward include: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Pat_(rapper) Beyoncé was raised in the Third Ward and features the neighborhood in her music video ""No Angel"" from her 2013 self-titled fifth album ""Beyoncé"". Also from the album, songs ""Drunk in Love"" and ""Pretty Hurts"" further representation of the neighborhood is portrayed. Rapper Drake has also made references to the third ward, as well as Houston more generally, in his music. In his 2014 single ""Days in the East,"" he states: ""Know I do this [expletive] for Third Ward already/ Know I do this [expletive] for H-town already."" Despite hailing from Toronto, Drake repeatedly mentions Houston in"
"invisible horse riding and more sultry side-eyeing."" , the accompanying music video has garnered over 720 million views on YouTube. Gangnam Style ""Gangnam Style"" (, ) is the 18th K-pop single by the South Korean musician Psy. The song was released on July 15, 2012, as the lead single of his sixth studio album ""Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1"", and debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Chart. On December 21, 2012, ""Gangnam Style"" became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views. The song's music video has been viewed over 3.2 billion times on YouTube, and"
"Penge Penge () is a district of south-east London, in the London Borough of Bromley. It has entered popular culture as the archetypal commuter suburb, but was a fashionable entertainment district in the 19th century and saw notorious murders in the 1870s. Notable residents have included Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, Prime Minister Bonar Law and painter Camille Pissarro. Alongside Anerley, Penge is the only area completely in the London Borough of Bromley to be in the London postal district, and is namely in the SE outward code sector. Penge was once a small town, which was recorded under"
"happened with ""Gangnam Style"", there was always an initial video created by an artist which would start a dance craze that was subsequently adopted by fans. There were reports that Harlem residents were upset because of the dance called ""Harlem shake"" in the meme videos not being the real Harlem shake. Many felt that people in the videos were ""disrespecting"" the real dance and making the whole neighborhood of Harlem ""look bad"". On the other hand, some Harlem shake dancers expressed the hopes of the Harlem shake dance making a comeback, becoming popular all over again as a result of"
"neighborhood, with 1101 Stone Canyon Road doubling as the film's ""1121 Canyon Road."" Additional scenes were shot in the nearby city of Glendale, California. The film also specifically mentions several of these Greater Los Angeles locations by name in both the dialogue and the visual narrative. The film's soundtrack was composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof. The song Viveca Lindfors sings in the nightclub is ""Parlez-moi d'Amour,"" written by Jean Lenoir. Although the film was completed in October 1948, it was not released until 1950. The film opened at The Globe cinema in New York City, New York, on January 26, 1950."
"the Gangnam district of Seoul, where recruits then train for years in anticipation of their debut. SM was called the first company to market ""bands as brands"", and commodify not just the artists' product, but the artist(s) themselves. Such techniques have resulted in mass recognition abroad and helped to spark the Korean Wave, which benefits entertainment companies by broadening their audience. As domestic fandom is not generally enough to produce the profits that these corporations and their players require, branding and marketing of the artist/group has become central to industry profits and thus a defining feature of the genre today."
"particularly the ""Rush Hour"" series with Chris Tucker. Chinatowns have also been mentioned in the song ""Kung Fu Fighting"" by Carl Douglas whose song lyrics says ""... There was funky China men from funky Chinatown..."" The martial arts actor Bruce Lee is well known as a person who was born in the Chinatown of San Francisco. Other notable Chinese Americans such as politician Gary Locke and NBA player Jeremy Lin grew up in suburbs with lesser connections to traditional Chinatowns. Neighborhood activists and politicians have increased in prominence in some cities, and some are starting to attract support from non-Chinese"
"1985 it moved to Seorae Village in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu. Hannam-dong Hannam-dong is a ""dong"", neighbourhood of Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Initially not included within the Yongsan ward, during Korea under Japanese rule's period it was a small hamlet called Han River Village (한강리/) within the Hanji township (한지면/), Goyang County (고양군/) and lying close to the Han River. Being right across the river from the Gangnam area of Seoul and its close proximity to locations in northern Seoul places it literally in the heart of Seoul itself. Many celebrities and executives live in three well known residential areas in"
"Tibetan independence movement. According to Max Fisher from ""The Washington Post"", this parody of ""Gangnam Style"" was likely to be filmed in Dharamshala, the home of Tibet's government-in-exile in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Greenpeace announced that it was ""Going Gangnam, Greenpeace Style"" in order to raise public awareness about illegal and unsustainable fishing practices off the coast of Mozambique. Activists from Greenpeace had parodied ""Gangnam Style"" on board the organization's excursion yacht ""Rainbow Warrior"". Songdo, a ubiquitous city 40 miles (65 km) west of Gangnam, was among five cities vying for the right to host the Green"
"the neighborhood of Southside in Birmingham, Alabama, that his father Hugh Martin designed for his mother as a honeymoon cottage. Located at 1919 South 15th Avenue (just down the street from his birthplace at 1900 South 14th Avenue), the house became the home of Martin and his family in 1923. The song first appeared in a scene in ""Meet Me in St. Louis"", in which a family is distraught by the father's plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their beloved home in St. Louis, Missouri, just before the long-anticipated 1904 World's Fair begins."
"Teheranno Teheranno (alternatively Teheran-ro, translation ""Tehran Boulevard"") is a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea. It runs from Gangnam Station through Yeoksam-dong and into Samseong-dong. It is colloquially known as ""Teheran Valley"" (after Silicon Valley) due to the number of internet-related companies operating there. The district of Gangnam-gu experienced phenomenal growth and waves of construction, with Teheranno becoming one of the busiest streets in South Korea. Its counterpart, Seoul St. in Tehran, Iran , runs in the north of that city, close to the Evin district. Teheranno is a 3.5 km section of Korean Highway 90, and"
"Cheongdam-dong Cheongdam-dong () is a ward of Gangnam District in Seoul, South Korea. The area epitomizes the wealthy lifestyle of Koreans, especially for young professionals who have studied overseas. It is known as an upmarket shopping area, with the main shopping street dubbed 'Cheongdam Fashion Street'. Along with Apgujeong’s Rodeo Street in Apgujeong-dong and Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong, which are connected by the main Apgujeong-ro, they are seen as fashionable and trendsetting destinations. This area was originally named ""Chungsutgol"" which means clean water valley, for a clean pond that existed here during the Joseon Dynasty. Until Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese"
"area with its growing ""Korean Medical Program"", drawing over 1,500 Korean American patients to its annual health festival. Bergen County's Broad Avenue Koreatown in Palisades Park has emerged as a dominant nexus of Korean American culture, and its Senior Citizens Center provides a popular gathering place where even Korean grandmothers were noted to follow the dance trend of the worldwide viral hit ""Gangnam Style"" by South Korean ""K-pop"" rapper Psy in September 2012; while the nearby Fort Lee Koreatown is also emerging as such. The Chusok Korean Thanksgiving harvest festival has become an annual tradition in Bergen County, attended by"
"in opposite directions"". Jim Ward of ""Rolling Stone"", said ""Twelve Thirty"" was ""the last recording of the self-proclaimed 'Golden Era'"", he added, ""It's probably the best realized song the group has recorded."" The song was inspired by Laurel Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In the song, the writer says he used to live in ""dark and dirty"" New York, where a broken clock on a church steeple was stuck at 12:30. He compares this period to being in ""the Canyon"" (generally accepted to refer to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, home to many show business types and where Phillips"
"patients to its annual health festival. Bergen County's Broad Avenue Koreatown in Palisades Park has emerged as a dominant nexus of Korean American culture, has been referred to as a ""Korean food walk of fame"", with diverse offerings, incorporating the highest concentration of Korean restaurants within a one-mile radius in the United States, and Broad Avenue has evolved into a Korean dessert destination as well; and its Senior Citizens Center in Palisades Park provides a popular gathering place where even Korean grandmothers were noted to follow the dance trend of the worldwide viral hit ""Gangnam Style"" by South Korean ""K-pop"""
"""forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, and go Downtown,"" as the lyrics of Petula Clark's 1964 hit ""Downtown"" celebrate (although Tony Hatch, the songwriter of the track, later clarified that he naively believed Times Square to be ""downtown,"" and was the actual inspiration for the hit single). The protagonist of Billy Joel's 1983 hit ""Uptown Girl"" contrasts himself (a ""downtown man"") with the purportedly staid uptown world. Likewise, the chorus of Neil Young's 1995 single ""Downtown"" urges ""Let's have a party, downtown all right."" Lower Manhattan is the fourth largest business district in the United States, after Midtown"
"present notable residents include: Dave Van Ronk, the Pope of Greenwich Village, musician and lyric/poetry writer Comics Film Games Literature Music Television Theater Greenwich Village Greenwich Village ( , , ) often referred to by locals as simply ""the Village,"" is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the Bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. ""Groenwijck"", one of the Dutch names for the village (meaning ""Green District""),"