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Psy sends a love call to IU

Singer Psy has sent a love call to the ‘nation’s little sister’ IU.

On the September 9th edition of MBC‘s ‘Section TV Entertainment Relay‘, Psy was interviewed on the set of a CF shoot, where he discussed his popularity in the States, his honest feeling towards IU, and more.

Upon seeing the image of his face photoshopped onto IU’s album cover, which became a hot topic online last week, Psy revealed, “This photoshopped image is actually the reason why IU and I had a collaboration on stage.” The collaboration stage Psy was referring to was the September 2nd broadcast of SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘ where IU joined Psy at the end of his live “Gangnam Style” performance.

Psy continued, “She’s someone I want to become close with.” He then faced the camera and sent a sweet love call to the singer saying, “U~ Let’s work together some time.”

Source & Image: Newsen via Nate

Psy refutes reports that “Gangnam Style” earned him ten billion won

With the current trend that is Psy‘s “Gangnam Style“, one would expect him to be rolling in money – or at least, show a comfortable increase in his bank account.

However, in a recent broadcast of MBC‘s ‘Entertainment Relay‘, he refuted all of his income-related rumors, saying “There were some stories about how I earned 10 billion won [approx. 9 million USD], but nothing came to me. There’s nothing,” he laughed.

He also had something to say about his rising popularity in America. “I’m just worried that Americans will now think that all Asians will look like me,” he joked.

Source: TV Daily via Nate

Jung Hyung Don is Psy’s Doppelganger?

Gagman Jung Hyung Don has perfectly transformed to ‘Beijing Psy’.

On the ‘Infinity Challenge‘ aired on the 8th, the first part of ‘As I promised’ episode was broadcasted as a sequel of last month’s ‘As I Said’ episode. In order to make a parody of the “Gangnam Style” music video at a museum in Beijing, Jung Hyung Don dressed up as Psy and surprised everyone with his similarity to the singer.

HaHa, who took on the role of a producer, made a 8:2 part in Hyung Don’s hair and combed the hair back with plenty of mousse. He even made him wear a suit and sunglasses just like Psy.

Beijing Team, made up of Jung Hyung Don, HaHa, Defconn, Noh Hong Chul, was given the mission to eat jjajangmyun at the Great Wall of China and film ‘Beijing Style’. The opposing team made up of Jung Joon Ho, Yoo Jae Suk, Park Myung Soo, and Gil had to visit Dokdo Island and serve cold bean-soup noodles and radish noodles and make a music video for ’Dokdo Style’.

However, the plans for Dokdo Island was forced to be pushed back due to the Typhoon Bolaven. Even though they could not go to the island, the cast promised within themselves to visit later and turned back.

‘Beijing Style’ segment begins at 50:02

Picture+Source: Star-in via Nate

Jung Hyung Don is Psy’s Doppelganger?

Gagman Jung Hyung Don has perfectly transformed to ‘Beijing Psy’.

HaHa, who took on the role of a producer, made a 8:2 part in Hyung Don’s hair and combed the hair back with plenty of mousse. He even made him wear a suit and sunglasses just like Psy.

‘Beijing Style’ segment begins at 50:02

Picture+Source: Star-in via Nate

Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for the month of August 2012

The Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Oricon in Japan and Billboard in the United States.

Check out the chart rankings for the month of August 2012 (August 1st – August 31st) below!

< Gaon Chart National Digital Singles Ranking >

1. Psy – “Gangnam Style” – 150,855,485 Points

2. BoA – “Only One” – 97,300,765 Points

3. Davichi – “Do Men Cry” – 91,826,333 Points

4. B2ST – “Beautiful Night” – 90,360,109 Points

5. SISTAR – “Loving U” – 83,954,861 Points

6. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love” – 80,276,593 Points

7. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – “Passionate Goodbye” – 78,131,546 Points

8. 2NE1 – “I Love You” – 72,814,911 Points

9. PSY ft. Park Jung Hyun – “What Should Have Been” – 65,644,748 Points

10. Juniel – “illa illa” – 63,601,184 Points

< Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking >

1. Super Junior – ‘SPY The 6th Album Repackage’ – 107,656 albums

2. B2ST – ‘Midnight Sun’ – 63,941 albums (2012 Total: 131,776)

3. XIA Junsu – ‘Uncommitted’ – 55,000 albums

4. KARA – ‘Pandora’ – 45,933 albums

5. Teen Top – ‘Summer Special Be Ma Girl’ – 40,234 albums

6. PSY – ‘PSY 6th album Part 1′ – 19,292 albums (2012 Total: 49,167)

7. Girls’ Generation – ‘Paparazzi’ – 17,324 albums

8. Super Junior – ‘Sexy, Free & Single 6th Album’ – 15,782 albums (2012 Total: 351,526)

9. Supernova – ‘She’s Gone’ – 15,508 albums

10. Various Artists – ‘SM Best Album 3′ – 14,992 albums

(* Total is added for albums that were released in the previous month)

< Online Downloads For The Month >

1. PSY – “Gangnam Style” – 1,280,050 Downloads

2. BoA – “Only One” – 934,059 Downloads

3. Davichi – “Do Men Cry” – 898,950 Downloads

4. B2ST – “Beautiful Night” – 847,971 Downloads

5. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – “Passionate Goodbye” – 743,280 Downloads

6. SISTAR – “Loving U” – 728,015 Downloads

7. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love” – 710,441 Downloads

8. Huh Gak ft. Zia – “I Need You” – 666,264 Downloads

9. 2NE1 – “I Love You” – 646,650 Downloads

10. Skull & HaHa – “Busan Vacance” – 640,102 Downloads

< Online Chart – Streams >

1. PSY – “Gangnam Style” – 15,246,249 Streams

2. SISTAR – “Loving You” – 11,067,627 Streams

3. BoA – “Only One” – 10,319,515 Streams

4. 2NE1 – “I Love You” – 9,776,902 Streams

5. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love” – 9,213,445 Streams

6. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – “Passionate Goodbye” – 8,807,829 Streams

7. B2ST – “Beautiful Night” – 8,675,941 Streams

8. Davichi – “Do Men Cry” – 8,640,731 Streams

9. B2ST – “Midnight” – 7,705,784 Streams

10. Juniel – “illa illa” – 7,671,370 Streams

Psy chosen as ‘best dressed’ by Billboard for ’2012 MTV VMA’ outfit

Psy is being recognized for his “Gangnam Style” fashion.

Psy has been included in the list of Billboard‘s “best dressed” among stars like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, The Wanted, and Ke$ha for his outfit at the ’2012 MTV Video Music Awards‘. He attended the event in Los Angeles, California on September 6.

Billboard’s blurb on Psy’s style states: “‘Gangnam Style’ may be a little silly, but there was nothing funny about K-pop star Psy’s VMA look. His striped red carpet suit and wing-tipped oxfords made for a classic look. But later, when Psy performed a bit from his signature hit with VMA host Kevin hart, his powder blue blazer and sleek shades showed the fun-loving personality that comes through in his song.”

Source: Billboard

Psy to attend MTV Video Music Awards as a VIP guest + Presenter

Singer Psy who recently signed with Island Records, the agency home to international pop star Justin Bieber, will be attending the ‘2012 MTV Video Music Awards‘ held at the LA Staples Center tonight (September 6th) not only as a VIP guest, but also as a Presenter.

The official homepage of the MTV VMAs introduced Psy as a “Korean rapper and “Gangnam Style” YouTube sensation, who was just signed to Justin Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun’s record label.”

This is an exciting event to say the least, as the singer will be standing alongside some big-name celebrities such as Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, and more.

Psy who once again traveled to Los Angeles on September 5th (KST) will be residing there for about 2 weeks to attend the VMAs, appear on famous talk shows, and partake in other promotional activities.

Catch Psy tonight, when the VMAs hosted by Kevin Hart kicks off at 8PM ET/PT!

Source & Image: MyDaily via Nate

Tom Cruise tweets about Psy’s “Gangnam Style”

In addition to T-Pain, Josh Groban, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears, it looks like Tom Cruise is the most recent big-name celebrity to hop on the “Gangnam Style” bandwagon.

On September 4th, the official TomCruise.com Twitter tweeted the following:

Think @psy_oppa would make a good future co-star Gangnam Style? youtu.be/9bZkp7q19f0 twitter.com/TomCruise/stat…

— TomCruise.com(@TomCruise) September 4, 2012

This led to an explosive reaction from fans of both K-Pop and “Gangnam Style” who demanded to see Tom Cruise doing the horse dance, and Tom Cruise’s Twitter retweeted a few of the mentions responding to the original tweet, one of which include:

@tomcruise Eeeyyy Sexy Lady! Oppa Gangnam Style! #horsedance — BIG BANG (@YGEisVIP) September 5, 2012

Would you like to see the ‘Top Gun‘ star do the horsedance? Let us know below!

Source & Image: Tom Cruise Twitter

Tip: ed

Photoshopped picture of PSYU (Psy + IU) brings laughter

PSYU (Psy + IU) has appeared.

On an online community board, a photo was uploaded recently with the title, ‘PSYU has come’ and has gained much attention from fans and netizens alike.

In the photo that was released, Psy’s face is seen photoshopped onto IU’s album cover and the title of their songs have also been put together to form “Gangnam Fantasy” (“Gangnam Style” + “Last Fantasy“).

The random, yet hilarious picture had netizens laughing as they commented, “This totally surprised me, puahaha”, “I feel like I’ve seen someone who looks like that~”, “This is even more funny than Psyonce (Psy + Beyonce)”.

Source: DongA Ilbo via Nate

PSY reveals that Yang Hyun Suk treats him differently now

International sensation PSY has revealed that the way people treat him has changed.

On the August 29th broadcast of SBS‘ “One Night of TV Entertainment“, PSY spoke about his thoughts regarding the “Gangnam Style” syndrome.

PSY said, “CEO Yang Hyun Suk‘s tone of voice when he speaks to me in private has changed. In the past when he answered my phone calls he would answer with, ‘Why? What? Why?‘. However, now he answers the phone stating, ‘CNN dongseng (younger brother)~’.”

He continued, “(In America) about one out of a thousand people recognize me. But I have to have my sunglasses on. I didn’t take off my sunglasses in America. My vision was always blurry and very dark.”

With regards to the international popularity of “Gangnam Style”, PSY answered, “When I went to the US, I met with local producers and had interviews as well. I never thought that people overseas would take joy in it this much. I think it was due to my folksy appearance. I think I might be the only person that looks like me.”

While PSY has been making an explosive impact overseas, he has kept his fun, jokester-like attitude that everyone knows him for.

Source: Newsen via Nate

Britney Spears wants to learn PSY’s “Gangnam Style” dance

It seems Britney Spears is the latest celebrity to hop aboard the PSY bandwagon.

Various celebrities, including Robbie Williams, T-Pain, Josh Groban and Katy Perry, have all shared PSY’s “Gangnam Style” MV through their social networking accounts and now Britney Spears has also joined in on sharing PSY’s viral hit.

On August 28th, Britney Spears took to her official Facebook account and wrote: “I am LOVING this video – so fun! Thinking that I should possibly learn the choreography. Anybody wanna teach me?! haha”

Would you like to see a video of Britney Spears dancing to “Gangnam Style”?

Source: Britney Spears official Facebook

Tip: Atiaf

Psy’s Gangnam Style reaches #44 on US iTunes Chart & #1 on YouTube Top 100 Chart

Singer Psy (35) who has made a meteoric rise as a new kind of Hallyu star is continuing his sweeping upturn with “Gangnam Style“.

According to his agency YG Entertainment, “Gangnam Style” has reached the #44 slot on US iTunes’ ‘Top 100 Songs Chart’ as of August 28th. This is the greatest advancement by a Korean artist in all of history, and Psy had previously ranked at #52 just two days prior on August 26th.

“This achievement is all the more meaningful, as the lyrics to Psy’s “Gangnam Style” are completely in Korean,” YG said. Ahead of this, Psy had also become the first Korean artist to reach the summit of US iTunes’ MV Chart.

Even now, “Gangnam Style” is rapidly receiving more views on video sharing site YouTube. The MV released on the 15th of last month received 50,000,000 views as of August 24th, just 41 days after it’s debut, and on August 26th, it had recorded an impressive 60,000,000 views. It’s currently listed as #1 on the YouTube Top 100 Chart.

Psy who even traveled to LA to meet with Justin Bieber‘s agency revealed that there will be a lot more exciting things to come, and after taking part in a few advertisement photo shoots, Psy will be returning to the US to get a feel for his potential to break the market there.

Source & Image: Newsis via Nate

Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ income estimated to be around $10 million USD

Psy, who is currently on a daebak roll with the worldwide popularity of ‘Gangnam Style‘, is raising the bar on his income with several new CF deals!

Officials estimate that the income received from his ‘Gangnam Style’ promotions alone could amount to about $10 million USD. The income received per CF endorsement is said to be in the $400,000 USD range, and he’s currently in the process of signing about 10 of them!

Not only that, but he also has a considerable income flow from his actual music sales, recording at $360,000 USD in downloads, $360,000 USD in album sales, and $42,000 USD in streams.

His ‘Summer Stand‘ concert which was held on August 11th brought in an additional $3 million USD.

All of this combined with his attendance at events, international sales, and copyright compensation brings his grand total to well over $10 million USD.

Netizens joked that Psy could now actually buy property in Gangnam with the money he has made from ‘Gangnam Style’!

Source & Photos: Busan Ilbo via Naver

MBC to air Psy’s ‘The Drenched Show’ concert

Earlier this month, Psy held his summer concert series ‘Summer Stand – The Drenched Show‘ in Korea, which many of us missed out on. However, it seems we’re in luck for MBC has obtained the rights to air the concert footage for the general public to see!

In celebration of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) coming up in September, MBC will air Psy’s concert and all its included performances on September 30th.

As reported earlier, the singer and his music video have gone viral on the web, leading to numerous international TV appearances by the singer as well as the music video for “Gangnam Style” nearing 60 million views and reaching #1 on YouTube and iTunes charts.

Source + Photo: Money Today via Nate

Psy to visit U.S. again in September

Singer Psy, who returned to Seoul on Saturday from his trip to the U.S. where he met American pop star Justin Beiber’s manager Scooter Braun, is to make another visit to the foreign country next month.

“Nothing has been set in stone,” the singer said about his career opportunities in the U.S., upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport on Saturday.

“I think there will be a lot of fun events in future.”

Psy, whose title track of his latest album “Gangnam Style” has received sensational reviews worldwide since its release last month, flew to Los Angeles on Aug 15.

Singer Psy arrives at Incheon International Airport on Saturday. (Yonhap News)

There he reportedly had a personal get-together with Braun, who also runs his own label Boy Records and a joint label-and-media company Raymond Braun Media Group with pop star Usher.

“Psy has been scheduled to do a number of things in Korea including shooting some commercials,” said YG Entertainment, Psy’s local agency. “Once he’s finished with all of that, he’ll make another trip to the U.S. early next month. We cannot reveal any details, but the next trip will be about something promising.”

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video has racked up more than 55 million hits on YouTube since its release.

By Claire Lee (dyc@heraldcorp.com)

Source & Image : The Korea Herald

Psy explains the story behind his ‘sweaty butt’

Psy, who has recently brought many laughs with his sweaty behind, has explained the reason behind why that happened.

Psy updated his me2day on August 25th writing, “I saw my picture as I came back to Korea…ㅠ,ㅠ that happened because I had an ice pack on my hip while sitting because it was hot… as if something like that can happen to a butt. ㅠ,ㅠ.” He also added, “What if this will lead to [the nickname] ‘butt sweat’?”

On the post, he uploaded the screen captures of when he was dancing to SISTAR‘s “Alone” on ‘Super Star K4‘.

When he turned around while dancing, everyone on set and all the viewers got a good look at the huge wet spot that formed on his butt and after the airing of ‘Super Star K4′ the term ‘Psy’s butt sweat’ was trending on various internet portal sites.

Most people assumed that the water on his behind was sweat because he is already known for his sweaty armpits.

Fans left comments after reading Psy’s explanation saying, “I thought you had hyperhidrosis,” “So it was melted ice,” and “Totally funny.”

Source & Image: TV Daily via Nate

T-Pain shows interest in collaborating with Psy

Psy’s sensational “Gangnam Style“ is appearing in headlines once again. Aside from reaching over 50 million views on YouTube and receiving coverage from various news outlets such as CNN and The Huffington Post, the “Gangnam Style” singer is now getting connected with Western artists for possible collaborations.

Psy tweeted to rapper T-Pain on the 24th:

@tpain How are you? I’m the PSY~!! of #GANGNAM STYLE from KOREA. Thank U for following me~!!! Let’s keep in touch man~~~ ^o^

— PSY (@psy_oppa) August 24, 2012

T-Pain later responded:

@psy_oppa of course I want to work with you. You know how to have fun. I’m ready!!

— T-Pain (@TPAIN) August 24, 2012

This wasn’t the first time T-Pain has mentioned Psy on Twitter as he previously commented how “amazing” he found the “Gangnam Style” music video.

Meanwhile, Psy’s latest single “Gangnam Style” is enjoying success not only in its home turf, but globally as well. The singer recently returned to South Korea after completing his scheduled activities in America.

Source: Psy’s Twitter

Psy returns to Korea + plans to go back to the U.S. again in September for a mysterious project

On the morning of August 25th, Psy made his grand return to Korea through the Incheon Airport greeted by the crowd of reporters and his fans.

Having left for the States on the 15th, he’s worked with Justin Bieber‘s agency on top of various interviews with local media outlets during his 10 day stay there, building up his popularity overseas. As if reflecting his growing popularity, the airport greeted him with a bustle of fans, completely taking Psy by surprise who gave a hearty laughter upon seeing the sight.

Psy expressed, “This is the first time I’ve received such spotlight in my career as a singer. Thank you so much to the fans for coming despite it being early in the morning. I’m so glad that so many people are loving ‘Gangnam Style‘.”

He also shared his confidence on his American advancement, stating, “I have met with representatives of Justin Bieber. A lot of interesting and fun discussions were had. You’ll soon be able to see something good.”

On his new fame, he stated, “People don’t recognize me if I don’t wear my sunglasses, but they do if I wear them. I’m definitely feeling the power of my music video, which I’m very grateful for.”

At the mention of his ‘horse dance’, he expressed, “As soon as ‘Gangnam Style’ began playing in the Dodgers stadium, fans began reacting to it and had fun when I danced along. The MCs on TV wanted to learn it themselves as well.”

As a special event for everyone that had gathered at the airport, Psy danced his famous ‘horse dance’, which prompted all of his fans to immediately take out their phones to record the fan service.

It has been reported that after concluding the filming for an upcoming CF in Korea, Psy will make a trip back to the States again in September. YG Entertainment stated, “As of right now, we cannot reveal the details for Psy’s upcoming trip back to the U.S., but we can say that it is definitely for something good.”

Source + Photos: Dispatch via Nate, Star News via Nate

Psy unintentionally brings laughter with his sweaty bum

Singer Psy, who is already known for having extremely sweaty underarms, unintentionally brought laughs as he exposed his sweaty behind on ‘Superstar K4‘.

On the August 24th, Mnet‘s ‘Superstar K4′ broadcast the auditions held at a Korean military camp.

While watching the contestants, Psy became excited and decided to go up the stage himself. The ‘global singer’ started dancing to SISTAR‘s “Alone” and as he started doing the ‘crane leg’ dance, Psy completely exposed his sweaty bottom as he turned around. It seems after sitting for a long period to judge the contestants, he had built up a lot of sweat with the hot weather.

The other judges, singer Lee Seung Chul and Son Dam Bi, as well as all the soldiers, were unable to hold back their laughter and shock as Psy continued to perform.

Source: News via Nate

Psy wraps up his stay in America and prepares to return to Korea

Psy has finally completed his scheduled activities in America and is ready to head back to Korea!

On August 24th, the artist updated his Twitter with the message, “I’ve finished up my eight days of activities in the States and am returning home now. 8-dayz-staying in the US was excitement itself~!!! along with korean made ‘HYUNDAI’~!!!”

Posing before Hyundai‘s flagship model Equus, Psy takes full advantage of the metropolitan backdrop to create the Gangnam image that shot him to worldwide fame. He followed up with a link to his interview with the Washington Post, gleefully writing, “Yeah~~~~!!! ^0^”.

Netizens commented back, “Global Psy”, “I had no idea he’d hit this big of a daebak”, “Can we call Psy a Hollywood star now”, and “Psy’s glorious return”!

Source + Photos: Psy’s Official Twitter