Reactions to PSY at the American Music Awards
PSY and MC Hammer really stole the show at the American Music Awards on Nov 18, dancing together in a mash-up of ‘Gangnam Style‘ and Hammer’s 1991 hit ‘Too Legit To Quit.’
If you haven’t seen it yet, I urge you to check it out here.
But as Gil Asakawa and SeoulBeats pointed out, that didn’t stop racists from making snide remarks about the ‘chink’ who stole the American Music Awards.
Ridiculous, I know.
Incidents like these suck for a whole lot of reasons, but it’s also a reminder that even as K-Pop makes inroads into mainstream American culture, it will face obstacles that it never had to deal with when it began making waves in other parts of the world.
But if K-Pop execs asked for my advice, here’s what I’d tell them.
K-Pop is great, great music. Detractors range from vulgar racists to ‘aficionados’ of discerning taste who like to shoot down K-Pop as some spinoff of American pop that’s void of creativity.
Don’t listen to them.
Next, keep K-Pop Korean. Don’t bother with singing the entire album in English. BoA Kwon tried this several years ago. Didn’t work. Keep it Korean. It worked for PSY, and it should work for the industry.
So in the spirit of *not* covering up K-Pop here’s the SKIN & LAB Dr.Sun Care Perfect Sun Block from WIshTrend that keeps and doesn’t conceal your original skin tone. It’s non-greasy, transparent suncare that I absolutely love, with Mulukhiyya herbs and wine extract that maintain skin elasticity.
K-Pop execs, take note.
White people used to make “snide” remarks about black music… right up to the moment they stole it! Look out Korea!
White people? You mean crackers?
I am a fan of K-Pop but not a fan of PSY. There are so many other artists more deserving of the attention he and Gangnam Style received. BigBang! and 4Minute for example. I want K-Pop to be taken seriously around the world. PSY is more like a cartoon character. I’m not trying to be cruel, and I also understand based on the popularity of the song that I am in the minority. I want people to know that K-Pop has so much more to offer than Gangnam Style. If you have only listened to PSY please give other K-Pop artists a chance. Just my take, I’m Jaimie.