Year 7, Day 256

Morning! Today's song is Gangnam Style by PSY.

So starting yesterday with Blackpink, it's officially international week because I felt like doing it. So PSY is Park Jae-sang, a South Korean musician active since 2001. After high school, he was supposed to go to university in America in preparation of taking over his father's business. Instead he spent his tuition on musical instruments and switch to the Berkeley College of Music for a bit. He then dropped out and went back home to pursue a music career. He debuted his first album in 2001, which earned him fines by the government for its inappropriate content. His next album came out in 2002 which caused issues with civil groups, then he released another album in the same year. In 2003 he was conscripted for mandatory military service, but was excused because of his work at a software company. He released another album in 2006, then was redrafted in 2007 when the government felt he was neglecting his duties, remaining in the army until 2009. In 2010 he joined YG Entertainment, releasing his next album the same year. Since then he's released albums in 2012, 2015, and 2017. This song of course most people already know, since it became an internet phenomenon. I figure it's been long enough now to feature it since it's no longer played constantly everywhere. In 2018 he left YG Entertainment and made his own company, signing a couple of artists, and is rumored to be working on a boy band group so I guess we'll see what happens next. 

Peace.