Guys I heard PSY has a few followers (100 million views in 3 days).
This isn't nearly as good as Gangnam Style, but still fairly amusing.
I think them not dancing at all in the chorus is part of the meta-joke. He's being a jerk the whole video - so what more of a dick move than to get to the chorus, you're waiting for the new goofy dance to beat Gangnam Style, and... nothing. Hip wag. That's it. I wonder how many people will "get it" or just go "shit sux omg u suck". Although I suppose that'll happen no matter what...
The song itself runs this joke too but might not get away with it. What I mean is that you've got this decent beat and riff and you expect it to go somewhere - but it doesn't, really. It changes enough to break the song up, but leaves you hanging. Another dick move, but also the point of the song. Is this enough of an excuse for a song that'd be subpar without that meta joke? I'm not sure.
It's good to see him reusing characters, pulling a trick out of the LMFAO book. It works, and he should keep doing it. On the other hand, some of the repeated jokes from Gangnam Style were good once, and not a second time (under the legs of humpy guys). I particularly thought the elevator bit in this was pretty amusing.
Overall, I think the song is alright, but insanely less catchy than Gangnam Style - to the point that I'm not sure it's catchy at all. I worry that the meta joke will be lost on the masses, but oh well. PSY is at a point where he prints money, so if this one "flops" (it's already at 100 million views for crying out loud), he can put out another one that leans towards catchy again and he'll be back in the game.
tl;dr: 7/10
I think them not dancing at all in the chorus is part of the meta-joke. He's being a jerk the whole video - so what more of a dick move than to get to the chorus, you're waiting for the new goofy dance to beat Gangnam Style, and... nothing. Hip wag. That's it. I wonder how many people will "get it" or just go "shit sux omg u suck". Although I suppose that'll happen no matter what...
The song itself runs this joke too but might not get away with it. What I mean is that you've got this decent beat and riff and you expect it to go somewhere - but it doesn't, really. It changes enough to break the song up, but leaves you hanging. Another dick move, but also the point of the song. Is this enough of an excuse for a song that'd be subpar without that meta joke? I'm not sure.
It's good to see him reusing characters, pulling a trick out of the LMFAO book. It works, and he should keep doing it. On the other hand, some of the repeated jokes from Gangnam Style were good once, and not a second time (under the legs of humpy guys). I particularly thought the elevator bit in this was pretty amusing.
Overall, I think the song is alright, but insanely less catchy than Gangnam Style - to the point that I'm not sure it's catchy at all. I worry that the meta joke will be lost on the masses, but oh well. PSY is at a point where he prints money, so if this one "flops" (it's already at 100 million views for crying out loud), he can put out another one that leans towards catchy again and he'll be back in the game.
tl;dr: 7/10
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