[OPINION] Gangnam Style: Beneficial or No?

Gangnam Style. 

Everyday this song is getting more popular and popular. All my non-kpop friends are jamming to this every single day at school. The song is literally inescapable. It's the number one most liked video on youtube, it's the number song on itunes chart, Psy has been making big-time appearances left and right, radio stations are playing it endlessly. It's come to the point where anybody associated with the song or MV has become instantly famous overseas; Hyunah (who was already famous over here, all my friends already knew her from Bubble Pop) and The Elevator Guy.

And some kpop fans are actually upset about this? Why? Isn't this a good thing!?

Well some kpop fans are saying that this song doesn't deserve to be such a big hit when there are SO many other great kpop songs. Other fans are saying, well hey you're all haters who don't want kpop spread. 

My opinion?

Well I don't think Gangnam Style is actually "spreading kpop" to be quite honest. I don't think it's helping kpop anymore than the Wonder Girls are in the US. It's more or so helping Psy as an artist. But it's not making people go "HEY THIS IS THAT KPOP STUFF, LET ME CHECK THAT OUT SINCE THIS SONG IS SOOO GOOD THERE MIGHT BE MORE!" 

Most people who are listening to and going crazy over Gangnam Style honestly refer to it as a "youtube sensation" rather than a kpop song.

So no, I don't think Gangnam Style is benefiting kpop all that much. It's just been a HUGE hit for Psy himself. I don't really agree with people saying that it doesn't deserve all the attention it's getting; I think that's just being haterific. However, I do somewhat agree that while non-kpop fans are going nuts over this song, us kpop fans are kind of like, "Ok well what about the other amazing songs that exist, that kpop has to offer and nobody gives a fuck?"

When your friends will jam to Gangnam Style all day long but then say that everything else kpop is basically shit...It's kind of hard not to be butthurt haha. Gangnam Style is an AMAZINGLY catchy song, it's not like it's some amazingly orchestrated song with banging vocals and tear-jerking beats. So why is Gangnam Style any different from any other kpop song. Kpop IS 90% catchy songs anyway. What made this song catch on?

Psy has sass, he's different, he wasn't trying to become the next big thing in America and it just happened for him. That's how it always happens. It's always the LAST person you'd think that makes it. Another thing I noticed about Psy is that his shit ain't even in English. These kpop stars who are trying to launch themselves into America should get their notepads out...He didn't team up with big-time American producers or artists. They came running to him after the fact!

Don't try to Americanize yourself, go in as a kpop star.

Another thing.....The Power of Youtube.