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=== Music video ===

=== Music video ===

The music video of "Gangnam Style" has been met with positive responses and praises from the music industry and the commentators, who drew attention to its tone and dance moves, though some found them vulgar.<ref name=channelnewsasia>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |title=Justin Bieber to record US version of Psy's 'Gangnam Style'? |publisher=MediaCorp Interactive |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |quote=While the music video has been viewed over 28 million times on video sharing site YouTube, and has been praised for its catchy rhythm as well as its wacky 'horse dance', not everyone is impressed – his detractors have labelled his music vulgar. |archive-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123121025/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another notable aspect that helped popularise the video was its comical dance moves that can be easily copied, such as the [[pelvic thrust]] during the elevator scene.<ref name=PopularGangnamStyle>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/gangnam-style-south-korean-pop |title=What's so funny about Gangnam Style? |author=Mahdawi, Arwa |date=September 24, 2012 |website=The Guardian |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> The United Nations hailed [[Psy]] as an "international sensation" because of the popularity of his "satirical" video clip and its "horse-riding-like dance moves."<ref>{{cite web |title=From Korean pop music to skydiving to Earth – not-your-typical diplomatic meetings for UN Secretary-General |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43373&Cr=secretary-general&Cr1=#.UJodaWddDLQ |publisher=United Nations |date= October 24, 2012 |access-date= November 22, 2013}}</ref> As such, the music video has spawned a dance craze unseen since the Macarena of the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/web/apparently-this-matters-gangnam-style/index.html |title=Apparently This Matters: R.I.P., 'Gangnam Style' |author=Bellini, Jerrett |date=October 15, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |title=Gangnam Style is the latest craze to sweep across dancefloors |work=News.com.au |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2012 |archive-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228134447/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The music video of "Gangnam Style" has been met with scibity responses and praises from the music industry and the commentators, who drew attention to its tone and dance moves, though some found them vulgar.<ref name=channelnewsasia>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |title=Justin Bieber to record US version of Psy's 'Gangnam Style'? |publisher=MediaCorp Interactive |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |quote=While the music video has been viewed over 28 million times on video sharing site YouTube, and has been praised for its catchy rhythm as well as its wacky 'horse dance', not everyone is impressed – his detractors have labelled his music vulgar. |archive-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123121025/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1220085/1/.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another notable aspect that helped popularise the video was its comical dance moves that can be easily copied, such as the [[pelvic thrust]] during the elevator scene.<ref name=PopularGangnamStyle>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/gangnam-style-south-korean-pop |title=What's so funny about Gangnam Style? |author=Mahdawi, Arwa |date=September 24, 2012 |website=The Guardian |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> The United Nations hailed [[Psy]] as an "international sensation" because of the popularity of his "satirical" video clip and its "horse-riding-like dance moves."<ref>{{cite web |title=From Korean pop music to skydiving to Earth – not-your-typical diplomatic meetings for UN Secretary-General |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43373&Cr=secretary-general&Cr1=#.UJodaWddDLQ |publisher=United Nations |date= October 24, 2012 |access-date= November 22, 2013}}</ref> As such, the music video has spawned a dance craze unseen since the Macarena of the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/web/apparently-this-matters-gangnam-style/index.html |title=Apparently This Matters: R.I.P., 'Gangnam Style' |author=Bellini, Jerrett |date=October 15, 2012 |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |title=Gangnam Style is the latest craze to sweep across dancefloors |work=News.com.au |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=November 25, 2012 |archive-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228134447/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/gangnam-style-is-the-latest-craze-to-sweep-across-dancefloors/story-e6frfn09-1226479446978 |url-status=dead }}</ref>



The [[World Bank]]'s lead economist [[David McKenzie (economist)|David McKenzie]] remarked that some of Psy's dance moves "kind of look like a [[Regression discontinuity design|regression discontinuity]],"<ref>{{cite web |last=McKenzie |first=David |title=Gangnam Migration: Regression-Discontinuity Impacts of Migrating to Korea |url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/gangnam-migration-regression-discontinuity-impacts-of-migrating-to-korea |publisher=World Bank |access-date=December 17, 2012|date=December 17, 2012 }}</ref> while the space agency [[NASA]] called "Gangnam Style" a dance-filled music video that has forever entered the hearts and minds of millions of people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnson Space Center Pathways Interns Create 'Gangnam Style' Parody |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_gangnam_style.html |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> Melissa Locker of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' noted that "it's hard not to watch again ... and again ... and again,"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/22/watch-psy-gangnam-style-dodger-stadium/ |title=WATCH: Psy Brings 'Gangnam Style' to Dodger Stadium |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=August 22, 2012 |magazine=Time |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref> while CNN reporter [[Shanon Cook]] told the audience that she had watched "Gangnam Style" about 15 times.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/world/2012/08/02/wr-gangnam-style-goes-viral-in-rap-video.cnn |title=Rapper living 'Gangnam Style' goes viral |publisher=CNN |date=August 3, 2012}}</ref>

The [[World Bank]]'s lead economist [[David McKenzie (economist)|David McKenzie]] remarked that some of Psy's dance moves "kind of look like a [[Regression discontinuity design|regression discontinuity]],"<ref>{{cite web |last=McKenzie |first=David |title=Gangnam Migration: Regression-Discontinuity Impacts of Migrating to Korea |url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/gangnam-migration-regression-discontinuity-impacts-of-migrating-to-korea |publisher=World Bank |access-date=December 17, 2012|date=December 17, 2012 }}</ref> while the space agency [[NASA]] called "Gangnam Style" a dance-filled music video that has forever entered the hearts and minds of millions of people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnson Space Center Pathways Interns Create 'Gangnam Style' Parody |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_gangnam_style.html |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> Melissa Locker of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' noted that "it's hard not to watch again ... and again ... and again,"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/22/watch-psy-gangnam-style-dodger-stadium/ |title=WATCH: Psy Brings 'Gangnam Style' to Dodger Stadium |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=August 22, 2012 |magazine=Time |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref> while CNN reporter [[Shanon Cook]] told the audience that she had watched "Gangnam Style" about 15 times.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/world/2012/08/02/wr-gangnam-style-goes-viral-in-rap-video.cnn |title=Rapper living 'Gangnam Style' goes viral |publisher=CNN |date=August 3, 2012}}</ref>

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